Luxury hotel to open where Montauk motel once – Business News
There’s a new luxurious hotel launching this summer time on the East End — Offshore Montauk — with a price tag to match.
Rising where the previous Sands Motel once stood, the stylish hotel turns into the most recent to substitute a budget-friendly Montauk motel, as Side Dish has been chronicling.
Room charges will vary from $700 to $1,000 and up to $2,000 for “multiple bedroom suites on holiday weekends,” a spokesperson stated.
Marley Dominguez’s Enduring Hospitality Group purchased the property final yr for $23.5 million — down from the $28 million asking price.
Offshore is owned by Marley Dominguez’s Enduring Hospitality Group, which purchased the motel for $23.5 million final yr — down from its $28 million asking price. Cameron Burton
Located at 71 South Emerson Ave., Offshore provides ocean and Fort Pond views.
The 43 rooms have all been intestine renovated, and company may e book a remedy its spa or chill out on the pool deck.
Offshore is “centered around wellness, offering a state-of-the-art spa,” together with a pool and a fitness center, the spokesperson stated.
A restaurant and bar with a rooftop space will launch subsequent summer time.
Room charges will vary from $700 to $1000 and up to $2000 for “multiple bedroom suites on holiday weekends,” a spokesperson stated. Cameron Burton
Dominguez in entrance of the soon-to-be open Offshore Montauk. Cameron Burton
We hear…that Michelin-starred Greek chef Lefteris Lazarou is making his debut within the US with AMMA Fresh Greek — opening within the Penn District this summer time.
Lazarou, recognized for Varoulko Seaside in Athens, crafted the new fast-casual idea’s menu with pace, style and nutrition in thoughts. True to conventional Greek dishes, the menu options “affordable and accessible” choices — together with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free choices, says AMMA Fresh Greek founder Haris Stamoulis.
Greek chef Lefteris Lazarou, recognized for Varoulko Seaside in Athens, crafted the new fast-casual idea’s menu with pace, style and nutrition in thoughts.
Diners can construct their own plates with a predominant protein (chicken or beef-and-lamb gyro; chicken, 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. Other choices embody 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 facet of Tarama unfold; and sea bream on celery root purée with child spinach and a facet of tarama unfold.
Desserts will embody bougatsa (a custard wrapped in phyllo), and portokalopita (a Greek syrup cake made with phyllo infused with orange taste.)
AMMA Fresh Greek is opening within the Penn District this summer time.
The restaurant joins the “transformed” Penn Station retail concourse stage, stated Vornado Realty Trust Executive VP J. Weiss.
The design, by Athens-based Stirixis Group, contains terrazzo flooring, an orange and olive tree, and an agora — a small market stocked with gadgets from Greece and branded merchandise corresponding to honey and olive oil.
Taste of the West Side is back for the primary time in 5 years (save for a small occasion in 2022) — and it’s larger than ever, with more than 70 cooks taking part over two nights — on May 30 and 31.
It shall be held on the Louis Brandeis Campus encompassing 5 completely different high faculties, a combine of public and constitution faculties on West 84th St, and it will likely be hosted by the New York Post and benefit Lifeforce in Later Years (L.I.L.Y), a charity for eldercare in Upper Manhattan and Young People Chorus, who may even be performing on the occasion.”
Kwame Onwuachi of Tatiana is one of 70 cooks taking part in Taste of the West Side Restaurant Associates
After COVID and inflation, the eating places are keen to get out. It’s been very robust and they’re excited we’re bringing it back,” stated Don Evans, chairman of the occasion. Taste of the West Side launched in 2010 and the neighborhood’s food scene has modified considerably since then, Evans added.
Top stars like Kwame Onwuachi of Tatiana will attend in addition to new favorites like Essentials by Christophe and long time classics like Cafe Luxembourg. Think small plates, craft cocktails and curated wines. There’s a reside DJ the primary night time, with taking part eating places on Friday night time embody Dagon, Sempre Oggi, Melba’s, Carmine’s, Velvet Cowboy, and Pop Up Bagels.
The occasion is back for the primary time in 5 years. Chef Christophe Bellanca, above. Essential by Christophe
Saturday night time, dubbed Best of the West, options a reside efficiency by the Atomic Funk Project band and dishes from Tatiana, Essentials 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. General 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 Big 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 fashionable tackle Middle Eastern delicacies. Siman-Tov is also referred to as BenGingi, and he has 1.7 million followers on social media; he additionally co co-authored “Eat Small Plates” together with his spouse Zikki, slated for release later this yr.
Bureka is a crisp but flaky pastry ubiquitous within the Mediterranean and Middle East. Omer Kaplan Photography
Siman-Tov and Peleg have partnered with Fritz Oleshansky, who beforehand labored at Breads Bakery in Union Square, where he was often called “Fritz the Schmoozer.”
Bureka is a crisp but flaky pastry ubiquitous within the Mediterranean and Middle East. The altering menu contains a number of fillings and sides — all served with tahini, pickles and a hard-boiled egg.
Signature burekas on the opening menu will embody the Potato Bureka with Dutch potatoes and caramelized onions; a sweet-and-savory Corn Bureka with contemporary 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 even embody collaborations with cooks and influencers. Siman-Tov, Peleg and Oleshansky additionally maintain weekly reside jam sessionsand launched the store following a dialog over espresso at Breads Bakery, natch.
