Curation comes to fine cuisine in New York City
Time was in New York City that new restaurants sprang up in the ground floors of old brownstones in Midtown or tenement buildings in Greenwich Village and were deemed worthy or not by the demanding standards of Manhattanites. Not so in New York’s newest neighborhood.
Hudson Yards, the 28-acre development rising below the Javits Center and above Chelsea on Manhattan’s West Side will have its eateries chosen by chef Thomas Keller, the winner of several James Beard Foundation awards who is known for The French Laundry restaurant in Napa Valley.
Keller has been retained by Hudson Yards developer The Related Companies to mastermind the culinary character of the new nabe in one fell swoop of 12 new restaurants.
“Restaurants are an integral part of the fabric of any neighborhood, and Hudson Yards – in concept, design, and execution – will be an anchor and destination for Manhattan’s West Side,” said Keller.
D&D London, a leading restaurant group in that town, announced last week it would be adding a modern brasserie concept to Kellers’ diner’s dozen.
“It has long been a desire of ours to bring a new flagship restaurant to this amazing city. We spent a lot of time considering where to open and believe that the dynamism and creativity of Hudson Yards makes it the ideal location for us,” said D&D CEO Des Gunewardena.
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