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TASTE OF GRAMERCY

taste of gramercy

Irving Place
Saturday, October 12, $40-$50, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
www.gnaonline.org

It’s become more than just a trend for neighborhoods all over the five boroughs to host culinary events featuring signature dishes from local restaurants. Now Gramercy Park is getting in on the action with the inaugural Taste of Gramercy. On October 12 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, more than two dozen eateries will be serving food, including Gramercy Tavern, L’Express, Friend of a Farmer, Big Daddy’s Branded, City Crab, Dos Caminos, Ichabod’s, One Lucky Duck, Ponty Bistro, Paul & Jimmy’s, Pure Food and Wine, Wildwood Barbeque, and Casa Mono. Tickets, which are good for five tastings, are $40 in advance and $50 on the day of the event, with part of the proceeds benefiting such local schools as PS 40 and School of the Future, with any leftover food going to the Bowery Mission.

WINTER RESTAURANT WEEK

restaurant week

Monday – Friday, January 14 – February 8
Three-course prix-fixe lunch $25, dinner $38
www.nycgo.com/restaurantweek

Prices have risen slightly for 2013 Winter Restaurant Week, but only moderately; prix-fixe three-course lunches have gone from $24.07 to $25, and dinners from $35 to $38, but there are still plenty of reasons to get hungry, including peppered duck leg, sautéed scallop, sepia, shrimp and cod, and vanilla bean crème brûlée at ‘21,’ pâté grand-mère, aile de raie sautée, and tarte chocolat et noisette at Bar Boulud, warm prosciutto & Gruyere cheese tart, open-faced crisp John Dory sandwich, and Valrhona chocolate pot de crème at Blue Fin, beef short rib taquitos, chile rubbed beef brisket torta, and chocolate butterscotch cake at Dos Caminos, spicy Mongolian hot pot in steamboat, kimchi stone bowl rice, and chef’s dessert selection at HanGawi, pastrami Reuben eggroll, challah grilled cheese, and black & white ice-cream cookie sandwich at Kutsher’s, classic French onion soup, seared merlu, and chocolate fondant at Le Cirque, fresh shucked oysters, steamed cod, and apple walnut crumble at Lure Fishbar, sea scallops, celery root raviolo, and Meyer lemon chiboust at Nice Matin, black cod miso on limestone lettuce, unami Arctic char, and dessert at Nobu, classic Caesar salad, single-cut filet mignon, and New York cheesecake at Palm One, Petrossian smoked salmon, lamb shank pot au feu, and chocolate caramel tart at Petrossian, seared diver scallops, hanger steak with brandied cherries, and mint Oreo chocolate chunk at Quality Meats, fragrant mushroom broth pork belly dumplings, pork belly bahn mi, and spiced ginger cake at Spice Market, cheddar bratwurst, braised short rib, and pumpkin cheesecake at Tribeca Grill, and fried green tomatoes, blackened shrimp po’ boy, and toasted apple pound cake at Wildwood Barbeque. Among the many other participating restaurants, which total approximately three hundred eateries, are B. Smith’s, Capsouto Frères, Darbar, Delmonico’s, Frankie & Johnnie’s, Gotham Bar & Grill, Il Mulino, Mercer Kitchen, Rosa Mexicano, Shun Lee Palace, Tao, and Water’s Edge, but you better book soon.

TICKET ALERT: HARVEST IN THE SQUARE

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.