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AQUA GRILL
For oysters, stone crabs, and rose. Sit outside on the terrace. Good energy.
Soho
Seafood
RESTAURANTS - NEW YORK, NY
Get the baguette with spicy liver porky pate, pan con tomate, and their great cheeses. It’s my go-to spot.
Chelsea
Spanish / Tapas
IZAKAYA TEN
I love that you can buy bottles of sake or shochu and they will save the leftovers for your next visit.
Chelsea
Japanese
MOMOFUKU MA PECHE
Mezzanine of Chambers Hotel
15 West 56th Street, New York, NY 10019 (view map)
Midtown East
Asian / French-Vietnamese
MURRAY’S BAGELS
Always a go-to for bagels.
Multiple Locations
Bagels
PANTRY
405 West 23rd Street, New York NY 10011 (view map)
T: 212.831.8147
For bacon,egg, avocado and cheese sandwich - it’s tremendous! It’s close to my apartment - perfect for my breakfast fix.
Chelsea
Deli / Mexican / Tacos
One of the best in the city.
Chelsea
American
TACO MIX
234 East 116 Street, New York, NY 10029 (view map)
T: 212.831.8147
I love the Taco al Pastor. They take pork shoulder and put it on a gyro machine with a pineapple on the top spike. The pineapple glazes as it roasts. It’s 75 cents a taco.
Harlem
Mexican / Tacos
8 Stuyvesant Street, New York, NY 10003 (view map)
T: 212.777.5415
I love the citrus, yuzu and shiso with crushed ice cocktail. It’s like a lemon/lime gatorade. It’s one of the best in the city. The trouble is ordering the cocktail... it’s named “The Groovy.” I once had to apologize to a date before ordering it.
East Village
Cocktails
COCKTAILS - NEW YORK, NY
It’s intimate and they care about what they’re doing.
East Village
Cocktails
RAINES LAW ROOM
48 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011 (view map)
T: 212.242.0600
Chelsea / Flatiron
Cocktails
FOOD PURVEYORS - NEW YORK, NY
BUON ITALIA
Chelsea
Italian Foods
KNICKERBOCKER MEAT MARKET
166 9th Avenue, New York, NY 10011 (view map)
T: 212.243.3151
Chelsea
Butcher / Meat Market
UNION SQUARE FARMERS MARKET
www.cenyc.org/unionsquaregreenmarket
Union Square West from 15 to 17 Streets
New York, NY 10003 (view map)
Schedule: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
Paffenroth Gardens
Vegetables from Orange County, NY
Jerusalem artichokes, baby carrots.
Knoll Krest
Farm eggs and chicken from Dutchess County, NY.
Eggs on Wednesday and Saturday; never refrigerate, still warm, yokes so yellow and fresh, white is flat almost half of the egg.
Mountain Sweet Berry Farm
Vegetables from Sullivan County, NY.
Potatoes, herbs, French Baby Bibb known as Sucrine Lettuce. They grow tomatoes using European artisanal seeds.
Yuno’s Farms
Vegetables from Bordentown, NJ.
Best beans, peppers, and salads.
Union Square
Farmers Market
FOOD PURVEYORS - ONLINE
D’ARTAGNAN
Online
Meat / Poultry
Online
Wild Food Purveyor
FOOD PURVEYORS - RESTAURANT SUPPLIERS
CHEF’S GARDEN
T: 800-289-4644
Sustainable Vegetables
ELYSIAN FIELDS FARM
Keith and Mary Martin
844 Craynes Run Road, Waynesburg, PA
T: 724.852.1076
Available at: Dean & Deluca and Grace’s Marketplace
For lamb.
Lamb
HONOLULU FISH
T: 808.833.1123
Raw Hawaiian Fish
Online
Wild Food Purveyor
PIERLESS FISH
T: 718.222.4441
Fish
ST-CANUT FARMS
T: 450.712.4642
Milk-fed piglet.
Pork
RESTAURANTS - CHICAGO, IL
845 West Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607 (view map)
T: 312.733.9555 (make a reservation)
Amazing meal. French fries are so good, they fry them in animal fat. Dungeness crab, Yukon Gold potatoes - great! Very genuine.
Near West Side
American / Beer
Formerly of Gotham Bar & Grill - New York, NY
Chef Jason Hall
January 15, 2010
Who
Jason Hall, Chef de Cuisine at three-star, innovative New American restaurant Gotham Bar and Grill.
What
Chef Hall has worked along side of the most celebrated chefs in the country, like Michael Mina, Marco Canora, Tom Colicchio, Michael Psilakis and now, Alfred Portale.
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