Lex Yard at the new Waldorf Astoria is a wonder that reinvents the legendary hotel’s stuffy old reputation

Lex Yard at the new Waldorf Astoria is a wonder that reinvents the legendary hotel’s stuffy old reputation

The reopened Waldorf-Astoria deserved a great new Waldorf salad. Michael Anthony, chef at the hotel’s Lex Yard restaurant, goes one better. His re-invention of the 100-year-old recipe not only improves on the country-clubby original, it lives up to the entire hotel’s spectacular, oft-delayed, $2 billion transformation. Like its Art Deco surroundings, Anthony’s salad is lightened, brightened and reconstituted for a new … Read more

Waldorf Astoria’s new restaurant ‘Lex Yard’ reimagines menu classics as hotel finally reopens

Waldorf Astoria’s new restaurant ‘Lex Yard’ reimagines menu classics as hotel finally reopens

Famed chef Michael Anthony has grand plans to restore the Waldorf Astoria as the epicenter of the Big Apple’s crowded dining scene – and he’s starting by reimagining the famed hotel’s iconic dishes, Side Dish has learned. Anthony, the longtime executive chef at Gramercy Tavern, helms Lex Yard, the 220-seat restaurant that hopes to satiate … Read more