The Nonprofit Open House New York states as their mission “promoting a greater appreciation of the city’s built environment; broadens public awareness by exposing diverse audiences to distinctive examples of architecture, engineering and design,” and what’s a more impressive feat of engineering and design than the city’s food system, which brings some of the greatest food in the world to millions every day?
That’s why OHNY hosts a series of public programs they call “The Final Mile” about this very system, in order to make what is largely invisible more transparent for all. For Winter 2016, this programming focuses on food halls in modern life. With a series of tours of some of the city’s best-loved food halls. These tours kick off with Eataly on February 19th, Berg’n on the 24th, Le District on March 3rd, and Gotham West on March 8th. Tickets to each are sold individually, so you can visit one or all depending on your interests.
To read more about the tours, as well as the industry insiders who will be guiding them, click here
Danny Meyer may have been the first to really make headlines by eliminating tipping, but Andrew Tarlow has now gone a step further by taking on the anti-tipping movement’s PR as well. Marlow recently pitched a standard sign which he believes all gratuity free restaurants should display in their windows in order to help retrain guests who have spent their whole lives living in a world of tips.
After a brief stint with a second location in Greenwich village last year which closed after six months, the 7 year-old Bark Hot Dogs will officially close up shop completely on February 7th. Bark was a Park Slope standby for many years, and owner Joshua Sharkey had previously talked about plans to open a different Manhattan location in a new neighborhood. That now seems unlikely, although Sharkey has been vague on the exact reasons for closure, stating only that (unlike the Greenwich Village location), rent was not the primary factor.
2016 is already shaping up to be the year of exciting food halls, with The Pennsy opening to fanfare and Brooklyn Navy Yard expected later this year. Now, we have another exciting announcement regarding the latter: the New York icon Russ & Daughters will be opening a location in the 60,000-square-foot Navy Yard space. The team says this location will be focused on fast casual breakfast and lunch, and they plan to increase bakery production with classic New York and Jewish baked goods like bialys, babka, challah and knishes.
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