This Greenpoint Restaurant Serving Drinks Out Of Clam Shells Was Named North America’s Best New Restaurant For 2024
If there’s one thing we know about a “best restaurants” list, it’s that New York City is certainly going to find its way on to it, whether it’s the 50 best restaurants in the U.S. according to the NYT, the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, or Tripadvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Awards. And the case isn’t any different for the annual World Culinary Awards 2024.
The sister event of World Travel Awards, the World Culinary Awards serves to “celebrate and reward excellence in the culinary industry through [their] annual awards [program].” Each year the World Culinary Awards encourages the culinary industry to enter one of the many available categories for nomination–categories are broken into World, Regional, and Subregional levels. Votes are then cast by the culinary community, industry experts, and consumers.
And in their 5th iteration, a Brooklyn restaurant was named the North America’s Best New Restaurant 2024! The title went to Greenpoint’s wood-fired kitchen and restaurant ILIS, which opened right around this time last year.
ILIS highlights seasonal plants, seafood, and game of North America, though bison and venison are the only four-legged animals you’ll find on the menu. You can’t view the menu online so you do have to be an adventurous eater, but some past dishes have included Shigoku Oysters with green almond and cucumber, a Surf Clam fashioned into a flask and filled with a chilled clam drink, and BBQ Eel “On The Cob,” wild caught and brought to chefs live, brined for 48 hours, then smoked.
They offer two menus in their dining room: the Market Menu, priced at $225 per guest, which allows you to select your main courses from baskets of fresh ingredients and includes snacks and desserts, or the Field Guide Menu, priced at $325 per guest, which most closely resembles an “omakase” tasting menu and includes twelve+ courses with snacks and desserts.
Beyond the main dinner menus a special a la carte food menu is also available at the bar, which seats 14 guests and is held for walk-ins, and a five course cocktail tasting paired with dishes inspired by each drink is available in the lounge.
As for the space itself, there’s no front or back of house; rather chefs cook and serve the entire meal from the central kitchen, crafting a service style they refer to as “One House.” This service style allows for a more unique dining experience, making guests feel like they’re at a dinner party rather than a restaurant.
Beyond ILIS, additional nominees for the title of North America’s Best New Restaurant 2024 (many of which are our friends!) included the following:
- AMAR at Raffles, Boston
- Kiln, San Francisco
- Yess Restaurant, Los Angeles
- Maty’s, Miami
- Pascual, Washington D.C.
- Mnimes Restaurant & Bar, Canada
- Oncle Lee, Canada
The full list of the 5th annual World Culinary Awards 2024 winners can be found here.
150 Green Street, Brooklyn
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