Local Spotlight: Bubby`s - Neighborhood

Local Spotlight: Bubby's
ONCE A MOM-AND -POP PIE SHOP, BUBBY'S HAS BECOME AN ICONIC
NEIGHBORHOOD BRUNCH RESTAURANT.
“Bubby's celebrates the
American tradition of
people from around the
world coming to America
to begin a new life, and
with them bringing their
culture, art, music, and
especially their food.”
Bubby's restaurant made its name on delicious,
homemade pies, filled with fresh-picked produce from
local New York farms. Over the past 25 years, it became a
full-fledged Tribeca institution, offering a traditional
American-style breakfast, lunch and dinner to its
dedicated clientele (a group that has included the likes of
John F. Kennedy Jr., Robert De Niro, and Jude Law).
Though the menu has evolved over the years, it's the
simpler food that continues to draw the locals on a regular
basis, with brunch service as the star attraction. Think
pancakes topped with house-made, seasonal fruit
compote and maple syrup; fried chicken and fluffy
buttermilk biscuits (one of the restaurant's signatures);
kale cobb salad; and fresh-baked pie made with foraged
sour cherries.
The secret? Each dish is made from scratch with the best local ingredients Bubby's can find. The
sourdough for the pancakes comes from a small family business that's been around since 1890. The
heirloom grains are ground for the restaurant by Anson Mills. The grass-fed cow milk comes from
Battenkill Valley Creamery; the barbecue is pit-smoked from farm-raised, heritage breed hogs and smoked
with cherry wood from Bubby's upstate farm; the maple syrup comes from a farm on the edge of the
Vermont border; the ice cream is made in-house with Hudson Valley Fresh dairy cooperative cream.
“If you haven't tried Bubby's buttermilk
biscuits, well, come on over.”
Owner Ron Silver has long been committed to "defending the American table," seeking out sustainably
farmed and traditionally processed foods for his classic American fare. "Bubby's celebrates the American
tradition of people from around the world coming to America to begin a new life, and with them bringing
their culture, art, music, and especially their food. This is what Bubby's is all about, preserving the
American patchwork of food and culture," he says. "Oh, and if you haven't tried Bubby's buttermilk
biscuits, well, come on over."
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