NEW YORK—The Algonquin Resort, Autograph Assortment, introduced the debut of a brand new culinary and cocktail expertise at its signature eating vacation spot, The Blue Bar Restaurant & Lounge. The brand new menus honor the resort’s previous whereas embracing trendy flavors.
“The Algonquin has at all times been a spot the place creativeness and indulgence meet,” says Willis Loughhead, normal supervisor of The Algonquin Resort. “The Blue Bar Restaurant & Lounge is a necessary a part of that story. Our new menus construct on the resort’s legacy in considerate methods, providing visitors one thing acquainted, one thing stunning, and one thing that feels unmistakably Algonquin.”
At The Blue Bar Restaurant & Lounge, the brand new meals menu consists of starters corresponding to Burrata Brûlée and Crab Avocado, and entrées like Lamb Ribs, Broadway Grilled Cheese & Tomato Bisque, Thai Fried Hen, and Steak au Poivre.
The refreshed cocktail program blends new signatures with home favorites. New additions embrace the Spherical Desk and a reimagined Hamlet VIII, in addition to trendy staples just like the Aperol Spritz and Espresso Martini. Longstanding favorites corresponding to The Algonquin, Vicious Wit, Linger On, and Matilda stay a part of the menu.
New Menus
Past the culinary updates, the menus themselves have been utterly refreshed by way of a collaboration with the Al Hirschfeld Basis. Created in partnership with David Leopold, artistic director of the Basis, the redesigned menus embrace archival Hirschfeld drawings that replicate the characters and personalities who formed New York’s cultural and theatrical life.
“The Algonquin has been a part of the Hirschfeld story for greater than 9 many years,” mentioned Leopold. “The resort has lengthy been a gathering place for the characters Hirschfeld beloved to attract, and it has turn out to be the Basis’s residence away from residence. With the brand new menus, visitors can now encounter his work at any hour of the day. He remained youthful by dwelling within the current, and so does the Algonquin. It honors its previous however isn’t beholden to it.”
