In contrast to the more common restaurant theme of the 1920s and 30s, which Tommy considers to have “played out, ” Fine & Rare aims to be an aristocratic parlor straight out of the 1950s, modeled after classic Manhattan hideaways such as The Explorers Club. Fine & Rare, shorthand for “fine food and rare spirits” is the latest creation of Tommy Tardie, restaurateur and owner of the Flatiron Room on West 26th Street. This feature was first published in September 2017. The location was renamed in 2023 as The Flatiron Room Murray Hill. He thinks of his business expansion in terms of community impact and wants to be “as big as possible." SHOW MORE Even now that he has grown Beyond Sushi into a consistently expanding company, Guy still spends around 50 percent of his time cooking, and loves adding new dishes to his menu. One of Guy’s main goals is to balance sustainability and accessibility to encourage people to choose the healthy option of Beyond Sushi, and the passion that sustains this goal is his creativity. Within three months - working solely with the help of his sushi chef - the growing popularity of his beautiful, healthy and delicious food quickly enabled him to expand into the thriving company that Beyond Sushi is today. When a request for a sushi station popped up, and knowing that meat and fish are restricted in some areas of the Jewish world, he decided he wanted to create something “cool and innovative - and not fish.” It took two years to develop his vegetarian sushi, but after selling out at the Vegetarian Food Festival two years in a row, Guy decided to open a business on 14th street. Fresh out of culinary school, Guy became the executive chef at his father’s kosher catering company. He went on to work at numerous other restaurants in New York, covering every possible position, and after a brief dalliance with computer engineering, returned to the food world by studying at the Institute of Culinary Education. I’ve always loved food.” He grew up on a Kibbutz in Israel - and came to New York after serving in the Israeli army - to help out in his father’s restaurant. When describing his extensive background in the restaurant industry, Guy told us, “I had a dream to cook since I was young. After learning of the depletion of fish in our oceans – not to mention the health benefits of a meatless diet – Guy set out to be the “first to pioneer the fish-less sushi movement.” He views “sushi as a vessel that carries the perfect amount of flavor to just grab it in one bite.” He also praises sushi for its consistency, which gives him room to play around in creating interesting and perfect balances of vegetables' flavors and colors. – Take out only. M–F only: 11AM – 9PMīeyond Sushi is now kosher certified under the IKC.Guy Vaknin and his wife Tali opened Beyond Sushi in July of 2012 with the goal of producing healthy, beautiful and earth-conscious food. – Take out only – Daily hours: 11AM – 8:30PM (Sunday until 8pm) location w/full seatingīeyond Sushi’s five Manhattan locations can be found at: Beyond Sushi meals can be ordered to go, or to stay with full sit down, waiter service dining (at the 37th st location), and self seating at the Union Sq. The restaurant’s locations are beautifully designed, bright, and inviting. Their 37th street location has a new dinner menu as well.Īdditionally, the restaurant has swapped out its non-kosher wines for kosher Israeli wines at its 37th st location.īeyond Sushi’s menu items are quite affordable, and their 4 lunch specials are available daily from 11:30AM-3PM, and range from $9 –11. The restaurant is known for its funky fishless sushi rolls (ex: Charred corn with harrisa and cilantro), dumplings (ex: Sun-dried tomato, spinach, roasted onions and smoked butternut squash, topped with lemon toasted panko, sumac and parsley drizzled with Tahini), noodle salads (ex: Green tea noodles, seaweed salad, roasted almonds, sesame seeds, parsley and cilantro with a Ponzu sauce), soups (ex: coconut curry), rice paper wraps, rice bed salads, and so much more.Įxplore their full menu here. With locations all over Manhattan, the vegan restaurant chain, Beyond Sushi, has decided to add a kosher certification to all 5 of its restaurants in the city.
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