Meadow Lane
Gourmet grocery store · Tribeca ·
Gourmet market with Michelin-star chef, prepared foods
Gourmet market with Michelin-star chef, prepared foods
"A luxe, Erewhon-style status grocery that finally opened after months of TikTok-documented build-out, drawing lines down the block for $15 chicken nuggets and $21 salads." - Tierney Plumb
"My expectations were low during our visit to Meadow Lane, the upscale grocery and prepared foods shop in Manhattan that was a TikTok sensation before it even opened, thanks to founder Sammy Nussdorf’s endless teaser videos. We gamely tried a bit of everything — the chopped salad, the miso salmon bowl, the fast food-style chicken tenders and nuggets — and the clear standout was the chicken salad ($12), with a heavy dose of horseradish to kick the flavor up a notch. Yes, this is a wild amount of money to drop on six ounces of chicken salad, but I’d pair it with some pita chips or hearty crackers for a pretty darn satisfying lunch." - Bettina Makalintal
"It’s been a long time coming: this long‑delayed fancy grocery and food shop is finally, officially opening on Friday, November 14, in Tribeca at 355 Greenwich Street near Harrison Street. Founder Sammy Nussdorf has documented permitting issues and other travails on TikTok, and the shop will stock produce and products alongside pastries, burritos, coffee, and other prepared foods." - Nadia Chaudhury
"I encountered a high‑concept gourmet grocer in Tribeca that, on paper, has everything neighbors might desire: dog treats made from dehydrated bone broth; hanger‑steak breakfast burritos on Caramelo tortillas; a smoothie bar with a pre‑patinaed bronze menu; pacifying light‑wood interiors with chocolate‑brown tile and a room devoted to artful floral arrangements; chicken tenders breaded with gluten‑free panko and fried without seed oil; hormone‑free caviar; kale chips flavored with yuzu and nutritional yeast; custom Caffè Panna flavors; and even grapes from Japan. Despite a completed June build‑out and design work by Sarah Carpenter’s studio (including water‑resistant wood paneling and decorative Cheerios artwork), I can’t buy any of it yet — the project has been delayed more than 430 days by permitting snafus, and the founder, Sammy Nussdorf, has documented nearly 700 TikTok posts as @brokebackcontessa while amassing over 126,000 followers; he says he’s passed Con Ed inspection, got the gas turned on, and is mere weeks from opening. I noticed he hired an executive chef and culinary director who developed prepared foods such as a “Gravalox Sando” on pumpernickel with tarragony herby cream cheese and sprout salad, a crab salad with Aleppo pepper, lime zest, and yuzu kosho, a sandwich called “the French” with jambon de Bayonne, Dijonnaise, brown butter, Comté, and cornichons, and a parsley‑heavy house green juice — and he’s tried to keep some prepared items affordable (a handful priced below $15). Given the glossy staging, influencer attention (including sending Bethenny Frankel a sample) and a social‑media performance that includes cheeky references to Anna Delvey and the catchphrase revision to “I am allegedly opening the gourmet grocer in Tribeca,” I observed that some followers call it performance art while others eagerly await real doors and real grocery bags." - Ella Quittner
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