Midtown Manhattan Office Tower Swaps In Jean-Georges Restaurant After Booting Daniel Humm Over Vegan Focus

A rendering of Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s upcoming restaurant at 425 Park Avenue. Foster + Partners/425 Park Avenue

Hot off the heels of Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s long-in-the-works Tin Building resurrection, the New York Post reports that the renowned chef and restaurateur will be taking over the sprawling, bi-level restaurant at the base of the new Midtown office tower at 425 Park Avenue, between East 55th and 56th streets. The space was originally supposed to be helmed by Eleven Madison Park chef Daniel Humm, but the real estate company behind the tower broke ties with Humm after the chef said he’d only build a vegan restaurant. Vongerichten’s restaurant at 425 Park Avenue — with soaring, 25-foot-high ceilings and a 1,000-square-foot show kitchen — is slated to open sometime in late 2023.

Source: https://ny.eater.com/