Review: ROTH BAR Offers Wonderful Farm-to-Table Cuisine in an Artistic Setting

We are certain you will love the Roth Bar, an inviting café that offers the finest farm-to-table selections for brunch, lunch, anytime eats or coffee and tea. Located on West 22nd Street in the international gallery of Hauser & Wirth, it's a top spot whenever you're in the area shopping, strolling, or gallery hopping. The venue itself is a captivating, artistic creation with a specially crafted bar made from locally sourced salvaged materials and the most clever accents designed by Björn Roth, Oddur Roth and Einar Roth

The 29-seat restaurant is operated by Great Performances (GP), one of the city's leading catering and food service companies. GP specializes in presenting seasonal fare based on ingredients from local farms including their own organic Katchkie Farm in Kinderhook, New York. The menu will please a wide variety of tastes and offers choices that are vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free. The menu changes weekly so you will always find something new to tantalize your tastebuds.

We stopped by on a Wednesday afternoon for a relaxing lunch. With the cooler weather, soup is ideal as a starter or makes a nice light meal. We enjoyed Carrot Ginger Soup that had a perfect consistency and just the right amount of seasoning. The Cauliflower Toast was a perfect table share topped with smooth, pureed cauliflower, pickled charred carrot and kale chip. One of the gluten free, vegan offerings was a savory Charred Carrot Salad with red quinoa, beet hummus, dill, crispy quinoa and fried cumin seeds. Be sure to peruse the menu, there is so much to enjoy like snacks, special sliders, paninis and desserts. When we visited, there was a BBQ Shroomy Sandwich with barbeque glazed Portobello, braised kale, carmelized pineapple on a ciabatta and a Thyme & Onion Roasted Chicken Panini with gruyere, kale, red wine demi aioli on sourdough. And you can add a farm egg or smoked tofu to any item in your order.

Roth Bar has become well known for delicious, thoughtfully prepared food that is wonderfully presented in a setting that evokes real artistry. Visit once and you'll visit often.

The Roth Bar located at 548 West 22nd Street, (between 10th and 11th Avenues) New York, NY 10011. They are open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm. They are also available for private events. For more information, visit http://www.greatperformances.com/cafes/roth-bar-at-hauser-wirth. Patrons can pre-order online via GP's www.outoflinepreorder.com for to eat on-site or take-out. You can follow Great Performances on social media @GPFoods.

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Roth Bar and Marina Kennedy

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