Chef Hadley Schmitt - Recommendations - Find. Eat. Drink.
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Upper West Side
New American
Tarrytown, NY
Chef Harold Dieterle obviously has great experience and the food is really fresh and interesting. The goat curry is amazing.
West Village
Thai
Restaurants - New York, NY
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LAND THAI KITCHEN
The chef has good pedigree and knows what he’s doing. He keeps it fairly authentic, it’s pretty spicy when it should be and everything is really fresh. I really like the Spicy Beef Salad, the Grilled Skirt Steak, and the Drunken Noodle with Chicken, spicy but good.
Upper West Side
Thai
695 10th Avenue, New York, NY 10036
T: 212.397.5956
It’s in the back of an unassuming Mexican grocery store. They have a funky taco stand eating area. I’m a sucker for the braised tongue, the heart, and the goat meat tacos there.
Hell’s Kitchen
Mexican
I am biased since I worked there, but it is an underrated restaurant in New York and it suffers being Upper West. People don’t go up there. The thing that has been on the menu since day one is the Beef Cheek Lasagna that accompanies the sirloin and I think it’s genius. You get starch from the potatoes and the braised beef cheek is unctuous and delicious.
Bushwick
Italian / Pizza
Restaurants - Brooklyn, NY
They have their rooftop greenhouse and garden, outdoor bread oven and they have a lot of interesting things going on.
BLUE HILL AT STONE BARNS
630 Bedford Road, Pocantico Hills, NY 10591
T: 914.366.9600 (make a reservation)
Pocantico Hills / Tarrytown
New American
Restaurants - Tarrytown, NY
You’re right there on the farm and it’s inspirational.
GEORGE KEELEY
Upper West Side
Bar / Beer
Drinks - New York, NY
They have about 20 different taps and it’s always an interesting selection, because they rotate them and they really take care of their beer taps. It has a good vibe, just avoid the weekends.
East Village
Mexican / Tequila
I really like their cocktail program with their smokey mezcal-style drinks.
VANDAAG
East Village
Dutch
I worked at Noma in Copenhagen for six weeks and it was my first exposure to mead. At Vandaag, they make some cocktails using mead.
CLOVER CLUB
Cobble Hill
Cocktails
Drinks - Brooklyn, NY
They do classic cocktails and really take their time to make great craft drinks.
FAIRWAY
Upper West
Grocery Store
Markets - New York, NY
I live on the Upper West Side, so I like going there because it always sparks ideas in my head. Just so much product that they have there.
UNION SQUARE GREENMARKET
www.grownyc.org/unionsquaregreenmarket
b/w 15th Street & 16th Street
Year round - Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday
Union Square West
Farmers Market
Whenever I have food friends in from out of town, I love to take them here.. It’s pretty unique to the area and it kind of follows the European tradition of markets.
KITCHEN ARTS AND LETTERS
Upper East Side
Cookbook Store
BookStores - New York, NY
It’s a unique cookbook store. They have different languages and I like talking to the owner and the employees. There is so much to draw out of that store.
BLOOMING HILL FARMS
www.bloominghillfarm.com/home.php
1251 Rt. 208, Blooming Grove, NY 10914
T: 845.782.7310
Blooming Grove
Organic Fruits & Vegetables
Food Purveyors
We’re getting some cool squash and leave runners from them.
DEBRAGGA MEAT COMPANY
T: 646.873.6555
Meat
DeBragga Meat Company for the beef people they deal with in the Finger Lakes region.
ECKERTON HILL FARMS
130 Farview Road, Hamburg, PA 19526
Berks County
Heirloom Tomatoes & Peppers
For their great tomatoes and for their Granada peppers. They’re like habaneros peppers, they have a lot of the same floral notes and they aren’t spicy.
HONEY LOCUST FARM HOUSE
7 Morris Drive, Newburgh, NY 12550
T: 845.561.7309
Newburgh
Organic Products
They do cool lettuces and herbs. They bring in a lot of nice wild weeds, like chick weeds. Some is semi-foraged.
DANSK MJOD / VIKINGERNES MJOD
Available at these retailers.
Denmark
Mead
Drinks - Mead
It’s honey-sweet from Denmark with hops.
DIE HOCHLAND IMKER
Germany
Mead
This is dry and I really like it.
Chef Hadley Schmitt
October 11, 2011
Northern Spy Food Co. - East Village - New York, NY
Photo Credit: Patrick Kolts & Find. Eat. Drink.
Who
Chef Hadley Schmitt is the executive chef of Northern Spy Food Co. in New York’s East Village.
Why
Chef Schmitt honed his skills at Union Pacific, Cru, Dovetail and What Happens When before joining the team at Northern Spy Food Co.
Recommendations
Hadley Schmitt’s recommendations for where to eat, drink and shop in New York and Brooklyn.