CHEF’S HACKS NYC
Some top spots from people in the know…
JOSH EMETT / RATA, QUEENSTOWN
Get to Gramercy Tavern 42 E 20th St for the quintessential NYC experience;
Le Bernardin W 51st St for luxurious seafood; Bâtard 239 W Broadway for modern European and amazing cooking from Markus Glocker.
CASEY MCDONALD / CRAGGY RANGE, HAWKES BAY Estela at 47 E Houston St for simple but perfectly executed food; Flora Bar 945 Madison Ave for a great brunch and really good coffee.
MICHAEL MEREDITH / EAT MY LUNCH The Musket Room 265 Elizabeth St, definitely go! What a talent that Lambert is!
MITCHELL TAIT / THE ILLICIT PROJECT Eleven Madison Park 11 Madison Ave for sure, if you can get in; Bouley at Home
31 W 21st St is a great old school experience; Contra 138 Orchard St and Cosme 35 E 21st St. And don’t be shy go hard on the hotdogs and the dollar slice pizza…
BEN SHEWRY / ATTICA, MELBOURNE You must go to Prince St Pizza Downtown Manhattan and order a square slice of the pepperoni. It’s the best!
SAM CAMPBELL / WELLES STREET CHRISTCHURCH
Lilia 567 Union Ave, Brooklyn for homestyle Italian; Misi 329 Kent Ave, Brooklyn for elevated antipasto & handmade pasta dishes; Prune 54 E 1st St, a tiny eatery known for the best brunch.
LESLIE HOTTIAUX &
MO KOSKI / APERO, AUCKLAND
Charlie Bird 5 King St, a hip ItalianNew American, go for lunch, so yummy! The Four Horseman winebar 295 Grand St, Brooklyn. Small plates, snug digs.
SEAN CONNELY / THE GRILL / GUSTO AT THE GRAND, AUCKLAND Big Gay Ice Cream 125 E 7th St, 207 Front Street and 61 Grove St NYC; Dough
Doughnuts 448 Lafayette Ave, Bedstuy Brooklyn. Nuf said…
LUCAS PARKINSON / ODE, WANAKA Xi’an Famous Foods chain & Los Tacos
75 9th Ave; Joes 7 Carmine St, Greenwich Village, for great NY pzza; Dominique
Ansel Bakery 189 Spring St & Junior’s restaurant chain for cheesecake!
CONOR WIREMU-MERTENS / RESTAURANT CHIMERA
All of these are fun, tasty, casual and unpretentious… Achilles Heel 180 West St, Brooklyn; Superiority Burger
430 E 9th St; Wildair 142 Orchard St;
Attaboy 134 Eldridge St; Baohaus 238 E 14th St; Crif dogs 113 St Marks Pl.