If you ran the NYC Marathon yesterday, you can bring in your Medal to Almond (12 East 22nd Street) this week and they will hook you up with a free entree.
Be sure to bring in your medal and redeem it up to Friday, November 11th.
Here is the Almond dinner menu.
Friday night’s Artists for Haiti dinner at Almond restaurant right here in the Flatiron (12 East 22nd street between Broadway and Park) was packed with celebs and included a related auction which raised $13.7 million and set world records for four artists according to http://artistsforhaiti.com/auction including Adel Abdessemed ($350,000), Glenn Ligon ($450,000), Nate Lowman ($140,000), and Raymond Pettibon ($820,000). “The auction included 27 works by 26 of today’s most prominent artists, many of which were created specifically for this cause”, with works also by Chuck Close, Jeff Koons, Dan Flavin, Neo Rauch, Urs Fischer, and Cecily Brown.
Guests of note included Susan Sarandon, Bill Clinton, Sean Penn, Jennifer Aniston, Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux, Pat McEnroe, Donna Karan. See photos at www.gettyimages.com/Search/artists+for+haiti+dinner.
Valentine’s Day at Almond (12 East 22nd street between Broadway and Park) will feature their 2nd annual, four-course pomegranate Valentine’s Day menu for $55.
Almost every choice somehow has pomegranate involved, from the Oysters with pomegranate proseco granit to the ricotta crostini with pomegranate molasses, to the king salmon with pomegranate gastrique, to the sticky toffee cake with pomegranate gelee.
Check out the full Almond Valentine’s Day menu to see all of your choices (You get two choices for your first, second and third courses, plus the dessert.)
We are getting to the last days of Madison Square Mark’t, so get down there today and Saturday if you can for some awesome lunch options and artisan gift shopping. MadParkNews tried to hit a bunch of the food stands and take photos of the offerings, so here click through to any of the following [...]
Madison Square Mark’t is currently open each day through October 23rd with popup shops and a food square daily from 11am-8pm on the west side of Madison Square Park. One of the food stands is from Almond (12 East 22nd Street), who is serving up Pastrami Sliders, Jalapeno Cheddar Bratwurst, Moroccan Meatball Heros, and Shrimp Cocktail. All items are $8 except the Bratwurst ($7).
We tried the Pastrami Sliders (photo here) which were really good, on an onion roll with mustard seeds, and pickles.
The next few weeks we will try to review and photograph the different food selections, but better yet, just go down to the market and check out all of the great food options.
For the full list of food stands see here.
Almond Restaurant‘s (12 East 22nd Street) Jason Weiner recently was the guest chef for Outstanding in the Field, the popular roaming culinary experience set in the middle of farms and gardens. The Times just wrote up the New York tour stop and quoted Saturday’s guest chef in “Coast to Coast in Pursuit of Local Flavor“. [...]
Read full review and see PHOTOS Went back to Almond Restaurant on 22nd Street for brunch today, mostly to try one of their signature dishes, the Almond Hash. The Almond hash, pictured above right, features a poached egg over a mix of potatoes, roasted onions, duck confit and duck cracklins ($15). It’s an excellent combination of savory flavors and the poached egg is perfectly cooked to mix with everything upon the first bite. A little container of fresh salsa on the side adds more acidity and complexity to the dish, but it doesn’t need it. Highly recommended. The room was lively and full, even for a…
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