Food Festival on the UWS in May!

Hi there Columbus Circle Hostel Guests and New York Visitors! We’d like to share this interesting article about cool event taking place in our neighborhood in the near future. Because what’s better than May, New York and good food?

Fancy Food Festival Coming to the Upper West Side
By Laura Weiss
www.foodandthings.com

There are some who insist that there’s nothing much to taste when it comes to Upper West Side food. But others say there’s plenty to celebrate about the neighborhood’s robust dining scene. The New Taste of the Upper West Side is designed to let you sample a range of area restaurants’ offerings.

A panel on healthy eating, buying local and other foodie verities will kick off this year’s event, which takes place May 21 and 22. Then, once you’ve eaten your veggies so to speak, you can pig out on a lavish dessert spread.

On May 22, there will be special cocktails and flavors from over 40 Upper West Side chefs.

Ticket prices range from $25 for the panel discussion to $85 for the dessert bash. It will set you back $200 for a VIP ticket to the May 22 food and drink event. If you want to know more, click here.

Participating restaurants and chefs:

• Bar Boulud; Chef Damian Sansonetti
• Blue Ribbon Sushi; Chefs Bruce & Eric Bromberg
• Café Blossom; Chef Seamus Jones
• Calle Ocho; Chef Luke Laru
• Cesca; Chef Kevin Garcia
• Compass; Chef Neil Annis
• Dovetail; Chef John Fraser
• Earthen Oven; Chef Durtha Prasad
• Eighty One; Chef Ed Brown
• Fatty Crab, Chef Zakary Pelaccio
• Gabriel’s; Chef Matthew Hayden
• Isabella’s; Chef John Lictro
• Jacques Torres, Chocolatiers; Jacques Torres
• Jean Georges; Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten
• Josie’s; Chef Louis Lanza
• Kefi; Chef Michael Psilakis
• Landmarc; Chef Marc Murphy
• Madaleine Mae; Chef Jonathan Waxman
• Magnolia Bakery
• Nice Matin; Chef Andy D’Amico
• Nonna; Chef Sam Demarco
• Ocean Grill; Chef Juan Carlos Ortega
• Rosa Mexicano; ChefJoe Quintana
• Ruby Foos; Chef Shawn Edelman
• Salumeria Rosi; Chef Caesare Casella
• Shake Shack; Randy Garutti (Danny Meyer)
• Telepan; Chef Bill Telepan

(Photo via newtasteuws.com. Check out the site for photos of all of the participating chefs.)

Laura B. Weiss is a food and travel journalist who covers the food scene on the Upper West Side at
www.foodandthings.com. A version of this article originally ran on that site.