Tickets are now on sale for the seventeenth annual Harvest in the Square gourmet celebration in Union Square Park (photo by James Worrell)

Union Square Park West Plaza
14th St. & Union Square West
Thursday, September 20, general admission $125 (7:30), VIP $400 (6:00)
www.harvest.unionsquarenyc.org

Nearly four dozen local restaurants will be taking part in the seventeenth annual Harvest in the Square celebration of fall, a gourmet fundraiser for the Union Square Partnership. Held under tents in the west side of the park, HITS will feature signature dishes from such eateries as Aleo, Alison Eighteen, BLT Fish and BLT Prime, Blue Smoke, Bread & Tulips, Chat ‘n’ Chew, City Crab, Craft, Dévi, Dos Caminos, 5 Napkin Burger, Gramercy Tavern, Hill Country, Junoon, Republic, Rosa Mexicano, SD26, Steak Frites, the Strip House, Tamarind, Tocqueville, Union Square Café, and Wildwood Barbeque. Drinks will be supplied by Bedell Cellars, Casa Larga Vineyards, Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars, Heartland Brewery, Irving Farm Coffee, Knapp Winery, Paumanok Vineyards, Think Coffee, Wolffer Estate Vineyards, and many others. In addition, there will be booths from City Harvest, Greenmarket Farmers Market, and Whole Foods Market Union Square. This year’s restaurant chair is Brett Reichler of B.R. Guest, and the wine chair is once again Garry Tornberg of Southern Wine & Spirits of New York. The event was founded by Danny Meyer of the Union Square Hospitality Group and Eric Petterson of the Gotham City Restaurant Group in order to raise funds for the beautification of historic Union Square Park. Tickets are on sale now, $125 for general admission at 7:30 and $400 for early VIP entry at 6:00.