THE BRESLIN

Smoked Pork Belly

Doughnuts with cinnamon ice cream

Chocolate Pie

The Breslin

16 W 29th St

New York, NY 10001

(646) 214-5788

The Breslin is the latest venture from chef April Bloomfield, known to New York foodies as the force behind The Spotted Pig. It serves at the in-house restaurant/bar to the Ace Hotel, where you can find me pretty much every day. The Breslin capitalizes on a fetish for pork fat in this city, and should basically put up a "do not enter" sign for vegetarians.

I've eaten there a few times now, trying everything from the smoked pork belly, to the goat cheese and leek tart, to the grilled cheese sandwich and loved every morsel of it. While I could go on about the food, the design of the restaurant itself is what I feel like gushing over right now.

The Breslin has design firm Roman & Williams to thank for it's cinematic interior, who designed the entirety of the new Ace Hotel New York. From the dark reclaimed wood, to the cracked century old ceiling, the restaurant (like the Ace) evokes a true sense of history.