CITY GRIT is a Culinary Salon – a gathering of people under the roof
of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to
refine taste. The brainchild of FOOD & WINE’s Home Cook Superstar
Sarah Simmons, these food culture-based events are anchored by
supper-club style dinners from perennial host Simmons with her
signature Southern influence as well as a guest-chef series’ of
well-known and emerging chefs looking to showcase their culinary
talents in New York City. Taking cues from their supper club roots,
CITY GRIT experiences are ticketed events held in a 70-seat dining
room in an old school house in Nolita. The décor, handcrafted by
Brooklyn-based furniture artisans WRK Design creates a warm and
inviting atmosphere and is all available for sale. If you enjoy the
supper, you can buy a ticket to another event, if you like the chair
you can buy it and take it home with you tonight! Wines are carefully
curated with a choice group of importers to offer small batch
production, and often rare wines chosen to compliment each menu.
Selections range from the traditional French, to the Chilean Colchagua
Valley and even the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon and while many of these
appear on restaurant menus for a premium, CITY GRIT brings these
coveted selections to their guests for $50 a bottle or less. Through
its carefully cultivated relationships CITY GRIT is more than just
good food, it’s redefining the American dining experience. It is
idea and resource sharing at its best; chefs discovering vendors,
creating dishes for new audiences and offering diners a new experience
to stimulate all the senses on every visit.
