Chef Michael White to Open Italian Restaurant at 520 Madison Avenue - Eater NY
"Not far, Simon Kim will open a three-story restaurant at 550 Madison Avenue, between East 55th and East 56th streets, in partnership with Olayan Group, the Saudi investment company that bought the building that used to be Sony headquarters." - Melissa McCart
Three New Food Stalls Open at a New Park in Midtown East - Eater NY
"Three local food vendors have opened at a new half-acre public park on the ground floor of 550 Madison Avenue, an office tower located between East 55th and 56th streets in Midtown Manhattan, according to a spokesperson. The lineup at the 21,300-square-foot space includes: Eat OffBeat, a local group that works with refugee and immigrant chefs; Local Roots NYC, a market and cafe that started as a community-supported agriculture group; and Manhattan coffee shop, Black Fox. The space is open to the public year-round from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily." - Luke Fortney
"Next year I will launch a three-level midtown surf-and-turf extravaganza at 550 Madison that will feature a ground-floor bar I compare to Grand Central Terminal, another Cote downstairs and a sushi restaurant upstairs." - Ben Widdicombe, Maanvi Kapur
Such a beautiful park! Great seating option for a nice day outdoors while still being protected from the elements... unless its raining like it was this particular day. We ended up in muddy water after about 5 minutes of the consistent rain. There's a coffee shop right in the park so that was nice.
Justice M.
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Such a sweet spot. You got 5th avenue and Madison right? There. No other place. You could go to buy such luxurious items. You can also check out the Louis Vuitton building, not too far away
Robert B.
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I wish NYC would go back to naming it's big buildings! EG, if you said The El Dorado to people they'd know exactly what you were talking about but probably less so for 300 Central Park West!?
Shane S.
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Public restroom in decent coffee shop right next door
ARSR
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Black Fox coffee. Expensive but top rated coffee offerings. The outdoor setting with overhead rain protection is quite lovely.
Nick F.
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I ate lunch here on a chilly Saturday. The park seems to be enclosed under a glass roof. If it had been raining I think I would've been fine. The seats were also a bit cold, but I had a nice time. It wasn't crowded.
YW
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Little tranquil oasis of architectual perfection.
Tha T.
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Incredible structure! Very clean and luxurious interior. Plus the sunset view from the top floors is amazing!