Featuring Allen & Delancey, Label...
What will A-Rod do this weekend?
MICHELIN, MAN
The wait is over. Allen & Delancey, the much anticipated restaurant from French-trained, former Gordon Ramsay Chef de Cuisine Neil Ferguson has opened. Expect Modern American meets advanced French technique dishes like Caramelized Bone Marrow with caviar and Slow Roasted Pork Belly with pickled pears. Food and desserts are brilliant. But don’t just take our word for it, view the menu.
Allen & Delancey, 115 Allen Street (at Delancey Street), (212) 253-5400, allenanddelancey.net
TOP LABEL
Nothing says nightlife like a bar with a pink ambient glow and a mash-up soundtrack of new jazz, down tempo, and funk. “Everything you hear at Label is underground. Nothing commercial, nothing Top 40,” says owner Nick Valencia (formerly GM at Cielo). Nice.
Label, 174 Rivington Street (between Clinton & Attorney), (212) 228-9600, labellounge.com
SHACKING UP
The changing leaves can only mean one thing - it’s time for Shacktoberfest. Everyone’s favorite burger stand goes German for nine days, with authentic ‘brats, ‘wursts, German-style brews and even German Chocolate ice cream. Starts Friday (10/5) until Sunday (10/14).
Shake Shack, Madison Square Park, Southeast corner, Madison Avenue at 23rd Street, (212) 889-6600, shakeshack.com
VINE ROMANCE
Start your week off right with Big Bang Sundays at Compass. Take in the three-course prix fixe dinner ($35), and take off 50% from any of the 6,000 bottles of wine in their award-winning cellar. Yet another reason to toast the weekend.
Compass, 208 West 70th Street (Amsterdam Avenue), (212) 875-8600, compassrestaurant.com
CHEESY LINE
Artisanal cheeses + gourmet breads = best grilled cheese sandwich ever. Master the art of a fine cheese toasty at Murray Cheese’s Grills Gone Wild: The Ultimate Grilled Cheese Class. Tuesday (10/9), 6:30 p.m. $60.
Murray’s Cheese, 254 Bleecker Street (near Seventh Avenue), (212) 243-3289, murrayscheese.com
HOMME BASE
You eat French, might as well dress it too. Stock up on apparel, accessories and shoes for you and Miss Rare at French Connection’s sale. Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. – 7 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Metropolitan Pavilion, 110 West 19th Street (between Sixth & Seventh Avenues), metropolitanevents.com
