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Sneak Peek: Jean-Georges Vongerichten's ABC Kitchen

BY Emily Kaiser | POSTED JANUARY 20, 2010 AT 8:44PM EST

In February, New York City will get Jean-Georges Vongerichten's take on farm-to-table cuisine at ABC Kitchen, a roughly 150-seat café inside ABC Carpet & Home that will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner and fresh juices at a juice bar. Vongerichten is working with ABC CEO Paulette Cole on the design, sourcing as locally as possible; that includes plates from Bella Porcelain, made by Cole's childhood friend Jan Burtz. (There are a few exceptions: The bar is made out of a church altar from Mexico.) The menu is still in progress, but Vongerichten would like to source all ingredients from within 100 miles of the store. Dishes will be dead simple, Vongerichten promises—mostly ones he makes for his own family. "We want to do what Alice Waters did in the 1970s," he says. "Handwritten menus, changing daily, seasonal food." Chef de cuisine Dan Kluger won't churn his own butter, but he will make his own yogurt: They had a test batch in the oven when I stopped by yesterday. Pictures after the jump.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten at his new restaurant ABC Kitchen

Phil Suarez at his partner Jean-Georges Vongerichten's new restaurant ABC Kitchen.

ABC Carpet & Home CEO Paulette Cole with Bella Porcelain plates

Jean-Georges Vongerichten's new restaurant ABC Kitchen

Sneak Peek: Jean-Georges Vongerichten's ABC Kitchen

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