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“The Harrison”


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  Night Out New American Tribeca Moderate Good

Sometimes it takes a while to find your right place in life. Whether it’s a relationship, a job, or a place to call home, it can take a while ‘til you get it right. It’s rare that the first try fits just right. I mean how many relationships do you have to go through to get to that one that works? How many jobs have you had before you’ve found one that challenges and inspires? How many cities do you have to live in until you’ve found one that feels like home? I know. A lot. And working it all out can take time. And that’s a good thing in some ways. I mean getting all the kinks out can be a really important part of life, too. You get to know yourself along the way and hopefully, day after day of putting one foot in front of the other, of taking turns you hope will be the right ones, and ending relationships you know are the wrongs ones, you make it to a place where something’s different. You find a job that stretches your creativity, you find a partner who makes you a better person than you were without them, you find four walls in a city that feel like home. You find yourself in some ways, too. And it’s great when you get there, and I feel like this professional journey is one that chef Amanda Freitag has now completed.

Her early days found her honing her skills with Diana Forely at Verbena. From there, she found impressive gigs as the sous chef at ‘Cesca, the chef at Sette Enoteca e Cucina, and most recently at Gusto. She did fine food at ‘Cesca, but it was Tom Valenti’s menu that she was chasing. She got warm reviews at Gusto, but she was batting in the shadow of Jodi Williams. And at all of these restaurants, she was cooking through an Italian lens and that didn’t really allow her the room to explore what she might do if given a more wide-open canvas. That is until Jimmy Bradley snatched her up to be the chef at The Harrison, his seasonal American restaurant in Tribeca. Here the food feels genuinely her own. It grasps at Mediterranean flavors and favors Italian simplicity. It leans rustic rather than overly refined. It reads bold and gutsy. And at its core it’s a menu that feels like it captures the spirit of a chef who has come home to herself.  

Jamie, Susie, Adrienne and I had dinner at The Harrison, which has a breezy New England-in-the-city vibe and still possesses that warm, confident hospitality that marks the Jimmy Bradley model, last we ... [more, click below]

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