Clara
American restaurant · Upper West Side
170 Central Prk W, New York, NY 10024
Highlights
Seasonal American menu with greenmarket produce & Tiffany lamps
Seasonal American menu with greenmarket produce & Tiffany lamps
"Food Network star and New York Times bestselling cookbook author Alex Guarnaschelli has taken over the restaurant in the NY Historical across from Central Park. Tiffany lamps and flowers decorate the room where artichoke barigoule and fluke almandine are on the locavore menu with rotating items like a pistachio coffee cake. The restaurant opens at 11 a.m." - Melissa McCart
"The lobby restaurant at the New-York Historical has been relaunched under Food Network star Alex Guarnaschelli — known for Iron Chef America, Alex vs. America, Chopped, Supermarket Stakeout, and The Kitchen — who will oversee the kitchen at the Upper West Side dining room." - Emma Orlow
"Reopened April 1 as the museum's relaunched lobby restaurant under the culinary oversight of Food Network star Alex Guarnaschelli — known for shows like Iron Chef America, Alex vs. America, Chopped, Supermarket Stakeout, and The Kitchen — with Great Performances (the group behind Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Brooklyn Museum Café, and the Wollman Café at Wollman Rink) taking over operations. Guarnaschelli told Eater she’s been in discussions with Great Performances about working together on a project for a long time and said, "I love Central Park West and I love the Park, and all these storied buildings." The new menu emphasizes greenmarket produce with a spotlight on Kinderhook, New York’s Katchkie Farm and currently lists Parker House rolls, artichokes, asparagus mimosa ($16), and a chopped salad with black and red kale, savoy cabbage, radishes, chickpeas, and feta ($18); mains range from pea and mint ravioli with pecorino ($29) to a cheeseburger ($29) or fluke amandine ($34). Operations are handled by Great Performances, and Guarnaschelli framed the opportunity as irresistible: "With Butter for 24 years, that’s really about a group of people and a family. This was too compelling to pass up." - Melissa McCart
"Opened less than a year ago at the New York Historical Society, Clara was initially operated by the Oberon Group (June, Rucola, Rhodora), who also oversaw the museum cafe; they’ve already given the space up and have passed the baton to Great Performances, a catering company." - Emma Orlow
"Clara — one of two concepts operating in the New-York Historical Society space — closed after less than a year; the museum says it will offer something else in the space, and when the restaurant first opened it was led by chef Diego Moya. " - Melissa McCart
