In the midst of the turnover of food halls around New York, the latest opening features a cheese conveyor belt and an omakase by a lauded Chicago chef with Michelin-starred credentials. Shaver Hall is opening in Midtown, taking over the now-shuttered iconic department store Lord & Taylor’s at 424 Fifth Avenue, between West 38th and 39th streets, on Friday, June 26.
The 35,000-square-foot, street-level food hall with room for 1,400 is at the new 13-story Amazon corporate office building, complete with three restaurants and 11 food stands, and developed by Dallas-based restaurant group FB Society. Its name comes from Lord & Taylor’s president, Dorothy Shaver.
Shaver Hall’s dining options include London expansion of Pick & Cheese, a dine-in shop
with a cheese conveyor belt; Chicago sushi chef BK Park’s omakase and a hand roll counter; also-Chicago chef Sujan Sukar’s butter chicken stand; Brooklyn’s F&F Pizzeria’s second location; NYC ramen restaurant Tonchin’s food hall sibling; and many others. There are communal and counter seats throughout the space, too.
Shaver has a bodega that sells to-go breakfast, lunch, snacks, coffee, beer, wine, and more. There’s the Layaway, the hall’s main cocktail bar, at the main communal dining space. The hall also boasts a self-serve drinks wall with 20 taps of beers, wines, and cocktails. In the future, it’ll host events like DJ sets, concerts, and more.
For opening day, Shaver Hall opens at 3 p.m. Regular hours will run from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Each restaurant and stand will have its own hours within that. Here’s a full breakdown of what to expect at Shaver Hall.
Shaver Hall’s restaurants
Pick & Cheese
This is the London cheese restaurant mini-chain’s first American location, featuring a 200-foot conveyor belt (exactly like those sushi conveyor belt restaurants), rolling along color-coded plates of Northeastern-produced cheese, charcuterie, and condiments. People at counter seats can pick up the color-coded plates corresponding to different prices, plus order dishes not available on the belt system. There are a few tables too.
Mako
Chicago chef BK Park is expanding his one-Michelin-starred Chicago omakase Mako into New York for the first time. The 12-seat experience will include bites of toro, braised abalone, and seafood consomme. The price is still being determined, but reservations can be booked on Resy.
Tallow Steakhouse
FB Society’s $49 prix fixe modern steakhouse will serve USDA prime steaks, tallow fries, dry martinis, Manhattans, and Old Fashioneds.
Shaver Hall’s food stands
- Biddrina Gelato: Clinton Hill restaurant Locanda Vini & Olii opened up this Italian gelato cart in 2023, which is now expanding with this food stand.
- Butter Chicken Social: Chicago chef Sujan Sukar is having a busy year in New York City. Recently, he debuted the NYC expansion of his Chicago Michelin-starred Indian tasting menu, Indienne, in Hudson Yards in May. Now he’s opening this food stand dedicated to butter chicken. Later on, he will open British Indian chophouse Elder and South Asian cocktail bar Apas this summer, over at Hudson Yards.
- Chick Chick: Chef Jun Park’s Upper West Side Korean fried chicken joint is opening in the food hall.
- F&F Pizzeria: The Carroll Gardens restaurant is opening its second location and first in Manhattan at the food hall, with New York-style pies and slices.
- Norihana: Chef Park’s counter service hand roll bar with Japanese beers, sake, and cocktails.
- Pastasole: This’ll be the third location of the Manhattan-based affordable pasta restaurant.
- Tallow Butcher Shop: FB Society’s stand serving tallow fries, dry-aged burger, steak sandwich on focaccia, and steak salad.
- Taqueria Al Pastor: The New York City-founded Mexico City-style taqueria is opening its sixth location.
- Tompkins Square Bagels: The New York bagel shop is opening its fifth location and first in Midtown.
- Tonchinette: NYC ramen restaurant Tonchin is spinning off this sibling with Tokyo-style ramen and broths.
- Zazu: The Chelsea halal Mediterranean fast-casual restaurant is opening its second location.
