Bon Appetit magazine is installing a state-of-the-art kitchen in Grand Central Terminal for “Entertaining with Style,” a four-day presentation of signature recipes and techniques by some of the city’s top chefs.
Wednesday through Friday, catch them in Vanderbilt Hall, where you can also show off your command of food trivia by playing “Unwrapped” with the Food Network’s Marc Summers. Afterward, head to one of these nearby eateries.
Cipriani Le Specialita
110 E. 42nd St.
(between Lexington and Park avenues)
(212) 557-5088
The younger, less-expensive sibling of Cipriani Dolci features stellar Italian toasts and tramezzino sandwiches.
D’Artagnan Rotisserie
152 E. 46th St.
(between Lexington and Third avenues)
(212) 687-0300
This all-Gascony, all-the-time folly offers uncompromised dishes deliciously drowned in barrels of Armagnac and fat, and a rotisserie spinning duck, chicken and lamb.
L’Impero
45 Tudor City Place (above 42nd Street)
(212) 599-5045
Chef Scott Conant’s full-bodied Italian cooking mines treasures of north and south, with house-made pasta the menu’s pride.
Patroon
160 E. 46th St.
(between Lexington and Third avenues)
(212) 883-7373
Executive chef John Villa’s new menu hums a confident New American melody, blending herbs, spices and Asian notes that make familiar raw materials new.
Two Boots
Grand Central, lower level (42nd Street at Lexington Avenue)
(212) 557-7992
Pizza doesn’t get much better than the cornmeal-crusted slices with gutsy toppings that this Cajun-Italian chain names after celebrities.


