Eleven Madison Park

Eleven Madison Park is an American restaurant located inside the Metropolitan Life North Building at 11 Madison Avenue in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, New York City. It ranked third among The World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2016,[4] and topped the list in 2017.[5]

Eleven Madison Park
Logo on window
Restaurant information
Established1998 (1998)[1]
Owner(s)Daniel Humm
Head chefDaniel Humm
ChefBrian Lockwood
Food typeContemporary American
RatingVoted Best Restaurant in the World 2017, The World's 50 Best Restaurants;[2] Michelin Guide, 2018[3]
Street address11 Madison Avenue
CityNew York City (Flatiron District, Manhattan)
StateNew York
Postal/ZIP Code10010
CountryUnited States
Seating capacity80
WebsiteElevenMadisonPark.com

History

The restaurant, designed by Bentel & Bentel, is located in the Metropolitan Life North Building, facing Madison Square, at the intersection of Madison Avenue and 24th Street. The restaurant originally opened in 1998 and was owned by restaurateur Danny Meyer. In 2006, Chef Daniel Humm and Will Guidara began working at Eleven Madison Park and in 2011 they purchased it from Meyer.[6] Humm and Guidara also own and operate the NoMad restaurant in the NoMad Hotel, opened in 2012, and Made Nice, a counter-service restaurant in Manhattan. Their restaurants are under the Make It Nice group.[7]

Eleven Madison Park was closed for renovation between June 9 and October 11, 2017, mainly to revamp the kitchen which had not been updated in nearly 20 years.[8]

Guidara exited the restaurant's parent company, Make It Nice with a US$5 million buyout in 2019.[9]

The restaurant closed again during the COVID-19 pandemic, instead producing meals for the food-insecure in New York City in cooperation with the non-profit Rethink Food. Humm has said reopening may prove prohibitively expensive, putting the future of the establishment in question.[10]

The restaurant offers guests one multi-course tasting menu inspired by the agricultural bounty of New York and its culinary traditions.[11] This concept has come under occasional criticism. In 2015, Tanya Gold wrote of the menu, "It is not, to me, food, because it owes more to obsession than to love. It is not, psychologically, nourishing. It is weaponized food, food tortured and contorted beyond what is reasonable; food taken to its illogical conclusion; food not to feed yourself but to thwart other people."[12]

Cookbooks

The Eleven Madison Park Cookbook was published in 2011;[13] Humm and Guidara have released additional cookbooks including: I Love New York: Ingredients and Recipes,[14] The NoMad Cookbook,[15] and Eleven Madison Park: The Next Chapter.[16]

Awards

See also

References
  1. Bruni, Frank (August 11, 2009). "Eleven Madison Park Makes a Daring Rise to the Top". The New York Times. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  2. "The World's 50 Best Restaurants".
  3. "New York City's Michelin Stars Announced for 2018". NY Eater. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  4. theworlds50best.com Eleven Madison Park
  5. "These Are the World's 50 Best Restaurants". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  6. Collins, Glenn (October 4, 2011). "Meyer Intends to Sell Eleven Madison Park to Its Chef and Manager". The New York Times.
  7. Eleven Madison Park Restaurant in the Make It Nice group http://makeitnicenyc.com/
  8. Eleven Madison Park renovations
  9. https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/dining/a28543626/eleven-madison-park-daniel-humm-will-guidara-split/
  10. Krader, Kate (May 5, 2020). "One of the World's Best Restaurants Might Not Reopen for Business". Bloomberg. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  11. Eleven Madison Park Restaurant. "Eleven Madison Park Restaurant".
  12. Gold, Tanya (September 2015). "A Goose in a Dress". Harper's Magazine. ISSN 0017-789X. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  13. Eleven Madison Park Cookbook
  14. I Love New York: Ingredients and Recipes
  15. The NoMad Cookbook
  16. Eleven Madison Park: The Next Chapter
  17. La Liste, Eleven Madison Park Archived March 6, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  18. "Eleven Madison Park". Relais & Châteaux.
  19. Wells, Pete (March 17, 2015). "Restaurant Review: Eleven Madison Park in Midtown South". The New York Times. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  20. Bruni, Frank (August 11, 2009). "A Daring Rise to the Top". The New York Times. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  21. "The James Beard Awards".
  22. "World's 50 best restaurants 2010: the full list". The Guardian. April 26, 2010. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  23. Forbes, Paula (April 18, 2011). "San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants 2011". Eater. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  24. "Grandes Tables du Monde – Eleven Madison Park, United States, New York". Archived from the original on December 30, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  25. "Eleven Madison Park – 2014 Restaurant Award Winner – Dining & Travel – Wine Spectator".
  26. "Forbes Travel Guide Star Rated Hotels, Restaurants & Spas". Forbes Travel Guide.
  27. "Eleven Madison Park". Michelin Guide. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  28. "MICHELIN Guide New York City 2018 Selection".
  29. "Eleven Madison Park".
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