{"id":352549,"date":"2021-10-14T02:00:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T23:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-power-lunch-spots-get-their-mojo-back-as-offices-reopen\/"},"modified":"2021-10-14T02:00:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T23:00:55","slug":"nyc-power-lunch-spots-get-their-mojo-back-as-offices-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-power-lunch-spots-get-their-mojo-back-as-offices-reopen\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC &#8216;power lunch&#8217; spots get their mojo back as offices reopen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#NYC &#8216;power lunch&#8217; spots get their mojo back as offices reopen<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Steve Cuozzo\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>After a long season when many high-earning executives subsisted on takeout salads and grain bowls, Manhattan\u2019s power districts are finally getting their lunch mojo back.<\/p>\n<p>Many eateries favored by movers and shakers opened for dinner only when indoor dining resumed last February.\u00a0 But lunch is on tap again at Le Bernardin, Le Pavillon, Marea, and the fabled venue where the \u201cpower lunch\u201d was invented \u2014 The Grill, former home to The Four Seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Owners \u00a0had served dinner but held off on midday due to scarce mid-day customers and \u00a0 even scarcer staff. A recent uptick in office occupancy to nearly 30 percent from under 20 percent earlier this year, combined with Broadway\u2019s reopening and a sense of security provided by vaccines, finally made lunch viable again.<\/p>\n<p>After serving dinner only from mid-March, Le Bernardin added lunch three days a week in mid-September and from Monday-Friday starting on Oct. 4. Chef\/owner Eric Ripert cited \u201cmore people in offices and a lot of foot traffic in the Times Square and Midtown area\u201d for making the moves worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p>The Grill\u2019s lunch revival last week might prove a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>-changer in Manhattan\u2019s socio-culinary\u00a0recovery. Jeff Zalaznick, managing partner of Grill owner Major Food Group, said, \u201cThis is our duty and our responsibility as restaurateurs and as New Yorkers. Lunch at The Grill is an institution and it is time for people to get off the streets and get back to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/power-lunch-manhattan-0002-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Le Bernardin\" class=\"wp-image-19795784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/power-lunch-manhattan-0002-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/power-lunch-manhattan-0002-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/power-lunch-manhattan-0002-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Le Bernardin, seen in a file photo, and other New York hot spots are ready to re-open as the site of Manhattan power lunches as titans of industry head back to the office.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Larry Busacca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In recent weeks, lunch also resumed at Charlie Palmer Steak and at \u00a0classy Clement in the St. Regis Hotel (in a twist, the latter is not yet open for dinner). BLT Steak on East 57th Street has its eye on a Nov. 1 lunch re-boot and many more places are expected to get on board.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s hard to nail down the facts at some places. Marea has offered lunch from Wednesday through Sunday for several weeks, but its phone line and Web site still cite dinner hours only. Charlie Palmer Steak has served lunch Tuesday through Friday since Oct. 3, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> has yet to reach their phone line and web site.<\/p>\n<p>Several major venues\u00a0continue to wait.\u00a0There\u2019s no lunch yet at Nobu on Fulton Street downtown, an area where bankers, brokers and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> execs have few first-class dining options. Co-owner Drew Nieporent said it was due to the staffing shortage but the plan is to reopen \u201cwithin a few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aquavit <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> manager Yuka Abe said that Monday dinner alone, which was recently added to the schedule, \u201chas the far greater potential in terms of total sales than five lunch shifts. But lunch is our next goal once we get Mondays going\u201d at the elegant Nordic restaurant on East 55th Street.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/power-lunch-manhattan-0004.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The Four Seasons \" class=\"wp-image-19795754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/power-lunch-manhattan-0004.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/power-lunch-manhattan-0004.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/power-lunch-manhattan-0004.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Four Seasons was the site of the original power lunch. Seen in 2016, it\u2019s been reborn now as The Grill, which is set to open again for lunches after being closed in the afternoons during COVID.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Certain lunch decisions \u00a0are linked to specific neighborhood circumstances.\u00a0Andrew Carmellini\u2019s French brasserie\u00a0Lafayette in NoHo added lunch this week, spurred in part by the return of NYU faculty who often went there.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Chinese luxury palace Hutong, in the former Le Cirque space in the Bloomberg tower, is waiting until the office tower\u00a0reaches 70 percent occupancy, according to maitre\u2019d and guest relations head Raafet Olian.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s clearly no slowing the lunch-again momentum \u2014 to the delight of\u00a0Midtown executives and business owners.<\/p>\n<p>Powerhouse retail broker Spencer Levy says that after gaining 15 pounds working from his home kitchen, he\u2019s \u201ch<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y to be back in the city where lunch only happens at lunchtime.\u201d His favorite places\u00a0include celebrated Alsatian restaurant Gabriel Kreuther on East 42nd Street.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Mogensen, a West 40s chief financial officer, said the reopenings beat \u201cthe fast casual alternatives that become a mainstay of one\u2019s lunch repertoire. It\u2019s lovely to have them for special occasions rather than to celebrate rather with a group pizza or Chipotle run.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/power-lunch-manhattan-0003-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"La Pavillon\" class=\"wp-image-19795809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/power-lunch-manhattan-0003-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/power-lunch-manhattan-0003-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/power-lunch-manhattan-0003-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Lunch is again served at La Pavillon as office workers return to Midtown Manhattan.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alexander Marketing president Linda Alexander, a Midtown business owner for\u00a0more than 20 years, enthused, \u201cThe energy is absolutely back, especially as evidenced by the re-openings of so many\u00a0restaurants and the return of the quintessential business lunch.\u00a0 I have to again make reservations in advance, but that\u2019s a small to price to pay.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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