Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group latest spot - the first new restaurant of the group in New York since Manhatta in 2018 - is located in the vast Manhattan West development. The place, whose name translates as “we made it,” is comprised of a 125-seat dining room and 40-seat outdoor space.
The narrow bar space opens up to a wider main dining room - with the interiors taking inspiration from the idea of cooking with fire - with design elements from materials that are forged with fire - alongside mid-century-era wood furniture and Art Deco-style lamps. From almost any seat, diners can easily see the open kitchen and its roaring fire. A spacious, plant-filled terrace awaits outside.
Chef Hillary Sterling (formerly of Vic’s and now-closed A Voce) is heading the kitchen, which centers around Italian and French dishes prepared through live-fire cooking. The menu feature dishes like cast-iron focaccia with tomato conserva, rigatoni alla gricia and pork Milanese with pecorino.