Sustainable turn in one of the most famous restaurants in New York.
Eleven Madison Park
, three Michelin stars from 2012 to 2020, has announced that from next 10 June, when it reopens after the forced closure due to the pandemic, it will have a completely vegan menu. This was revealed by chef and owner Daniel Humm himself. "The way in which our food is produced - he underlined - the way in which we consume it, the way we eat meat, is not sustainable. This is not an opinion, it is simply a fact. our restaurant will be 100% 'plant-based' ". He also added that after everything that happened last year, it could no longer be reopened in the same way.
The restaurant in the Metropolitan Life North Building at 11 Madison Avenue, topped the list of the 50 best in the world in 2017, closed last March due to restrictions for Covid, and among its so-called 'signature dishes' (signature dishes or workhorses) could boast, among others, duck with lavender honey and foie gras torchon served with maple syrup. The announcement of going vegan is unprecedented. No other restaurant of the same caliber in New York has a menu completely without meat or fish. But on the other hand Humm himself, in an interview with the Financial Times in 2020, had said that the future of restaurants lies in veganism while recognizing however that this is a challenge.
"Can you ask for 55 dollars for a plate of broccoli? - he specified at the time -. Maybe not". The figure is the average price for a main course. The details of the new menu (a testing menu with several courses) have not yet been revealed. According to an Eleven Madison Park spokesperson, it will cost $ 335 per person, including tip.
The breakthrough at Eleven Madison coincides with a trend in which the restaurant and food industry in general is reviewing its relationship with meat and making strides to address the impact that an animal-based diet has on environment and health. It is no coincidence that the popular cooking site 'Epicurious' recently announced that it will no longer publish recipes with meat and even some fast food restaurants such as Burger King and Dunkin' have started offering menus with alternatives to meat.
