A new food hall has opened in midtown Manhattan, reports The New York Times. Located on Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street, The Hugh, which occupies the Citigroup Center skyscraper built by architect Hugh Stubbins, features 17 restaurants, bars, and food retailers, as well as plenty of seating for diners inside and out.
The restaurants are opening gradually, starting this week with Avocaderia, which first opened in Brooklyn, and Thai-food spot Thank You Come Again by Roongkant Preechathammarach, who has a number of other restaurants around the city. Then will come Pesce Lulu, for Mediterranean seafood; Alidoro’s Italian sandwiches; BK Jani’s burgers; Mah-Ze-Dahr bakery; Israeli restaurant Miznon; Jumieka, which offers Jamaican jerk specialties; and Teranga, a branch of Chef Pierre Thiam’s West African restaurant in Harlem.
Also to come are Doner kebabs, pizza, and Japanese food, as well as a craft beef bar from Joseph Brothers.
“We see a younger clientele in this neighborhood, people who go downtown or back to Brooklyn after work, so we’re trying to capture a sense of downtown,” said Anna Castellani, who created Hugh as well as with David Swinghamer, in partnership with Boston Properties. “We tried to be true to the building.” Full Story
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