Feast On Us

Feast On Us
645 Hudson Street
New York, NY
(212) 242-8231

My call time was 9am, breakfast arrived at 9:15am, and by the time I was done turning on the computer, prepping the camera and saying good morning to everyone, I was making a B-Line for the breakfast table. Apparently 'Feast On Us' didn't get the memo that Sterno candles are available at Family Dollar, because my microwaved bacon and 'at some point fresh' eggs over-easy were frigid cold only 20 minutes after the food had been set out. The eggs however, despite being cold, for some reason reminded me of the late-night diner runs I made as a youth growing up in Connecticut. While they were runny, overly greasy, and grossly out of place on-set, I thought to myself while debating seconds 'not a strong start Feast On Us.'

Lunch options included an open-face herb grilled chicken and roasted pepper focaccia with sun-dried tomato and fresh basil sandwich, pasta salad with baby spinach, sauteed summer green beans almondine with carrots, smoked mozzarella salad with grilled eggplant, shrimp salad and an organic mixed greens salad. The focaccia was fresh and was by far complimented best with the pasta salad. The smoked mozzarella salad was presented well, and would have been the strongest dish had it not met its demise by an overly ambitious serving of olives.

'Feast On Us' takes pride in their work and provides a colorful arrangement of dishes that are aesthetically pleasing for a consumer. This balance between aesthetics and function is unfortunately where Feast seems to struggle. The dishes felt over thought out and drastically over seasoned. Additionally, while the coffee may have stayed hot all day, it's time to either upgrade to 'Mud Truck', or simply stop advertising that you're serving 'Chock Full Of Nuts' on set.

6 out of 10