To keep up the culinary excitement, Monday I went to the new Food Hall at the Plaza. It's been open for a few months now, and I've been dying to go! Even though it was a Monday night it was almost full around 8 pm. The space is beautiful with white marble bar tops, dark wood and mosaic tile floors. It definitely has the European flair that they were looking for!
The space is divided up into different sections, each with their own bar area: wine bar, grill, pizza, dumpling bar, sushi bar, ocean grill & oyster bar, bakery, cheese & charcuterie. You can sit anywhere and still order from any of the sections.
Here is the pizza bar:
And the wine bar:
Both of the two things I sampled were fantastic! From the tapas menu, the chermoula marinated shrimp ($8) with smoked paprika, cilantro and cumin was perfectly cooked and seasoned. The tapas portion is 2 shrimps with a little bit of shaved fennel salad. I could have eaten 4 portions it was so good! Then from the pizza menu, the spit roasted chicken pizza ($14) with carmelized onions, aged provolone and arugula pesto... it was larger than expected - a nice long oval size that they cut into 8 pieces. I was sitting at the pizza bar so I got to watch him make it. The oven is seriously impressive, at over 700 degrees it cooks really fast and with the perfect char and crisp crust. The combination of flavors was incredible, I think it was the arugula pesto that really made it! I paired these food items with the Chianti Rufina from the wines by the glass menu ($9). All in all, it was splendid and I can't wait to go back! Also, very reasonably priced... especially considering it is the Plaza after all!
Take a look at the full menu here, and wine menu here.
The space is divided up into different sections, each with their own bar area: wine bar, grill, pizza, dumpling bar, sushi bar, ocean grill & oyster bar, bakery, cheese & charcuterie. You can sit anywhere and still order from any of the sections.
Here is the pizza bar:
And the wine bar:
Both of the two things I sampled were fantastic! From the tapas menu, the chermoula marinated shrimp ($8) with smoked paprika, cilantro and cumin was perfectly cooked and seasoned. The tapas portion is 2 shrimps with a little bit of shaved fennel salad. I could have eaten 4 portions it was so good! Then from the pizza menu, the spit roasted chicken pizza ($14) with carmelized onions, aged provolone and arugula pesto... it was larger than expected - a nice long oval size that they cut into 8 pieces. I was sitting at the pizza bar so I got to watch him make it. The oven is seriously impressive, at over 700 degrees it cooks really fast and with the perfect char and crisp crust. The combination of flavors was incredible, I think it was the arugula pesto that really made it! I paired these food items with the Chianti Rufina from the wines by the glass menu ($9). All in all, it was splendid and I can't wait to go back! Also, very reasonably priced... especially considering it is the Plaza after all!
Take a look at the full menu here, and wine menu here.
The Plaza Food Hall by Todd English, Fifth Avenue at Central Park South, enter on the 59th street side facing the Park and take the escalator down to the basement.
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