Thomas Keller Isn't Trying to Reinvent Fine Dining
Famed chef Thomas Keller's latest New York restaurant doesn't tout exotic ingredients or lengthy formal courses. Instead, the focus is on the quality of the food and the exceptional service.
Famed chef Thomas Keller had been thinking about his latest endeavor, TAK Room at Hudson Yards, in New York, since 1996. But it was in 2008 when developer Stephen Ross, who installed Keller's Per Se at the city's Time Warner Center, in Columbus Circle, mentioned he was exploring opportunities in the Hudson Yards area. At the time, the neighborhood was an undeveloped wasteland above the Long Island Railroad train yards. But Ross' ambitious plans for what would become the largest private real estate development in America got Keller thinking. Not only about his restaurant, but about opening another restaurant
