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AQUA GRILL

www.aquagrill.com

210 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012 (view map)

T: 212.2740505

For oysters, stone crabs, and rose. Sit outside on the terrace. Good energy.

Soho

Seafood

RESTAURANTS - NEW YORK, NY

www.elquintopinonyc.com

401 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011 (view map)

T: 212.206.6900

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

www.izakayaten.com

207 10th Avenue, New York, NY 10011 (view map)

T: 212.627.7777

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

www.momofuku.com/ma-peche

Mezzanine of Chambers Hotel

15 West 56th Street, New York, NY 10019 (view map)

Midtown East

Asian / French-Vietnamese

MURRAY’S BAGELS

www.mbchelsea.com

242 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10011 (view map)

T: 646.638.1334

www.murraysbagels.com

500 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10011 (view map)

T: 212.462.2830

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

www.redcatrestaurants.com

227 10 Avenue, New York, NY 10011 (view map)

T: 212.2421122

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

PDT

www.pdtnyc.com

113 Saint Marks Place, New York, NY 10009 (view map)

T: 212.614.0386

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

www.buonitalia.com

Chelsea Market

75 9 Avenue, New York, NY 10011 (view map)

T: 212.633.9090

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

www.chefs-garden.com

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

www.honolulufish.com

T: 808.833.1123

Raw Hawaiian Fish

Online

Wild Food Purveyor

PIERLESS FISH

www.pierlessfish.com

T: 718.222.4441

Fish

ST-CANUT FARMS

www.stcanutfarms.com

T: 450.712.4642

Milk-fed piglet.

Pork

RESTAURANTS - CHICAGO, IL

www.thepublicanrestaurant.com

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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