Aquavit Restaurant New York | Press
Restaurant Aquavit is very proud and grateful for the articles and awards presented over the years, including:
AWARDS
James Beard Award
Best Chef in New York City – Marcus Samuelsson 2003
James Beard Award
Rising Star Chef of the Year – Marcus Samuelsson 1999
Zagat Survey
Award of Distinction 2001
Gourmet Magazine
Best Restaurants 2000 and 2001
Nation’s Restaurant News
Fine Dining Hall of Fame 2000
Restaurants and Institutions
Ivy Award 2001
The Culinary Institute of America
Great Chef of America – Marcus Samuelsson 1998
Wine Spectator
Award of Excellence 1998, 2002 and 2003
A SELECTION OF ARTICLES
New York Magazine 2007
Lists Restaurant Aquavit, with its Smorgasbord, as one of the Best Sunday Brunches in New York City.
Gotham Magazine 2007
Style guru Jason Oliver Nixon suggests “heading to the way-chic bar at Aquavit for a romantic repas of marvelous little meatballs.”
New York Magazine 2006
Adam Platt’s guide to New York’s 101 best restaurants (in order) and ranks Aquavit’s ninth with four stars and notes of “high-minded Scandinavian cuisine”.
Life Magazine 2005
Swedish Meatballs for Sunday Dinner.
Read the full article and the meatball recipe
New York Post 2005
Steve Cuozzo on Restaurant Aquavit’s new home on 55th Street where he, among other things, describes our signature dessert as “the best blueberry sorbet I’ve ever had”.
New York Times 2004
A preview from the new restaurant “Gravlax and Verner Panton (...) a minimalist setting for the restaurant’s Scandinavian cuisine.”
New York Times 2001
In reviewing the restaurant’s “inventive Swedish-inspired cuisine” William Grimes awards Aquavit three stars.
For media inquiries, please contact our corporate office at 212-957-8884 x 100.
Online Reservations
Chef Jernmark will be cooking an Autumn Nordic Table menu at the James Beard House.
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