New York Post

You can buy the fork on this Chelsea road

- By JENNIFER GOULD KEIL

Architect and designer Mark Zeff and his wife Kristen have just launched Blackbarn, a flagship shopping mecca in Chelsea Market that includes a new restaurant­style cafe.

The twist: All of the dishes, flatware, glasses and linens used in the classy, one-of- a-kind restaurant are for sale.

The eatery, helmed by chef John Doherty (the former longtime chef at the Waldorf Astoria) seats 65 people — inside Zeff ’s new flagship Blackbarn design shop.

The restaurant, open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, serves locally sourced fare from upstate New York farms, a light version of the well- known NoMad restaurant, Doherty’s main gig.

If Chinese food and a movie are part of your holiday tradition, here’s a way to kick it up a notch: head to Hakkasan NYC, hidden away in Times Square, for Peking duck three ways. Add black sesame and chocolate dumplings for dessert, and you are set. Other choices include: DaDong, a hot new Beijing-based chain, just opened in Bryant Park; and, for a more affordable option, the classic Peking Duck House in Chinatown.

WE HEAR ... that neighborho­od staple Il Valentino Osteria, on First Avenue and East 59th Street, frequented by celebritie­s from Emmy Rossum to Placido Domingo, has revamped its menu and hired Neapolitan pizza maestro Divino Sena of Mezzaluna and Bella Blu.

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