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Your Weekly Indulgence: Honeycomb Latte at Felix Roasting Co.

Your Weekly Indulgence highlights the most luxurious dishes New York has to offer. Use the hashtag #ywidowntown and tag us @downtownmagnyc on Instagram to let us know how you’re indulging!

Felix Roasting Co. on Park Avenue South is unlike any coffee shop you’ve ever visited. The design-forward “experiential” coffee shop conceptualized by hotelier, Matt Moinian, and coffee entrepreneur, Al Ansari, offers New Yorkers the best in innovative espresso drinks, superb quality, and engaging culture. Their menu includes interactive items so instead of just grabbing a coffee you’re having a full-on coffee experience. Starting this summer, Felix is adding grab-and-go dishes from SoHo cafe west~bourne so guests can pair chia pudding or togarashi chex mix with their tonics and coffees. Felix is also now selling their house-roasted whole beans to take home.

The most exciting new development is The Felix Cellar, a beautiful showcase and event space recently unveiled to host workshops, tastings, classes, and more. Complimenting the first floor’s architectural grandeur, the cellar features cavernous design elements as a nod to the great wine cellars of Italy or Napa like vaulted ceilings, antique mirrors, and handmade copper gilded bricks. Be on the lookout for latte art competitions, tastings, cuppings, intensive classes, and workshops or rent out the space for a gathering of up to 50 people.

One of our favorite, indulgent experiences at Felix Roasting Co. happens when you order the Honeycomb Latte with Lavender and Rosemary. The honeycomb is a house made brittle toffee shell that you actually have to smash through to reach the latte underneath, which is made with cacao-nib infused milk, fresh lavender blossoms, and rosemary. Felix offers house-made nut milk and fresh oat milk as a substitution in any of their beverages, stop by to try them all!

Felix Roasting Co.
450 Park Avenue South
Monday–Thursday: 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Friday: 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Saturday: 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Sunday: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM

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Your Weekly Indulgence: Scorpion Fish & Chips at Fine & Rare

Your Weekly Indulgence highlights the most luxurious dishes New York has to offer. Use the hashtag #ywidowntown and tag us @downtownmagnyc on Instagram to let us know how you’re indulging!

Since 2017, Fine & Rare has been a destination for fine food, rare spirits, and rhythmic jazz. The contemporary menu is paired with the sophistication of old New York, including touches like rescued teller windows from Grand Central Station and a rolling library ladder that helps bartenders access some of the hundreds of bottles lining the walls. Fine & Rare also features daily live jazz performances and a bottle keep program that allows patrons to keep special bottles in private lockers for their consumption only.

Such an exquisite environment needs dishes to match, and Chef Philip Sireci has done it with his new lunchtime scorpion fish and chips. The scorpion fish is both delicious and rare. When caught live, scorpion fish are often thrown back to avoid coming in to contact with their spines as the venom within them is toxic enough to cause serious problems if medical treatment is not sought. When dead, the spines can be carefully removed with kitchen shears. The flesh cooks white, is firm, and has a mild and somewhat sweet flavor similar to lobster meat.

The scorpion fish and chips are served with mashed peas, scorpion chili dusted fries, and sweet & spicy scorpion chili aioli. After being carefully cleaned, the fish is dipped in a beer batter infused with more scorpion chili pepper then deep fried. The fries are made with hand cut Idaho potatoes and double fried for the perfect combination of creamy center and crisp skin. The mashed peas are a nod to a traditional side in England and help to mellow the head from the scorpion chili while bringing out the sweetness. This dish is a perfect example of Fine & Rare’s goal to create a theatrical experience for their guests while educating them about exciting and rare food and spirits. This is truly an indulgent dish you can’t get anywhere else!

Fine & Rare
9 E 37th Street

Lunch
Tuesday–Friday: 12:00–2:30 PM

Brunch
Saturday–Sunday: 11:00 AM – 3:30 PM

Dinner (Kitchen Hours)
Sunday–Tuesday: 5:00–10:00 PM
Wednesday–Thursday: 5:00–11:00 PM
Friday–Saturday: 5:00 PM – 12:00 AM

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Your Weekly Indulgence: Rhubarb Pavlova at Reynard

Your Weekly Indulgence highlights the most luxurious dishes New York has to offer. Use the hashtag #ywidowntown and tag us @downtownmagnyc on Instagram to let us know how you’re indulging!

If you haven’t checked out Reynard, the New American restaurant in Williamsburg’s Wythe Hotel, you’re missing out on delicious food in a can’t beat location. The menu ranges from house made bone broth and pastries to lunch sandwiches and salads and grilled or roasted proteins for dinner.

This summer the dessert menu includes a rhubarb pavlova with elderflower, whipped white chocolate, and pistachio. If you’ve never had the meringue based dessert named after ballerina Anna Pavlova this is the perfect one to try as you sip on dessert wine and enjoy a summer evening.

Reynard
80 Wythe Avenue, Williamsburg

Breakfast:
Monday–Friday: 7:00–11:00 AM
Saturday–Sunday: 7:00–10:00 AM

Lunch:
Monday–Friday: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Brunch:
Saturday–Sunday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Dinner:
Sunday–Thursday: 6:00–11:00 PM
Friday–Saturday: 6:00 PM – 12:00 AM

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Your Weekly Indulgence: Lobster Fettuccine at Olio e Piú

Your Weekly Indulgence highlights the most luxurious dishes New York has to offer. Use the hashtag #ywidowntown and tag us @downtownmagnyc on Instagram to let us know how you’re indulging!

There’s no way you haven’t walked by Olio e Piú, which stands out with its green facade covered in vines on the corner of Sixth and Greenwich Avenues. The authentic trattoria features the cooking of corporate executive chef Dominick Pepe and new executive chef Pedro Cruz and focuses on vibrant Italian flavors. Another great reason to visit is the recently introduced breakfast service that includes eggs Benedict with prosciutto and an omelette with Parma ham.

On a menu filled with pizza, pasta, and beautifully cooked proteins, it’s hard to pick something that isn’t indulgent (okay, they have salad, too). The Fettuccine con Astice Diavolo pairs half of a perfectly cooked lobster with homemade pasta, a spicy tomato sauce, and tons of fresh basil. There’s nothing like a lobster coming to the table in its shell, and pairing that with fresh pasta elevates it even more. The spicy tomato sauce features whole cherry tomatoes bursting with brightness to keep the dish from being too heavy. Be sure to add Olio e Piú to your list for the next time you’re craving pasta!

Photo by Cali Zimmerman

Olio e Piú
3 Greenwich Avenue
Monday–Thursday: 8:00 AM – 12:00 AM
Friday: 8:00 AM – 1:00 AM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 1:00 AM
Sunday: 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM

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Your Weekly Indulgence: Savory Cannoli at Chumley’s

Chumley’s in the West Village takes its name and space from a former bar and hideaway frequented during prohibition and through the century by writers and creatives who took shelter in its dark corners and and booths. Today, Chumley’s is an upscale American restaurant serving an eclectic menu from the kitchen helmed by Heather Pelletier. Pelletier started as a pastry cook at Momofuku before turning to savory fare at Osteria Morini, Vaucluse, and Boqueria.

Her pastry roots shine in this luxurious appetizer: a savory cannoli filled with chicken liver and foie gras mousse. The dish is finished with shallot jam and pistachios and is as pretty as anything you’ll find in a pastry case.

Chumley’s
86 Bedford Street
Monday–Thursday: 5:30–10:15 PM
Friday–Saturday: 5:30–10:30 PM
Sunday Brunch: 11:30 AM – 3:30 PM

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Your Weekly Indulgence: Caviar Service at Aska

Your Weekly Indulgence highlights the most luxurious dishes New York has to offer. Use the hashtag #ywidowntown and tag us @downtownmagnyc on Instagram to let us know how you’re indulging!

Nordic Cuisine is a trend that doesn’t seem to be going anywhere, especially in New York. Aska is a New York style restaurant with Nordic Roots from Swedish chef Fredrik Berselius located in Williamsburg. The restaurant has received many accolades including various Best New Restaurant awards, three-stars from the New York Times, and two Michelin stars.

It doesn’t get much more indulgent than a tasting menu, but Aska is pushing the limits with their caviar service available in the cellar bar or garden. Options include Vendace roe or Finnish caviar from Carelia served with potato pancakes and smoked cultured cream – an extravagant treat that is perfect enjoyed with a glass of champagne!

Photo by Charlie Bennet

Aska
47 South 5th Street
Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Dining Room by Reservation Only
Tuesday–Saturday from 6:00 PM

Cellar Lounge
Tuesday–Saturday: 6:00 PM – 12:00 AM