HAGS
Fine dining restaurant · East Village
163 1st Ave, New York, NY 10003
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Highlights
Queer fine dining with inventive tasting menus and unique wine pairings
Queer fine dining with inventive tasting menus and unique wine pairings
"Offering omnivore and vegan and six-course tasting menus, Hags is an ongoing experiment in queer fine dining. Every meal feels like a party, and the food is as whimsical as the design elements that go into the space." - Eater Staff
"Hags is a tiny East Village spot that's billed as an American fine dining restaurant “by queer people, for all people.” The food on the six-course tasting menu is satisfying, and you may find deliciously daring experimental dishes like uni with sour cream and onion, a foot-long hot dog, or a Pringle made of carrot. But the food is also almost besides the point. What is central here is a sense of community and belonging. Be sure to check out the funhouse mirror—an interactive metaphor for gender dysmorphia—in the bathroom." - kenny yang, carina finn koeppicus, bryan kim, neha talreja, nikko duren, hannah albertine
"HAGS had a stutter step when it opened last fall: a long-anticipated opening that got thwarted a few weeks in by necessary repairs. Now the restaurant, queering fine dining, is back in full force, serving a six-course tasting menu that’s all-vegan (there’s a nonvegan option as well) and as thoughtful as any other high-tier restaurant’s meat experiences. It’s currently priced at $150 per person." - Eater Staff
"A New York restaurant that took part in the nationwide takeover movement by popping up at another city's venue, illustrating how chefs are traveling to collaborate and create short-lived but memorable combined menus." - ByEmily Wilson
"Offering omnivore and vegan and six-course tasting menus, Hags is an ongoing experiment in queer fine dining. Every meal feels like a party, and the food is as whimsical as the design elements that go into the space. A salad may be spritzed with rosewater from a perfume bottle, or bluefin tuna served in a verjus rouge." - Eater Staff
