NYC Welcomes Meyer’s New Marta

The seats are full at Danny Meyer’s newest restaurant, Marta, located in the Martha Washington Hotel.  The new Roman-style pizzeria, on 29th between Madison and Park, officially opened September 10th, and the enthusiasm is rolling in.  The kitchen isn’t only focused on pizza, though, and the wine list is ready to pair to the wide offering.

The menu features traditional and not-so-traidional pies–from simple sauce-and-mozzarella to the fior to zucca, with zucchini blossoms, mozzarella and anchovies.  Outside of the wood-fired pizza ovens, Chef Nick Anderer is playing with a giant Infierno wood-burning grill from GrillWorks.  The entrees and sides include items such as the beer-brined and fire-roasted half chicken and ash-cooked vegetables.  Because Marta is in the Martha Washington Hotel, diners are blessed with a Marta breakfast menu, as well, with house-churned butter, a wood-fired semolina pancake, and cornettos, to name a few.

Marta was born from Nick Anderer and Maialino partner Terry Coughlin’s desire to expand the Maialino context to a pizza joint.  They went to Mr. Meyer with the idea of a Roman-style pizzeria, and while it was a first for Meyer to put a single chef in charge of multiple restaurants, he sees it as a natural progression. “It also represents an evolution in my thinking about how I run this company,” Meyer said, “It’s a way of encouraging entrepreneurial aspirations that young chefs have. And at the same time, they can also draw on Union Square resources for this project.” Marta is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner seven days a week.

For more coverage on Marta, see here or here or here.