FALL PREVIEW 2014: 7 FOOD-OBSESSED HOTELS OPENING SOON
Because every king-sized bed first requires a feast
by ALIA AKKAM
Long gone are the days when hotels could skate by with offering only insipid room-service BLTs. Nowadays, food and beverage is as much of a priority as designer guestrooms, inevitably drawing in locals to boot. Many a new property is slated to open this fall, promising some intriguing culinary amentities as part of the package. Here are seven of the most tantalizing among them:
Chef Nick Anderer, of Maialino fame, will be making these rabbit meatballs at New York’s Martha Washington (Photo: Alice Gao).
Martha Washington: New York
This Chelsea newcomer has gone through a revolving door of different names (Hotel Thirty-Thirty, Lola, King & Grove) in record time, but history gets the last word: it’s now the Martha Washington, which was the property’s original name when it opened back in 1903 as all-women lodging. The slate-tiled bathrooms are nice and all, but the real draw is about-to-open Marta—the newest venture from Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group. Here, chef Nick Anderer, of Maialino fame, plans to crank out rabbit meatballs with charred scallions and ricotta and, proving Neapolitan pizza isn’t the only game in town, crackling-thin pies that channel Rome. 29 East 29th St., chelseahotels.com
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CULINARY AMENITIES
