GREAT FOOD, GOOD HEARTS. A Guide to New York’s Most Generous Restaurants GREAT FOOD, GOOD HEARTS. A Guide to New York’s Most Generous Restaurants Now serving New York City for more than 25 years, City Harvest (www.cityharvest.org) is the world’s first food rescue organization, dedicated to feeding the city’s hungry men, women, and children. This year, City Harvest will collect 28 million pounds of excess food from all segments of the food industry, including restaurants, grocers, corporate cafeterias, manufacturers, and farms. This food is then delivered free of charge to nearly 600 community food programs throughout New York City using a fleet of trucks and bikes as well as volunteers on foot. Each week, City Harvest helps over 300,000 hungry New Yorkers find their next meal. 2011 EDITION GREAT FOOD, GOOD HEARTS Tyler Florence marco maccioni PhiliP rusKin Foodwork Productions Osteria Del Circo Ruskin International Tony ForTuna nicK mauTone marcus samuelsson CiTy Harvest T Bar Steak & Lounge Mautone Enterprises Red Rooster Penny & PeTer Glazier Tony may chris sanTos The Glazier Group SD26 The Stanton Social alex Guarnaschelli JULIAN MEDINA BenJamin schmerler Food COunCil: Butter Tolache, Yerba Buena, First Press Public Relations Yerba Buena Perry JosePh r. Gurrera ricK smilow Citarella henry meer Institute of Culinary Education City Hall StePhen P. hanson JOHN sTaGe B.R. Guest Restaurants PhiliP meldrum Dinosaur Bar-B-Que Chair CoUnCiL MEMBERS ANDREW CARMELLINI FoodMatch Locanda Verde Kerry heffernan DR. 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Young Communications crisTyne l. nicholas Bouley Adour Alain Ducasse at aniTa lo Nicholas & Lence The St. Regis & Benoit Annisa matthew reich Geoffrey zaKarian daniel Boulud Communications LLC Restaurant and Bar Tom Cat Bakery The Lamb’s Club Daniel Gerard louGhran Gillian duffy Pret A Manger alan richman Terry zariKian Terrance Brennan New York Magazine China Grill Management The Artisanal Group donna rodriGuez Todd enGlish B.R. Guest Restaurants ed Brown Olives Ed’s Chowder House scott Feldman daVid BurKe Two Twelve Management & David Burke Townhouse, Marketing CiTy HARvEST WILL RESCuE AnD Fishtail myra Fiori Joey camPanaro illy caffè North America the little owl DELIVER 28 MILLIOn POUNDS OF Bobby Flay scott campbell Bar Americain New Leaf Café FOOD THiS yEAR. A GUIDE TO NEW YORK’S MOST GENEROUS RESTAURANTS 2011 EDITION 3 dear friEnds, HARLEM Navigating New York City’s neighborhoods is part of our job UPPER WEST at City Harvest. Our fleet of trucks and bikes are on the road SIDE day and night rescuing food and making fresh, nutritious BRONX deliveries where they are most needed. No one knows better that each area of the city has its own unique character and MANHATTAN buzzes with its own energy. As you’ll see in this guide, each MIDTOWN WEST CENTRAL neighborhood also has their own special mix of flavors. PARK UPPER TIMES EAST City Harvest created Great Food, Good Hearts to acknowledge SQUARE SIDE restaurants that have gone above and beyond to help GARMENT DISTRICT City Harvest fight hunger, donating food, funds, or raising CHELSEA MIDTOWN our visibility. This year we’ve grouped restaurants in our EAST Great Food, Good Hearts guide by neighborhood, and we’ve MURRAY WEST HILL asked chefs—our favorite locals—to give us the inside story. VILLAGE FLATIRON DISTRICT & These chefs have continued to feed City Harvest’s work at a GRAMERCY GREENWICH VILLAGE time when our purpose is clear. The need for emergency food SOHO remains high in New York City. Support from the restaurant TRIBECA EAST community and the city it feeds helps City Harvest provide NOLITA VILLAGE LITTLE QUEENS food to more than 300,000 hungry New Yorkers every week. ITALY FINANCIAL I hope you’ll help City Harvest thank our friends in the CHINATOWN DISTRICT LOWER EAST restaurant community by using this guide when you dine out. SIDE Bon appétit, BROOKLYN Jilly Stephens Executive Director GREAT FOOD, GOOD HEARTS A , C, E, L F, V, L N, R, Q L L W 14TH ST 4, 5, 6, L E 14TH ST RESTAURANTS 52 5 48 NINTH AVE TENTH AVE GREENWICH AVE E 13TH ST 1 ANNISA 56 18 1, 2, 3 55 38 40 41 45 16 E 12TH ST FIFTH AVE 2 BALABOOSTA WAVERLY ST 3 BALTHAZAR FOURTH AVE GANSEVOORT ST 61 25 39 E 11TH ST W 4TH ST 4 BETEL THIRD AVE 37 5 BILL’S BAR & BURGER W 10TH ST BROADWAY 47 EIGHTH AVE 24 6 BILLY’S BAKERY E 9TH ST 32 53 7 BLUE HILL R 6 SIXTH AVE W 8TH ST ST MARKS PL 8 BUTTER RESTAURANT BANK ST BLEECKER ST UNIVERSITY PL 27 9 CABRITO 1 E 7TH ST WAVERLY 10 THE CAPITAL GRILLE W 11TH ST 59 E 6TH ST 11 CENTRICO 35 THE MEATBALL SHOP 28 WASHINGTON 21 7 SQUARE PARK 12 CORTON 36 MERCER KITCHEN 8 46 1 A, C, E 13 DA SILVANO 37 MOMOFUKU KO B, D, F, V E 4TH ST 14 DBGB KITCHEN AND BAR 38 MOMOFUKU MILK BAR 26 AVE B 4 AVE A 15 DELICATESSEN 39 MOMOFUKU NOODLE BAR CHRISTOPHER ST 16 DELL’ANIMA 40 MOMOFUKU SSÄM BAR 33 60 W 10TH ST NYU FIRST AVE LAFAYETTE ST 42 BOWERY 17 DITCH PLAINS 41 MOTORINO MANHATTAN VARICK ST SECOND AVE 13 18 DOS CAMINOS 42 MURRAY’S CHEESE 9 LAGUARDIA PL HOUSTON ST 14 MEATPACKING 43 NOBU NEW YORK GREENWICH 22 F, V 35 54 19 DOS CAMINOS SOHO 44 NOBU NEXT DOOR VILLAGE 17 57 20 ED’S LOBSTER BAR 45 NORTHERN SPY FOOD CO. 1 C, E 15 23 19 50 36 2 ST ALLEN 21 FAUSTINA AT THE COOPER 46 PERRY STREET SPRING ST DELANCEY ST F, J, M, Z SQUARE HOTEL 47 RECETTE 3 NOLITA HOUSTON ST SOHO BROOME ST 22 FRANÇOIS PAYARD BAKERY 48 THE REDHEAD 31 20 FORSTYH ST FORSTYH CHRYSTIE ST CHRYSTIE LOWER 23 FREEMANS 49 RON BEN-ISRAEL CAKES BROOME ST GRAND ST 49 B, D EAST 24 FRENCH ROAST DOWNTOWN 50 SAXELBY CHEESEMONGERS FULTON ST RYDERS 1 GRAND ST WORLD TRADE DUTCH 25 51 CENTER SITE SIDE GUSTO RISTORANTE SHO SHAUN HERGATT ESSEX ST CLIFF A, C, E MOTT ST JOHN ST BROADWAY E BAR AMERICANO 52 SPICE MARKET W BROADWAY CORTLANDT WATTS ST HESTER ST PLATT ST 26 HECHO EN DUMBO 53 SPOT DESSERT BAR CANAL ST R FINANCIAL F N, R, Q LIBERTY ST 27 54 JIMMY’S NO. 43 THE STANTON SOCIAL VARICK ST DISTRICT PLATT ST GREENWICH ST CEDAR ST MAIDEN LANE 28 55 L’ARTUSI STRIP HOUSE 6 10 CEDAR ST 29 THAMES LANDMARC 56 TANUKI TAVERN ALBANYJ, M, ST Z 58 PINE ST 30 57 LOCANDA VERDE TORRISI ITALIAN SPECIALTIES CARLISLE ST WILLIAM ST TRIBECA NASSAU ST 31 58 TRINITY PL WALL ST MAE MAE CAFÉ TRIBECA GRILL GREENWICH ST 30 12 CHURCH ST 4, 5 1 CHINATOWN 2, 3 32 MAGNOLIA BAKERY 59 WALLSÉ HUDSON ST RECTOR ST J, M, Z HANOVER 1, 9 R 11 WILIAM WATER ST 33 MARKET TABLE 60 YERBA BUENA 34 EXCHANGE 6 E NEWBROADWAY ST 34 MATSUGEN 61 YERBA BUENA PERRY 43 29 CENTRE ST 51 OLD SLIP 44 WORTH ST OLD SLIP BROADWAY MOORIS BROAD ST STONE PEARL ST MOORIS GREENWICH ST SOUTH WILLIAMCOENTIES SLIP WASHINTON ST WHITEHALLBEAVER ST MARKETFIELD VIETNAM STONE VETERANS MEMORIAL DOWNTOWN 4, 5 BRIDGE PLAZA MOORE BATTERY PL DOWnTOWn DOWNTOWN ANNISA BETEL BILLY’S BAKERY 13 BARROW STREET 51 GROVE STREET 75 FRANKLIN STREET (WEST 4TH STREET & 7TH AVENUE SOUTH) (BLEECKER STREET & 7TH AVENUE) (CHURCH street & BROADWAY) Tribeca (212) 741-6699 (212) 352-0460 (212) 647-9958 Chinatown www.annisarestaurant.com www.betelnyc.com www.billysbakerynyc.com Annisa is an upscale Contemporary Named for the betel leaf found Billy’s Bakery was founded with the Soho American restaurant located in throughout Asia and inspired by the goal of providing our customers with the heart of the West Village. The hawker food stalls of the East, Betel classic American baked goods in Nolita restaurant boasts an award-winning was born by Australian entrepreneurs a warm, friendly atmosphere. Our wine list featuring female vintners Luke Fryer and Chef Adam Woodfield, store is designed in a 1940s style Greenwich Village from all over the winemaking world. who have created an experience that with the delicious smells of fresh The seasonal, adventurous menu is is at once adventurous, addicting cakes and pies that bring back the Lower East Side created by Chef and Owner Anita Lo.