EAT: WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER RESTAURANT SHOWCASE

When:Thursday, April 7, 2011
Time:11am – 2pm
Where:World Financial Center Winter Garden and Plaza
220 Vesey Street
Manhattan, NY
Cost:$1-5

Nearly 20 restaurants at the World Financial Center will be serving up seasonal dishes and unveiling brand new menu items to kick off the spring season during EAT: World Financial Center Restaurant Showcase.

Visitors can enjoy a range of selections including Au Mandarin’s Pan-Seared Pork Dumplings, The Grill Room’s Vanilla Bean Crème Brulee, and SouthWest NY’s pulled pork sliders — which will be cooked up by Executive Chef Wade Burch, C.E.C., first-place winner on the Food Network series “Chopped.”

Admission is free and open to all. Individual dishes cost $5 or under. See below for a full menu for EAT: World Financial Restaurant Showcase.

Participating restaurants include:

– Au Bon Pain
– Au Mandarin
– Blockheads Burrito
– Ciao Bella Gelato
– Columbus Bakery
– Devon & Blakely
– Cosi
– Elixir
– Financier Patisserie
– Godiva Chocolatier
– The Grill Room
– P.J. Clarke’s on the Hudson
– Quality Burger
– SouthWest NY
– Starbucks Coffee
– Yushi
– World Financial Center Greenmarket