Published: January 11, 2012 on The BespokeBlog
Having recently moved back to New York after a 10-year hiatus, I feel a little like a tourist when it comes to the city’s restaurant scene. It would be an understatement to say everything has changed, in restaurant terms, during that time. Besides the fact that I was just starting out back then and couldn’t afford the luxuries that I am now able to, New York’s gastronomic landscape changes every few months. Younger chefs are breaking rank to create something they can call their own, and the old guards’ empires continue to expand or morph with equal ferocity. The sheer number of dining establishments and new openings is astonishing and it makes it difficult for the uninitiated to know where to begin.
A good place to start is the historic site of 50, Commerce Street in Greenwich Village.
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Your experience “starting again” in New York sounds like me in Melbourne. In a way it is quite nice to rediscover a place though.
Yes, completely agree with you! Hope you are having a good time there. We are starting to enjoy the US more now, after a >1 year of being here.
All the best.
Hey dude, cool to see that you’re still keeping up. How is New Yorks treating you?
Hey! Good, thanks. Drop me a line if/when you are over next and I will do the same.
Best.