\n\t\u201cWe always try to open a restaurant that serves a specific community \u2014 preferably in the cultural space, preferably with the sustainability through-line,\u201d says Rich, whose portfolio includes intimate wine bars including June, Rucola and Ana\u00efs in Brooklyn, event caterer Purslane, and community projects in the Hudson Valley. <\/p>\n
\n\tOberon aims to be an \u201ceveryday watering hole\u201d for the museum and its broad community of visitors, gallerists, artists, trustees and staff.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201c\u200aThe concept is still very much the same as our other restaurants,\u201d adds Rich. \u201cWe want to make healthy, delicious food<\/a> that people want to eat most of the time. It\u2019s not too expensive, it\u2019s not too fussy, it\u2019s not too chef-y.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tFrom the Oberon menu.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Alex Staniloff<\/p>\n \n\tHe tapped artist, chef and \u201cSalad for President\u201d creator Julia Sherman to design a menu with wide appeal that would match the restaurant\u2019s creative setting. Sherman is joined by co-executive chef Ali Ghriskey, who will oversee kitchen operations.<\/p>\n \n\tThe cuisine at Oberon is \u200anew\u00a0American \u2014 \u201cclassic New York<\/a>, but with a spin,\u201d says Ghriskey, adding that approachability was the goal across all elements of the restaurant, from the food<\/a> served to the dining room environment. <\/p>\n \n\tThe vegetable-forward menu includes a selection of snacks \u2014 small, shareable bites \u2014 several salads, and extended list of main dishes, all informed by greenmarket seasonality and a zero-waste mindset. Late spring dishes on the menu might include options like fried squash blossoms, a kohlrabi and hazelnut salad, leek orecchiette, and chicken rubbed with dehydrated fig leaf. Classic comfort options, like the burger and fries, will be offered year-round. \u201cWe\u00a0want\u00a0to\u00a0be somewhere that people come\u00a0back\u00a0to\u00a0every\u00a0day,\u201d adds Ghriskey. The bar program is similarly ingredient-focused, with botanical-based cocktails and spritzes.<\/p>\n \n\tThe restaurant extends the experience of a visit to the New Museum by showcasing art in the dining room. Artist collaborations include a mural by Ian Cheng located behind the bar, and furniture including wooden tables, the bar top, and resin lights designed by Minjae Kim. After dinner, guests will be presented with chocolates featuring custom wrappers by artist Laurie Anderson.<\/p>\n \n\tOberon also marks the first full service restaurant commission for OMA. Lead architects Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas worked closely with the restaurant team to hone the dining room concept, creating a transition from the museum\u2019s metal interiors to the warm wood tones of the restaurant. OMA integrated sustainability, a core tenet of the Oberon Group, into the restaurant build-out through usage of carbon-negative cork material throughout the space.<\/p>\n \n\t\u200a\u201dThe space is meant to encourage celebration, conviviality, conversation, privacy, intimacy,\u201d says Rich of the room\u2019s design, which creates moments of intimacy within the larger room through booth-pod seating. \u201cTheir design did a really good job of allowing for those moments throughout the space,\u201d he adds. \u201cBut also, at any moment you can port into the fact that you\u2019re in a busy, buzzy restaurant.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tOne that also happens to be located inside one of New York\u2019s most exciting museums.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tChefs Ali Ghriskey and Julia Sherman.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This summer, the New Museum is giving visitors a reason to become regulars. 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