Hello!
I founded MetroFresh with the notion that fresh, healthy, and creative food should not be out of reach for the casual diner. With a daily menu of soups, salads, sandwiches, breakfast entrees, “after work” small plates (Uptown), and dinner entrees (Midtown,) MetroFresh uses the freshest in-season ingredients, locally grown and organic when possible, to build unexpected flavor combinations you don’t often find at a fast-casual cafe.
Our mission has always been to create a friendly “oasis” where our guests can take a break from their hectic lives. “People are going to come for delicious, healthy food,” I told my original crew in 2005, “but they’ll come back because they had a great experience.”
You’ll notice alongside the “FOOD” below, a column of “THOUGHTS.” I’ve always believed MetroFresh would succeed because it’s a personal and communal experience. That very first day when I sent out a mass email with our daily menu, I began with a personal story about how I loved fresh food as a child. I’ve started every day after that writing down these random thoughts about food, family, and life. I’ve been doing it as a daily ritual for so many years I figure, why stop now? I hope you enjoy it. And I hope you come see us.
Mitchell Anderson, Founder and Creative Chef
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For the time being we'll be closing at 2:30.
- M: Meat
- Gf: Gluten-Free
- D: Dairy
- Vn: Vegan
- Vg: Vegetarian
- F: Fish
- E: Egg
- N: Nuts
Thought
by Mitchell
Greetings from rainy/chilly New York City. Fall has arrived up here in the Big Apple making yesterday's day off from filming a true day off. Richie arrived on Friday afternoon just in time to enjoy an amazing dinner on the Hudson River - before the rains came. We went to a restaurant on a historic ship docked at Pier 25 called Grand Banks. As we slurped our oysters and enjoyed some amazing lobster rolls, we watched the very last of the sun setting behind the Hoboken Skyline. It was an almost unreal deep red strip of light just at the height of all the buildings. Beautiful.
The rains arrived with a vengeance most of Saturday morning so we had a totally lazy day. As you know, this never happens to me. I can't remember the last time I laid around in bed until noon. Yikes - who am I? Fortunately it dried up enough for us to venture out for lunch and later on a planned field trip to Brooklyn to meet an old friend of mine for dinner. Mike lives in this super cute neighborhood called Carol Gardens, which even though it's a short (ish) subway ride from Columbus Circle, seems like a different world. We had pizza in a little restaurant right under the BQE - because that's what one does in an old Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn.
Rockstar, who is working a couple days in the kitchen, and Mandy both sent me pictures of the charming dumpster fire at Midtown Promenade yesterday. There truly is never a dull moment. Bryan assured me that the fire was out before the Firemen finally arrived. At least the fire was self contained in the construction dumpster and didn't spread to your favorite restaurant!
Come see us. We'll be open until 6pm. Hopefully nothing will go up in a blaze of glory today!