NYC power lunch makes comeback as more workers return to office
NY Post
The power lunch is back on the menu five days a week in the Big Apple – a major sign that Manhattan offices are buzzing again as more workers return to their desks following the pandemic, Side Dish has learned.
Midtown staples like Michael’s and Fresco by Scotto, along with newer hot spots from top chefs Daniel Boulud and Jean-Georges Vongerichten, have been swarming with the city’s movers and shakers hungry for a good meal and to make deals.
“At first, the return of the power lunch was just Tuesday to Thursday. Now we really see it five days a week,” Boulud, whose restaurant empire includes One Vanderbilt’s Le Pavillon and Wall Street’s Le Gratin, told Side Dish.
Jonathan Tisch, CEO of Loews Hotels, once a regular at the now-defunct Barney’s, says he is back to power lunching — at the Loews’ Regency, naturally, as well as CoCo’s and Viand.
“Lunch is definitely back and will continue to increase as people return to the office,” Tisch said.
Vongerichten’s Four Twenty Five in the Norman Foster-designed 425 Park Ave., home to Ken Griffin’s Citadel offices, recently expanded its lunch service for the entire workweek – and was already filling up with diners for the first Monday serving.
