Photos courtesy of Metromix

We’ve walked by that statue garden next to Gimme! Coffee maybe 300 times and thought “wow, it would be amazing to do something in that space.”

This past Saturday, Le Grand Fooding had the same idea and did the space justice with a beautiful event for their annual NY event. The evening was fantastic, 500 guests and music by Hanni El Khatib, Nancy Whang and Holy Ghost, who filled in for DJ Mehdi who passed tragically just days before. The food and drinks featured  was provided by chefs Inaki Aizpitarte, Wylie Dufresne, Dante, Sasha Petraske, and Richard Boccato. With the lineup like that y’all already know it was great, with Wylie flaming up his “Root Beer Ribs” and Inaki and James Murphy dishing out a warm Beef and Chive salad. Dante, King Je and Muhsinah up served the classic Sock It To Me Fried Chicken and Tofu, Endives with Black Eyed Pea Hummus and Coconut Honey Biscuits with the Apricot Crak sauce.  The night was smashin’.

An extra special thanks go to the wonderful crew at WD-50 who were kind enough to let us share their world class kitchen.