Beef Bar

Founded in Monaco, the opulent Beef Bar caters to those looking for steak or more, with cuts costing upwards of $500 and presentations ranging from burgers to baos. These photos were created for web and social use.

Ambra

Beloved West Village institution Ambra serves Italian fare with colorful flare. From hosting a holiday Feast of the Seven Fishes to hand made pastas, restaurants like this one tend to stick around for awhile.

Shaw-Nae's House

Shawn-Nae’s House, in Staten Island, serves up soul food with a ton of soul. Their chicken wings are coated in marshmallow fluff and their fish is deep fried whole. The home cooking vibe permeates its atmosphere which feels like a knickknack filled living room.

Kyma

With multiple destinations in NYC, Kyma delivers Greek food and cocktails with an air of sophistication. Their enormous Hudson Yards location features multiple private dining rooms and a large white slab marble bar.

Bar Moga

After a stellar trip to Japan, one of my first shoots back in the city was at Bar Moga, a Japanese cocktail bar with accompanying bites. When I was in Japan, I had noticed the popularity of a rice stuffed omelette that I didn’t get to try but luckily it was served at Bar Moga and I was fortunate enough to savor a bite.

Cauldron Chicken

Cauldron Chicken was photographed for an Infatuation review which featured the pull-apart spicy chicken which is served with gloves to prevent patrons from burning their hands. For a shoebox-sized location in Greenwich Village, the space manages to serve up plenty of heat.

Raoul's

Raoul’s gets a nice line up every day as they provide a limited amount of their signature burger on a first-come first-serve basis. The Soho restaurant also serves up French cuisine which is reflected in its peppercorn-laden burger.

Sailor

Sailor is a very successful spot on a quiet corner in Brooklyn, from the team behind Joseph Leonard. The space almost feels like being in a glass-bottom boat in that there are mirrors and glass everywhere you look.

Jean's

Jean’s has a club downstairs, but upstairs feels just as much as clubby and night-time geared as an space. Jumping on the french-dip craze, Jean’s provides sandwiches, entrees and all sorts of foods that can be paired with/without a martini.

Ensenada

As someone who used to live in Williamsburg and frequent the former Black Flamingo, it was exciting to see the space reshape as Ensenada, a refreshing Mexican corner-spot that serves tasty and beautiful ceviches, aguachiles and other bright plates.

Cafe Chelsea

After years of being closed, the renovated Chelsea Hotel returned with a bang, and it’s restaurant Cafe Chelsea delivers on the experience of a classic French brasserie with traditional and new twists on menu items, like the delicious Maitake au Poivre, pictured below.

Sappe

I’ve been fortunate enough to shoot at Sappe a few times, and they have a very strong aesthetic that translates between their space and their food, transporting diners to a Thailand of a bygone past.

City Island Pizza Company

North of the city and east into the river is the City Island Pizza Company which I captured for The Infatuation. With it’s somewhat nautical themed design, and core selection of red-sauce pizza joints, CIPC delivers a unique experience in an island overrun with fish fries.

Cocktails On Fire

One of the current 50 Best Bars in the World, Mace, hosted an event, Cocktails on Fire, featuring renowned bartenders Shannon Mustipher, Dale DeGroff and David Wondrich, who all produced different drinks involving flames. The three also have collaborated with Mace parent-company Cocktail Kingdom, for whom I have also shared photos.

Fanny's

Bloomfield, NJ’s Fanny’s has a colorful palate of drinks and red-sauce powered food, with a sophisticated twist. The interiors, completed by Olivia Jane Design, were what brought me to shoot this space, but the restaurant utilized my food photography abilities as well.

Cena Dou

In the tree-laden hills of North Salem, NY is a wonderful French bistro, Cena Dou, which features fews of the hilly vistas and all sorts of seasonal-driven French cuisine. These photos were used for the launch of the restaurant and remain as marketing collateral.

Kolachi

Sometimes less is more, and on a menu like Kolachi’s, where there are thre menu items, that seems to be a proven success to the Pakistani-quick-service-concept in the East Village. To jazz up the content, the restaurant hired a few models to show off the food and created a more lifestyle feel for the shots, since the food, although delicious, isn’t particularly eye-popping.

Anto

There was once a Korean bbq/steakhouse/fine dining established that I photographed multiple times - at least six visits seems like a fair recollection. From interiors, to dishes, to full menus, I shot the heck out of this place and it has only come to occur to me that it is no longer in business less than six months after opening, which is a shame, especially with how beautiful the space and dishes came out.

Carnitas Ramirez

As a Southern California bred Greenpointer, I’m a big fan of Tacos Ramirez and was super excited to learn I was going to photography their second restaurant, with a menu comprised solely from pork meat, for The Infatuation.

The Manner Hotel

For an editorial review on The Manner Hotel, I was tasked photograph both the new cocktail bar, Sloane’s, and The Otter, from chef Alex Stupack who I had actually shot a few years before, which features a bright seafood centric menu in a wonderfully Art Deco space.