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New Restaurants on the Radar: The Southwest Porch at Bryant Park, Calexico, Pod Cafe

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John Del Signore

Published Jun 23, 2009

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To promote their new service in and out of LaGuardia Airport (beginning June 28th), Southwest Airlines has enlisted celebrity chef Tom Colicchio to open a new al fresco lounge in the southwest corner of Bryant Park. The Porch (designed by Nancy Thiel Architecture + Design) comes complete with wicker swings, rocking chairs and Adirondack chairs, and power outlets for those who wish to take advantage of Bryant Park's free Wi-Fi. The porch is open to the general public, not just paying customers, though it's a safe bet that if you sit down long enough you'll eventually succumb to a pint of specially brewed Southwest Summer Ale, one of the local brews, or something off the summer cocktail menu. Colicchio's small-plates menu includes items like a New York Meatball Sandwich, Southwestern Pork Sandwich and Baltimore Crab Sandwich. The Porch is open in Bryant Park Mondays through Thursdays from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Fridays from 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.

 

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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.

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