It\u2019s not even October and it\u2019s already a busy fall for celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson\u00a0 who, in addition to running a handful of restaurants in the city, sharing his recipes with CookUnity, and popping up on TV, is about to start promoting a brand-new cookbook.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Plus, this weekend, Samuelsson is heading up the first ever World of Smoke Global BBQ, a one-day celebration of barbecue, music and global culture at Resorts World New York City in Queens, home to Samuelsson\u2019s acclaimed VIBE BBQ. The event takes place on Saturday, October 3 at 12 p.m. in Parkview Terrace.<\/p>\n
Get ready for a huge barbecue festival hosted by chef Marcus Samuelsson. | Photo courtesy of World of Smoke Global BBQ <\/p>\n
The festival will bring together barbecue masters putting their own distinctive spin on cooking over fire. Admission is free with food and drink available for purchase. Local legends like Dinosaur BBQ, Virgil\u2019s Real BBQ, and Hill Country Barbecue Market are representing NYC. It should be interesting to see how New Yorkers respond to Jamaican flavors, barbecue paired with kimchi, Argentine grilling, and other unique combinations that might be new to some festival-goers. To Samuelsson, who will be grilling himself this weekend, having the festival in Queens was a no-brainer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBarbecue is a universal language and every culture has its own traditions, flavors, and techniques and World of Smoke will bring those together in one incredible celebration,\u201d said the chef. \u201cWe want people to come hungry, discover something new, enjoy great music, and have a great day with family and friends. And what better place to do it than in Queens, home to the most diverse food in the world!\u201d<\/p>\n
The festival is free and you can buy food from all sorts of great restaurants. | Photo courtesy of World of Smoke Global BBQ <\/p>\n
As for the upcoming book, it\u2019s called Back to Green, and focuses on healthy eating and, he said, \u201clooking at the foods and traditions that have sustained people for generations and rediscovering how delicious, nourishing, and relevant they are today.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
We caught up with chef Samuelsson to get the scoop on the festival, his book, and his favorite places to eat in his home neighborhood of Harlem. Plus, his favorite places to eat with his wife, Maya, and their two young kids in and around his adopted home city.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chef Marcus Samuelsson\u2019s Current Favorite NYC Restaurants\u00a0 Bungalow\u00a0 Chef Vikas Khanna is doing great things with Indian cuisine. | Photo courtesy of Bungalow <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have some great Indian restaurants in New York right now. I used to think London was doing Indian food better than us, but [chef] Floyd Cardoz with Tabla really started something. And now to see [chef] Vikas Khanna at Bungalow. His food is absolutely fantastic.\u201d 24 1st Ave., East Village, bungalowny.com<\/p>\n
Kono <\/p>\n
\u201cI love chef [Atsushi] Kono, his yakitori right off Canal Street. When you go through that tunnel\u2026 you\u2019re in New York but there\u2019s such a mystique. It\u2019s cool.\u201d\u00a0 46 Bowery, Chinatown, yakitorikono.com<\/p>\n
The Corner Store Take a seat at the bar and enjoy your night. | Photo courtesy of The Corner Store <\/p>\n
\u201cI love what Eugene [Remm] does in creating a quintessential SoHo, downtown New York experience. The restaurant feels bespoke, it\u2019s not too big, there\u2019s a vibrancy when you step in and it feels very much of the moment.\u201d 475 W. Broadway, SoHo, thecornerstoresoho.com<\/p>\n
Mission Ceviche Visit this quintessential SoHo spot ASAP. | Photo courtesy of Mission Ceviche <\/p>\n
\u201cMy wife and I love Peruvian food and we love Mission Ceviche. It\u2019s good energy and a good vibe. We can go to either location and to see chef Jose Luis [Chavez] \u2026 it\u2019s very personal. Often, it\u2019s a chef who I mentored or worked with me, and it\u2019s a big deal. You take an enormous amount of pride when you see that level of success.\u201d 7 E. 17th St., Union Square; and 1400 2nd Ave., Upper East Side, missionceviche.com<\/p>\n
Bar Kabawa <\/p>\n
\u201cI love what my friend Paul Carmichael\u2014we worked together for years\u2014 I love what he\u2019s doing at Bar Kabawa. It\u2019s Caribbean food at a different level. That bar dining feels bespoke, but it\u2019s also an experience.\u201d 8 Extra Place, East Village, momofuku.com<\/p>\n
How Marcus Samuelsson Engages With the Neighborhood Before Dining Out Hav & Mar Chef Marcus Samuelsson opened this quaint place in Chelsea near the High Line. | Photo courtesy of Hav & Mar <\/p>\n
\u201cTo walk the High Line and see the [art] galleries\u2014it\u2019s an amazing experience. We want people to engage with Chelsea and then come to us. We built our restaurants very much in dialogue with the neighborhood, so we want you to experience the neighborhood and then dine with us.\u201d 245 11th Ave., Chelsea, havandmar.com<\/p>\n
Red Rooster Harlem <\/p>\n
\u201cFirst stroll on Lennox Avenue, check out some gospel or some jazz, and then come in and have brunch with us.\u201d 310 Lenox Ave., Harlem, redroosterharlem.com<\/p>\n
Metropolis by Marcus Samuelsson\u00a0 Come for a show in Harlem, then stay for dinner. | Photo courtesy of Metropolis by Marcus Samuelsson <\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact that there\u2019s a theater there: you can come in, see a show, and then have dinner with us. We\u2019re a part of the New York fabric: theater, music, culture, art. It\u2019s all one.\u201d Inside Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC), 251 Fulton St., Financial District, metropolisbymarcus.com<\/p>\n
Stroll Through Other Legendary Harlem Spots\u00a0 Come get all the great soul food in Harlem. | Photo courtesy of Sylvia\u2019s Queen of Soul Food <\/p>\n
\u201cSylvia\u2019s and Melba\u2019s are cornerstones of Harlem. I love Melba; one of the reasons why I\u2019m here is because of Melba. One thing we have in Harlem is big walking boulevards\u2014so it really pushes people to stroll.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You can be at Sylvia\u2019s at the bar and come down to Red Rooster. You can walk from Rooster to the Studio Museum or the Apollo. It\u2019s not an Uber in, Uber out kind of neighborhood. You can catch a band at Rooster and have dinner at Melba\u2019s. It\u2019s not an either\/or situation, as it often is downtown.\u201d<\/p>\n
Melba\u2019s Restaurant: 300 W. 114th St., Harlem, melbasrestaurant.com<\/p>\n
Sylvia\u2019s Queen of Soul Food: 328 Malcolm X Blvd., Harlem, sylviasrestaurant.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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