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ABINGTON SQUARE FARMERS MARKET
www.grownyc.org/abingdongreenmarket
Hudson Street and West 12th Street, New York, NY 10014
Schedule: Open year-round, Saturdays, 8am - 2pm
West Village
Farmers Market
Venice, Italy
Find | Markets & Food Stores - New York, NY
Not far from Barbuto is a tiny, ½ block long market. It is one of the many reasons 12th Street is a treasure.
EATALY
Eataly is a monument to Joe and Lidia Bastianich and the rolly-polly red haired Mario Batali. It is of unequalled wonderment; I can’t imagine anyone doing a better job of seafood, pasta, breads, olive oil, coffee, and the like.
Chelsea / Flatiron
Italian Market
Photographs courtesy of Jonathan Waxman and Find. Eat. Drink.
Who
Jonathan Waxman is the chef/owner of Barbuto in New York and the Culinary Ambassador for Rosa Mexicano restaurants.
Why
Chef Waxman is credited with bringing “California Cuisine” to the East Coast and gained rock star celebrity chef status in the 1980s with his first restaurant, Jam.
Chef Jonathan Waxman | Recommendation Details
February 21, 2012
Barbuto - New York, NY
Cookbooks
- A Great American Cook: Recipes from the Home Kitchen of One of Our Most Influential Chefs [Buy It]
Recommended By
- Chef Kurt Gutenbrunner (Wallse, Blaue Gans, Cafe Sabarsky, Upholstery Store in New York, NY)
- Chef Jimmy Bradley (The Red Cat, The Harrison in New York, NY)
- Chef Fergus Henderson (St. John’s Restaurant in London, UK)
- Chef Rick Moonen (RM Seafood in Las Vegas, NV)
FAIRWAY MARKET
Harlem
Grocery Store
We park our SUV on 131th Street. Amongst the many advantages, it is cheap to park, the Dinosaur BBQ joint is on the adjacent corner and the magnificently wacky and indecipherable Fairway offers really anything a food lover could ever need.
MURRAY’S STURGEON SHOP
It’s a throwback to the 40s and 50s. It is tiny, filled with the best of Jewish style fish, chopped liver and, of course, they have real bialys!
Upper West Side
Deli
UNION SQUARE GREENMARKET
Union Square West from 15 to 17 Streets
New York, NY 10003
Schedule: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
Union Square
Farmers Market
It is the quintessential Hudson Valley outlet for all things grown in that amazing soil.
UPPER WEST SIDE FARMERS MARKET
77th Street and Columbus Avenue, New York, NY 10024
Schedule: Open year round, Sundays, 8am - 5pm
My wife loves to shop here and has her little rolling cart that meanders home laden with melons, squash, chard, onions, tomatoes and corn when the season gets rolling along.
Upper West Side
Farmers Market
WHOLE FOODS / TIME WARNER CENTER
www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/columbuscircle
10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019
T: 212.823.9600
Upper West Side
Grocery Store
On the conventional side, I do adore Whole Foods in Time Warner, it is a shopper’s paradise. I can meander through aimlessly, until the kaleidoscope of variety finally wears me down. I grab a sushi to go and then back to shopping!
ZABAR’S
The densely packed, hyperkinetic Zabar's! This store is the heat of my neighborhood, the Upper West Side. They stock the best copperware and small appliances, the best smoked fish, cured meats, and the massive sundry items that my neighbors line up for in lemming like precision.
Upper West Side
Housewares / Gourmet Marketplace
BRESLIN
Flatiron / Chelsea
British
Eat | Restaurants - New York, NY
I love and respect April Bloomfield and Ken Friedman... reserve a pig!
CAFE BOULUD
Gavin Kaysen is a terrific cook, and the place is run like a Swiss watch factory, impeccable.
Upper East Side
French
CENTRICO
www.myriadrestaurantgroup.com/centrico/index.html
211 West Broadway, New York NY 10013
T: 212.431.0700
Tribeca
Mexican
Aáron Sanchez, my Mexican son!
CO.
Jim Lahey does damn good pizza.
Chelsea
Pizza
COOKSHOP
156 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY 10011
T: 212.924.4440 (make a reservation)
Chelsea
American
Marc and Vicki are my buddies and Marc Meyer is the most underrated chef in New York. He is humble to the point of pain, but he can out cook almost anyone.
DEL POSTO
Let Chef Mark Ladner choose, he is brilliant!
Chelsea
Italian
DINOSAUR BBQ
700 West 125th Street, New York, NY 10027
T: 212.694.1777
Harlem
Barbecue
A gorgeous room and delicate Asian food, the best lunch bargain in the planet, a great place to catch up with old friends.
West Village
Japanese
IL BUCO / IL BUCO ALIMENTARI AND VINERIA
IL BUCO
47 Bond Street, New York, NY 10012
T: 212.533.1932 (make a reservation)
IL BUCO ALIMENTARI
53 Great Jones Street, New York, NY 10012
T: 212.837.2622 (make a reservation)
Noho
Mediterranean / Italian
Since IL Buco is now two degrees of separation from me (Justin and Joel, the head chefs, are ex-Barbuto alums) I can say that my DNA is now quietly attached to Donna’s wonderful places. Out of town chefs will be tantalized.
Joey Campanaro is a quiet, strong cook. He is also JWax alum, but he is very much his own dude. Tiny, but worth the wait.
American
West Village
LOCANDA VERDE
Tribeca
Italian
I am a big fan of Andrew Carmelini, and the garden here is paradise. Who wouldn’t want to go?
MINETTA TAVERN
Riad, Lee and the crew run the best meat-centric tavern in New York. If you are lucky to get a table, go. My chef buddies always stop here, perhaps it’s the food, but I think it is a perfect joint, a rare combo of great atmosphere, food, drinks and most importantly, amazing service.
West Village
American
MONKEY BAR
Midtown East
American
Now that Ken Freidman has brought in Tom Colicchio’s ex-chef Damon Wise, this a must-see in midtown. And I hear they are somewhat more libertarian with reservations.
PER SE
Time Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10023
T: 212.823.9335
For Champagne.
Upper West Side / Midtown West
French / American
RESTAURANT JEAN GEORGES
Upper West Side / Midtown West
French
My favorite restaurant.
STANDARD GRILL
848 Washington Street, New York, NY 10014
T: 212.645.4100 (make a reservation)
Dan Silverman is cool, calm, collected, sophisticated and the room is spectacular, and the eye candy is, well, not hurtful.
Meatpacking District
American
SOCARRAT PAELLA BAR
Chelsea
Spanish
They serve paella and fideuà. I love Spain and it's the only place in NY that you can get that and it's perfect.
Eat | Restaurants - Brooklyn, NY
To sit in the patio in summer, drink Rosato and eat delicious food, especially the pizzas, hell, I will go to Brooklyn!
Prospect Heights
Italian / Pizza
BEMELMAN’S BAR
www.thecarlyle.com/dining/bemelmans_bar/
The Carlyle Hotel, 35 East 76th Street, New York, NY 10021
T: 212.744.1600
Upper East Side
Cocktail Bar
Drink | Bars - New York, NY
For martinis, of course.
BOOM BOOM ROOM
The Standard Hotel, 848 Washington Street, New York, NY 10014
T: 212.645.4646
For anything cold.
Meatpacking District
Cocktail Bar
CAMPBELL APARTMENT
Grand Central Station, 15 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017
T: 212.953.0409
Midtown
Cocktail Bar
For a Manhattan.
FOUR SEASONS BAR
Four Seasons Hotel, 57 East 57th Street, New York, NY 10022
T: 212.758.5700
For a glass of expensive white wine.
Midtown
Cocktail Bar
HARRY’S BAR
Helmsley Park Lane Hotel, 39 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019
T: 212.371.4000
Midtown
Cocktail Bar
For a Negroni.
THE KING COLE BAR
For a Side Car.
Midtown
Cocktail Bar
MOBAR
www.mandarinoriental.com/newyork/dining/mobar
Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 80 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10023
T: 212.805.8800
Upper West Side / Midtown West
Cocktail Bar
For sake or a cold beer.
Jimmy Bradley, my dear buddy and ex-chef, is a wizard, and his very comfortable eatery and eclectic menu are very easy on the palate.
Chelsea
American
ROSA MEXICANO
Upper West Side
Mexican
For a Margarita.
DAVID’S CAFE
DAVID’S CAFE I
1058 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139
T: 305.534.8736
DAVID’S CAFE II
1654 Meridian Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139
T: 305.672.8707
Miami Beach
Cuban
Eat | Restaurants - Miami, FL
I love Cuban food. I like their Yucca Frita, plantains, and grilled Mahi.
ANNECY FARMERS MARKET
Vieille Ville, Rue Sainte Claire, 74000 Annecy, France
Schedule: Tuesday, Friday and Sunday mornings
Old City
Market
Find | Markets - France
I adore the canal market here. It’s full of high mountain honey, foraged wild fruit, wild mushrooms, free range chickens, gorgeous strawberries and herbs.
MARCHÉ RASPAIL
Boulevard Raspail
Enter at Rue du Cherche-Midi & La Rrue de Rennes, 75006 Paris
Schedule: Tuesday, Friday: 7am - 2:30, Sunday: 9am - 3pm
The organic market on Raspail in Paris is cozy and special, festooned with the best looking cheeses, artichokes, specialty meats and lovely fruit.
6th Arrondissement
Market
LA FERME DE LORMAY
French Alps
French
Eat | Restaurants - France
There is a treasure of restaurant in the Alps, near the town of Grand-Bornand. It is the ancient chalet (1786) of the chef’s family, chef Albert Bonamy, with roughhewn logs, low ceilings, in a fairy tale setting alongside a mountain stream under the canopy of an amazing mountain call Point Percee. This humble chalet has a two story chimney where the chef cures his own charcoal-dusted prosciuttos, bakes in unequaled apricot tarts and grills lamb chops from the local shepherds. He also gathers poisonous snakes, tiny little ‘viporin; and drowns them in his own grappa. The elixir is meant to stimulate all the senses, but primarily it is a great shock value to the unexpected.
RIALTO MERCATO
Campo San Giacomo/Campo della Pescheria, Venice, Italy 30135
Schedule: Monday through Saturday
San Polo District
Fish Market
Find | Markets - Venice, Italy
It’s filled with the most spectacular of crazy Adriatic seafood. Next to it is the splendiferous fruit and vegetable market, literally filled with the current seasons' bounty.