Frank's, which moved to this site from its historic location on 14th Street after a fire five years ago, was always a steakhouse for the meat district, and the menu, at least, still shows its roots.
It is a common assumption that the existence of programs like the Edible Schoolyard means that Berkeley students already eat well, but when Cooper arrived last fall, the district's menu looked like menus everywhere with their fried and fatty foods.
Until this summer, that is, when the company started serving New York's financial district its menu of fresh sandwiches ($2 to $5), baguettes ($3.75 to $4.50) and wraps ($4.25-$4.25-$4.75
At Silk Rd Tavern, 46 West 22nd Street (near Sixth Avenue), in the Flatiron district, a menu of Asian and American flavors will be served everyday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. On Sunday, Haven Rooftop at the Sanctuary Hotel, 132 West 47th Street (between Sixth and Seventh Avenues), in Midtown, begins brunch in its glass-encased rooftop.
It has 113 locations in Britain and one at 60 Broad Street in the financial district, where the menu has been adjusted slightly to reflect American tastes.
Monday's supper was at SUGARCANE raw bar grill in Miami's emerging Midtown district with a menu that is "inspired by international influences and South American spirit," as its website says.
When Efraim Nahon, an Israeli, took over as the chef at Barbounia in the Flatiron district, he tilted the menu more decidedly from the Mediterranean to the Middle East.
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The school district has revamped its menus, eliminating Gatorade and the powdered sugar from the funnel cakes.
Critics, including famed chef Jamie Oliver, have zinged the nation's second-largest school district for its unhealthy menus, including its practice of selling chocolate and strawberry milk.
Jack Rose, 771 Eighth Avenue at 47th Street, (212) 247-7518, offers a traditional all-American menu in the middle of the theater district.
