It's swim or die in the hyper-competitive world of New York restaurants, which are constantly one-upping each other in the quest to grow their business and offer an experience you can't get anywhere else.
That keeps things pretty exciting, because there's always something new to try. Here are nine novel approaches that are worth exploring before they really take hold (or change yet again).
City Grit
Sarah Simmons' SoHo culinary salon is an open secret in the food community, but the public at large could still use a little prodding to stop by. John Besh recently did. And so did Ed Lee.
Set in what was once the cafeteria of a Catholic school, Grit plays host to several meals each week, as Simmons invites chefs from around the country to set up shop in the kitchen and prepare multicourse dinners. For the price of a ticket (usually in the $50 to $85 range) diners can feast on a one-of-a-kind meal and make new friends at the communal tables while doing so.
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