There’s a brand new luxurious lodge launching this summer time on the East Finish — Offshore Montauk — with a price ticket to match.
Rising the place the previous Sands Motel as soon as stood, the stylish lodge turns into the newest to interchange a budget-friendly Montauk motel, as Aspect Dish has been chronicling.
Room charges will vary from $700 to $1,000 and as much as $2,000 for “multiple bedroom suites on holiday weekends,” a spokesperson mentioned.
Marley Dominguez’s Enduring Hospitality Group purchased the property final 12 months for $23.5 million — down from the $28 million asking worth.
Situated at 71 South Emerson Ave., Offshore gives ocean and Fort Pond views.
The 43 rooms have all been intestine renovated, and company may also ebook a remedy its spa or calm down on the pool deck.
Offshore is “centered around wellness, offering a state-of-the-art spa,” together with a pool and a health club, the spokesperson mentioned.
A restaurant and bar with a rooftop area will launch subsequent summer time.
We hear…that Michelin-starred Greek chef Lefteris Lazarou is making his debut within the US with AMMA Contemporary Greek — opening within the Penn District this summer time.
Lazarou, identified for Varoulko Seaside in Athens, crafted the brand new fast-casual idea’s menu with pace, style and diet in thoughts. True to conventional Greek dishes, the menu options “affordable and accessible” choices — together with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free choices, says AMMA Contemporary Greek founder Haris Stamoulis.
Diners can construct their very own plates with a fundamental protein (rooster or beef-and-lamb gyro; rooster, pork or lamb souvlaki or Talagani cheese); a puree (spinach, celeriac, carrot-orange, cauliflower or pomodoro); a carb (rice with corn and carrots, Greek fries, or oven baked potatoes) and a vegetable. Different choices embrace customized pita wraps and Greek classics like Moussaka and Pastitsio and Lazarou creations, like AMMA’s sea bream on a cauliflower pomodoro puree with arugula and a aspect of Tarama unfold; and sea bream on celery root purée with child spinach and a aspect of tarama unfold.
Desserts will embrace bougatsa (a custard wrapped in phyllo), and portokalopita (a Greek syrup cake made with phyllo infused with orange taste.)
The restaurant joins the “transformed” Penn Station retail concourse degree, mentioned Vornado Realty Belief Government VP J. Weiss.
The design, by Athens-based Stirixis Group, consists of terrazzo flooring, an orange and olive tree, and an agora — a small market stocked with objects from Greece and branded merchandise reminiscent of honey and olive oil.
Style of the West Aspect is again for the primary time in 5 years (save for a small occasion in 2022) — and it’s greater than ever, with greater than 70 cooks taking part over two nights — on Might 30 and 31.
It will likely be held on the Louis Brandeis Campus encompassing 5 totally different excessive faculties, a mixture of public and constitution faculties on West 84th St, and will probably be hosted by the New York Publish and profit Lifeforce in Later Years (L.I.L.Y), a charity for eldercare in Higher Manhattan and Younger Individuals Refrain, who may also be performing on the occasion.”
After COVID and inflation, the eating places are desperate to get out. It’s been very powerful and they’re excited we’re bringing it again,” mentioned Don Evans, chairman of the occasion. Style of the West Aspect launched in 2010 and the neighborhood’s meals scene has modified considerably since then, Evans added.
High stars like Kwame Onwuachi of Tatiana will attend in addition to new favorites like Necessities by Christophe and very long time classics like Cafe Luxembourg. Assume small plates, craft cocktails and curated wines. There’s a stay DJ the primary night time, with taking part eating places on Friday night time embrace Dagon, Sempre Oggi, Melba’s, Carmine’s, Velvet Cowboy, and Pop Up Bagels.
Saturday night time, dubbed Better of the West, incorporates a stay efficiency by the Atomic Funk Undertaking band and dishes from Tatiana, Necessities by Christophe, The Leopard at Des Artistes, Lincoln Ristorante, Jacob’s Pickles, Cafe Luxembourg, Orwashers, and Jing Fong. Tickets are $125 for normal admission and $175 for VIP tickets. Common Admission tickets go on sale March 24 with a 15% early fowl low cost right here.
Breads Bakery founder Gadi Peleg is hoping to do with bureka what he did with babka.
BUBA Bureka, the Large Apple’s first devoted bureka, store opens at 193 Bleecker St on April 3. The menu is from Chef Ben Siman-Tov, a chef/baker with a contemporary tackle Center Japanese delicacies. Siman-Tov is often known as BenGingi, and he has 1.7 million followers on social media; he additionally co co-authored “Eat Small Plates” along with his spouse Zikki, slated for launch later this 12 months.
Siman-Tov and Peleg have partnered with Fritz Oleshansky, who beforehand labored at Breads Bakery in Union Sq., the place he was often known as “Fritz the Schmoozer.”
Bureka is a crisp but flaky pastry ubiquitous within the Mediterranean and Center East. The altering menu consists of a number of fillings and sides — all served with tahini, pickles and a hard-boiled egg.
Signature burekas on the opening menu will embrace the Potato Bureka with Dutch potatoes and caramelized onions; a sweet-and-savory Corn Bureka with recent corn, butter, and a contact of sea salt; a traditional Cheese Bureka with gouda, feta, and ricotta; and a Spinach Artichoke Bureka.
The seasonal menu may also embrace collaborations with cooks and influencers. Siman-Tov, Peleg and Oleshansky additionally maintain weekly stay jam sessionsand launched the store following a dialog over espresso at Breads Bakery, natch.
