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Market 57
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Market 57
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Market 57
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Market 57
Ammi
Ammi means ‘mother’ in Hindi/Urdu and serves homestyle Indian comfort food, with most of the recipe’s on the menu coming from Rizvi’s mother and their family dating back almost 100 years.
Bessou
Bessou serves reimagined Japanese home cooking using natural, locally sourced ingredients. The word ‘Bessou’ loosely translates to second home and chef Maiko Kyogoku will create dishes that are new but familiar, to bring people together.
Bird & Branch
Husband and wife team Brandon and Faith Lee opened Bird & Branch in February 2018. Their goal is to give back to the communities they serve and provide job training for those facing barriers to employment.
Due Madri
Whole animal butchers Erika Nakamura and Jocelyn Guest always loved meaty Italian fare and work to emulate some of Italy’s most beloved meaty recipes. With 20 years of shared experience, the Butcher Girls’ mission is to put people and animals before profit.
Essex Pearl
Essex Pearl is a Southeast Asian seafood station at Pier 57, showcasing bold coastal flavors from the region. Created by Chef Daniel Le, the menu features fresh, high-quality seafood with standout offerings like the Southeast Asian Seafood Rolls, Shrimp Patty Burger, and Red Curry Seafood Bisque. Blending tradition with modern creativity, Essex Pearl delivers a vibrant and flavorful taste of Southeast Asia.
Glizzy’s
Founded in 2022 by Johnny, Rachel, and Nikki Glizzy’s NYC emerged from the simple idea of reinventing the classic hot dog with a fun and modern twist. We are dedicated to infusing the traditional New York snack with new, exciting flavors and a touch of nostalgia, proud to be an AAPI-owned business that celebrates the richness of all cultures in New York.
Good to Go
Good to Go by The James Beard Foundation is a fast-casual concept that brings the Foundation’s Good Food for Good® mission to life through chef-crafted food and beverage offerings.
Harlem Hops
Harlem Hops is an immediately welcoming space for casual dining, socializing, and exploring an intriguing and accessible collection of innovative, small-batch beers.
Little Banchan Shop
Created by Chef Hooni Kim of restaurants Meju and Danji, Little Banchan Shop is a Korean specialty food store focused on high quality ingredients made in small-batches on-site in Long lsland City.
Local Roots
A proud Asian, female-owned small business, Local Roots serves Chinese farm-to-table food using local and sustainable ingredients. Dishes are inspired by Ying’s favorite childhood foods. Local Roots hosts weekly farmers’ markets at bars/cafes throughout New York.
LoLo’s on the Water
Chefs Raymond Mohan and Leti Skai Young are elated to share their passion for island flavors at LoLo’s on the Water; a spinoff of their Harlem Mainstay, LoLo’s Seafood Shack, the original Cape Cod + Caribbean Mashup est. 2014. The LoLo’s experience is inspired by seaside eateries; referred to as lolos, the couple encountered while living abroad in the British West Indies. A lolo serves as a gathering place for locals and travelers alike featuring today’s catch and Island Style BBQ. The menu is inspired by their Caribbean Roots and travel to over 50 countries together. LoLo’s unofficial acronym stands for locally owned, locally operated.
Mijo
Mijo is an abbreviation of “my son” in Spanish and the first collaboration from Fany Gerson and her husband Daniel Ortiz de Montellano. Gerson is the chef, founder, and co-owner of La Newyorkina, a Mexican frozen treats business, and Fan-Fan Doughnuts, a gourmet doughnut shop. Ortiz de Montellano is the founder of a Mexican-based company, The FoodWorks Co., administering food and beverage facilities for the US Embassy in Mexico and more.
Mothershuckers
MotherShuckers’ goal is to serve the best oysters with the best toppings in NYC and has a mission to educate people about the benefits of eating and harvesting oysters. Harney donates his cart’s oyster shells to the Billion Oyster Project, an initiative to restore a billion oysters to the New York Harbor by 2035. Recycling the shells rebuilds the reefs so that new oyster populations can grow—improving the water quality and stimulating a return of sea life.
Nom Wah
Nom Wah at Pier 57 will serve an assortment of dumplings, ranging from the traditional chicken and cabbage to a vegan mix of edamame and mushrooms to a gluten-free option. Additional options, echoing a second-generation sentimentality, will make appearances to round out the menu. In 2020, the brand published The Nom Wah Cookbook, featuring classic recipes and stories from the neighboring multi-generational businesses that make up Chinatown.
Sahadi’s
Established in 1895, Sahadi’s is an old-world place to discover new tastes. Offering Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine, Sahadi’s offers specialty dishes with imported ingredients.
Meet the Chefs
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Christine Sahadi Whelan
Christine Sahadi Whelan
Christine Sahadi Whelan is the culinary director of Sahadi’s and a fourth-generation co-owner. Designated a James Beard America’s Classic and New York State Historic Business, the original store is located at 187 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, and is the city’s longest continually operating specialty food store. Christine is the author of the award-winning Flavors of the Sun: The Sahadi’s Guide to Understanding, Buying, and Using Middle Eastern Ingredients. A graduate of NYU with a Degree in Finance and International Business, she also trained at the Institute for Culinary Education. Follow her on Instagram @christine_is_cooking.
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Wen-Jay Ying
Wen-Jay Ying
Wen-Jay Ying is the founder of Local Roots NYC, a small business that connects New Yorkers with produce that’s always local and always fresh. Ying’s entrepreneurial spirit comes from her years in the DIY music scene playing in multiple bands.
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Erika Nakamura & Jocelyn Guest
Erika Nakamura & Jocelyn Guest
After a babymoon trip to Rome, the Amalfi Coast, and Sicily, they created Due Madre as a labor of love between two mothers. Their journey into motherhood was profoundly informed by the region’s air, water, and food and guides their approach.
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Aniwat Khotsopa (Tong)
Aniwat Khotsopa (Tong)
Bryan Chunton was born into a restaurant family; his parents owned and operated Thai restaurants in the 1980’s. Chunton started working in kitchens at the early age of 12 and introduced NYC to the authentic flavors of Northeastern Thai Cuisine with the help of Chef Aniwat Khotsopha and Pei Shan Wei. Chef Aniwat hails from Udon Thani and was the chef at the Centara Grand Hotel, serving Isan cuisine. Wei, a long-time business partner, and entrepreneur, oversees the operation.
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Daniel Le
Daniel Le
Led by notable Chef Daniel Le and Aqua Best, one of New York City’s top seafood purveyors, Essex Pearl draws inspiration from old-world travels across Southeast Asia.
Chef Daniel’s family ran a shrimp trawling business in Louisiana, where he spent many summers on the boats, bringing fresh shrimp to the coast. His love for food blossomed from his grandparents’ traditional Vietnamese cooking. Beginning his culinary journey at age 15, Chef Daniel’s signature style blends flavors from the northern and southern regions of Vietnam. Combining the fresh and light profiles of Hanoi’s herbaceous cuisine with the bold flavors of Phan Thiet seafood, enriched by an endless curiosity about Southeast Asian cuisine.
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Jimmy Rizvi
Jimmy Rizvi
Rizvi’s first restaurant, GupShup, fulfilled his dream of opening a Bombay-inspired restaurant to provide a modern Indian brand with genuine hospitality and creative cuisine. Rizvi currently serves on the board of NYC Hospitality Alliance & City Harvest’s esteemed Food Council.
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Raymond Z Mohan
Raymond Z Mohan
A New York Restaurant School graduate, Executive Chef Raymond Z. Mohan apprenticed under renowned chefs such as Douglas Rodriguez. His culinary interest developed as a child shopping at the market daily with his mother for their family’s roadside stand.
Skai was born and raised in Manhattan. She is a graduate of Brearley, University of Pennsylvania and the Culinary entrepreneurship program of the French Culinary Institute as well as the Columbia University community Business Program.
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Wilson Tang
Wilson Tang
Owner Wilson Tang and his team at Nom Wah at Pier 57 are making dim sum an all-day casual affair serving an assortment of dumplings perfect for sharing with friends and family. Nom Wah is a beloved Chinatown institution with a second location in Nolita that originated as a tea parlor in the 1920’s. After taking over from his uncle, Tang shifted the business to a fast-casual Dim Sum restaurant.
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Maiko Kyogoku
Maiko Kyogoku
Kyogoku grew up in a restaurant-owning family that opened the first sushi restaurant on the Upper West Side. Her modern approach to traditional Japanese dishes reflects her multicultural heritage as a Japanese American New Yorker. Kyogoku has over 15 years’ experience running operations for Daniel Boulud and the Thompson Hotel group.
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Chef Hooni Kim
Chef Hooni Kim
Chef Hooni Kim trained at Daniel and Masa before opening Danji, the first Michelin-starred Korean restaurant in the world. Last year, he earned another Michelin star for Meju, his new Korean fermentation restaurant inside Little Banchan Shop, a retail Korean ingredient and prepared foods boutique in LIC, NY.
Chef Hooni is the author of My Korea: Traditional Flavors Modern Recipes published in 2020 by W.W. Norton. Born in Seoul, he divides his time between New York City and Korea, where he is the founder of Yori Chunsa, a nonprofit that feeds and trains orphans to become cooks.
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Brandon and Faith Lee
Brandon and Faith Lee
Serving coffee, non-coffee drinks, and baked goods, the creations are inspired by flavors the Lees grew up with and incorporate both Asian and American tastes. The Lees don’t have all the answers, but invite you to join them for a good cup of coffee to figure things out together.
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Kim, Kevin & Stacey
Kim, Kevin & Stacey
Harlem Hops is the realization of years of hard work and collaboration by three friends, Kim, Kevin & Stacey, HBCU grads and business partners, who have combined their experiences in restaurant management, event production, and community service with a lifelong passion for beer. As minority business owners and operators, the Harlem Hops team features the growing number of brewers of color on the Harlem Hops beer list.
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Ben “Moody” Harney
Ben “Moody” Harney
Ben “Moody” Harney is the founder of MotherShuckers, the only oyster cart in Brooklyn. Harney was inspired by the story of Thomas Downing, “the Oyster King of New York,” and the son of freed slaves. Downing peddled oysters on Wall Street in the late 1800s and opened one of the most successful oyster restaurants of his time.
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Fanny Gerson
Fanny Gerson
Fany Gerson is the chef, founder, and co-owner of La Newyorkina, a Mexican frozen treats and sweets business, and Fan-Fan Doughnuts, a gourmet doughnut shop. Fany takes great pride in representing her cultural heritage, Mexican, and religion, Judaism. Daniel Ortiz de Montellano is the founder of a Mexican-based company The FoodWorks Co., administering food and beverage facilities for the US Embassy in Mexico and more. Fany and Daniel met in 2014, married in 2016, and had their son, Gael, in 2018.
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Johnny, Rachel, and Nikki
Johnny, Rachel, and Nikki
Johnny, the brain behind Lucy’s Vietnamese, leveraged his culinary expertise and diverse influences—from his local deli to his restaurateur friend in Houston—to introduce gourmet elements to our hot dogs. His vision was to blend the best of New York’s diverse cultures into each bite.
Rachel’s passion for the bustling atmosphere of the food service industry, which she loved during her college days as a server, drew her back into the hospitality world. She missed the adrenaline of working through lunch and dinner rushes during baseball games, the joy of meeting people from all walks of life, and the satisfaction of seeing happy customers.
Nikki, a dedicated teacher, brought her nurturing spirit and educational insights to the team, keen on applying her organizational skills and passion for community engagement to help start and grow a small business.
