Grub Street Diet: Sarah Jessica Parker

on 2021.09.15

4 Places

“I wanted to be here, be home as much as possible,” says Sarah Jessica Parker of the past year in New York. It was here that she got her start as a young actress, and she has tried to pay Broadway back during the pandemic, raising money with her husband Matthew Broderick for the Actors Fund. It’s not just the actors struggling, she points out, but the whole ecosystem around the theaters: the chorus members, musicians, costume cleaners, and restaurants like Joe Allen’s. “It’s just absolutely devastating,”she says, “and the theater will be the last place that comes back.” Edited by Chris Crowley --- For Sarah Jessica Parker's full Grub Street diet, click the link below.

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JOE & THE JUICE

Juice shop · Midtown West

"Lunch was a spicy-tuna sandwich and a Power Shake from Joe & the Juice. I would never have known about this place if it wasn’t for all the younger women who work at the store, because they know about apps and things. I still do not know how to order anything on an app."

Astro Restaurant

Diner · Midtown West

"We used to order lunch from Astro, a place that we loved. I’d been going there for years because I did so many plays at Manhattan Theatre Club, but it closed — temporarily, hopefully — in December." (Note: As of April 2021, Astro has fully reopened.)

Famous Bagel Buffet

Bagel shop · Greenwich Village

"Bagels from our favorite local neighborhood spot, Bagel Buffet. Got mine toasted with Kerrygold butter wall to wall, and I added Grey Poupon mustard and four slices of Boar’s Head salami. My son, husband, and I love salami. Love salami."

Chinatown

"My entire courtship with Matthew took place in Chinatown. That was everything to us. Even before I moved to New York, my real father is from here, so we would come and always, always eat in Chinatown. That was it. We would go to Hong Fat and then Dave’s Luncheonette for an egg cream."

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