THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - City Harvest

“Did you know that the
single best street for pizza
lovers is Bleecker between
Sixth Avenue and Seventh
Avenue South?”
DANNY MEYER
SweetBliss
40 West 27th Street
(6th Avenue)
(212) 725-6970
www.sweetbliss.com
Ilene C. Shane, Ralph Lauren’s
former and longtime personal chef,
creates chocolate indulgences so
rich and delicious they will lead to
moments of ecstasy. Ilene creatively
uses her nostalgia for classic
confections and reinvents them
using high-quality Belgian chocolate.
With well-developed instincts for
avor, she takes old-time, handmade
favorite ingredients to craft
sumptuous chocolates that are both
familiar and completely original.
Ilene C. Shane Artisan Chocolates
DETAILS Good for Groups; Kid-Friendly;
Romantic $$$
Union Square Cafe
21 East 16th Street
(Union Square West & 5th Avenue)
(212) 243-4020
www.unionsquarecafe.com
One of New York City’s most
beloved restaurants, Union Square
Cafe, showcases Chef Carmen
Quagliata’s delicious American
cuisine with an Italian soul, and his
passion for the Greenmarket right
outside the restaurant’s doors.
When Danny Meyer opened Union
Square Cafe in 1985, he pioneered a
new breed of American eatery,
pairing imaginative food and wine
with caring hospitality, comfortable
surroundings and outstanding
value. A critical success from the
outset, Union Square Cafe
has been the Zagat Survey’s #1
most popular restaurant an
unprecedented nine times.
Carmen Quagliata American
DETAILS Romantic $$$
Wildwood Barbeque
225 Park Avenue South
(18th & 19th Streets)
(212) 533-2500
www.wildwoodbbq.com
Wildwood Barbeque serves up
multi-regional American barbeque
in a rustic urban setting, and features
a 50-foot-long bar with a wide array
of bourbons, 50 bottled and draft
beers, and the latest creative cocktail
selections.
Fernando Navas Barbecue
DETAILS Bar Scene; Good for Groups;
Kid-Friendly; Open Late (after 11pm) $$
LOWER MIDTOWN
City Harvest
exists to end
hunger in
communities
throughout
New York City.
We do this
through food
rescue and
distribution,
education, and
other practical,
innovative
solutions.
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