CITY GRIT Presents: CHEF DAVE SANTOS' VEGGIE TALES

March’s “Veggie Tales” was such a hit that Chef Santos decided to create a part 2 dinner! This is a vegetarian menu that even meat heads will love!

  • Okra and Tomato Marmalade with jalapano corn bread
  • Carrot Carpacio: Pickled carrots, arugala, carrot pesto
  • Chilled Pea Soup: parmesan pudding, balsamic caviar, mint
  • Tempura Squash Blossom: Melted eggplant, basil pistou
  • Housemade Cavatelli and Broccolli: Carmalized onion and cheddar sauce
  • Mango Lassi: Mango curd, yogurt gellato, saffron crumbs

When: Friday, May 18th at 7:30 pm
Where: 38 Prince (between Mott and Mulberry)
Price: $55, a selection of wines and beer will be available for purchase.

OMAKASE: JAPANESE TASTING MENU

Omakase is the Japanese term for "leave it to the chef" and that's exactly what we're doing. Join us as Sarah prepares a tasting menu featuring her favorite dishes from her time studying abroad and years of traveling through Japan. 

When: Tuesday, May 22nd at 7:30 pm
Where: 38 Prince (between Mott and Mulberry)
Price: $55, a selection of wines and beer will be available for purchase.

AN EVENING WITH A CHOCOLATIER AND A SOMMELIER

Did you know that much like wine, chocolate is a fermented food? This is the secret to their seductive flavors and one of the many reasons that they are meant to be enjoyed together. Join Dork Chocolate at CITY GRIT for an evening of chocolate demonstrations, tastings, and wine pairings. Learn the art of complementing and contrasting flavors for a memorable combination starring Chocolatier, Medhi Chellauoui and Certified Sommelier, Joshua Prince.

Chocolatier, Mehdi Chellaoui started working with chocolate in the bustling pastry kitchen of Le Cirque at the age of 16 under the guidance of chocolatier Jacques Torres. A graduate from the Culinary Institute of America, he has worked at Jean Georges, Aureole, La Cote Basque, and Payard Patisserie. 

Certified Sommelier, Joshua Prince is a wine consultant at Astor Wines who's areas of focus include in biodynamic wine, artisan distilleries, and sustainable agriculture. Also a graduate from the Culinary Institute of America, Joshua, has worked at Tabla Restaurant of the Union Square Hospitality Group, and was the manager at Jean Georges' Flagship restaurant in Columbus Circle.

When: Wednesday, May 23rd at 7:30 pm
Where: 38 Prince (between Mott and Mulberry)
Price: $55 for a chocolate demonstration, plus a chocolate pairing and wine tasting.

CITY GRIT Presents: Chef Ty-lor Boring

Bravo's Top Chef Season Nine Cheftestant, Ty-Lör Boring will be back in the CITY GRIT kitchen for a three night series at the end of May. Born in Kansas City but raised around the world, Chef Ty-Lör Boring combines the BBQ of his roots with the amazing and vibrant flavors of his travels.  

Ty-Lör will be serving a multi-course tasting menu featuring some of the dishes - KC BBQ meets Asian style street food - he's working on for his new Asian BBQ concept.

When: Wednesday, May 30th - Friday, June 1 at 7:30 pm
Where: 38 Prince (between Mott and Mulberry)
Price: $95, a selection of wines and beer will be available for purchase.

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CITY GRIT Presents: Secrets Behind the Chefs with John Currence

In our new "Secrets Behind the Chef" dinner series, we're bringing some of the country's most popular chefs to CITY GRIT to share the kitchen (and the spotlight) with their executive chefs, chefs de cuisines, sous chefs, pastry chefs, etc.

Not only will our guests have the chance to mingle with (and taste the food of) these amazing Superstar chefs, but they'll also have a chance to meet, greet, and eat with the next wave of up and comers.

In our first "Secrets Behind the Chef" series, Chef John Currence, known to some as @bigbadchef and 2009 James Beard Foundation's Best Chef Southeast, Bravo's TOP CHEF Masters alum, and chef/owner of City Grocery, Big Bad Breakfast and Snackbar, is coming to CITY GRIT and bringing two of his star chefs - Heath Johnson, City Grocery's chef de cuisine, and Vish Bhatt, Snackbar's executive chef - serving a multi-course meal highlighting the exceptional seafood of the Gulf Coast seafood and seasonal vegetables of the south.

When: Thursday, June 7 & Friday, June 8 at 7:30 pm; Saturday, June 9th at 8:30 pm
Where: 38 Prince (between Mott and Mulberry)
Price: $85, a selection of wines and beer will be available for purchase.

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SOUTHERN COMFORT

While you don't need a southern meal to warm up, everyone could use some comfort even when the sun is shining. Summer vegetables are even more delicious when treated with some down-home hospitality. Join us for four courses featuring our favorite southern summer dishes. Think fried green tomatoes and, of course, banana pudding!

When: Thursday, June 14th at 7:30 pm
Where: 38 Prince (between Mott and Mulberry)
Price: $45, a selection of wines and beer will be available for purchase.

SHRIMP BOIL

Picture this - the sun is shining, there’s a cool breeze in the air, you and your friends are sipping on cold beers and crisp rose. Y'all are stuffing your faces at a table overflowing with shrimp, sausage, corn on the cob, potatoes, cole slaw, freshly baked breads, bacon butter, and an array of CITY GRIT dipping sauces.

In our second event of the sunshine season - so grab your friends, tickets and party pants because this one is gonna be a blast!

When: Sunday, June 17th at 2:00 pm
Where: 38 Prince (between Mott and Mulberry)
Price: $55, a selection of wines and beer will be available for purchase.


SUMMER SOLSTICE

With the arrival of summer comes the year's brightest and best tasting produce. Welcome the season of sunshine on its solstice and join us for five courses of the season's best pickings before everyone packs up and heads out to the beach.

When: Thursday, June 21st at 7:30 pm
Where: 38 Prince (between Mott and Mulberry)
Price: $55, a selection of wines and beer will be available for purchase.


NOTE: Tickets purchases are non-refundable but are transferrable. If time permits, City Grit will help connect ticket holders wishing to transfer tickets to those on the event waiting lists.