It’s not who you know, it’s WHOM YOU KNOW and you ought to know that because we tell you again and again! There is a new winning team in place at Peacock Alley and you need to know them: Restaurant Chef Christopher Eagle, General Manager Peter Sideris, and Director of Culinary David Garcelon. When a place as extraordinary as the Waldorf=Astoria does something as drastic as change their entire menu, we think you ought to know about it! The Waldorf=Astoria might equal each other as that is the proper spelling with the equals sign, however you’ll find nearly every other venue unequalled to the glamour, history, and now the stellar cuisine to match it.
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http://www.whomyouknow.com/2012/04/peachy-picks-peacock-alley-for-lunch-at.html?_r=1

Caroline Schermerhorn Astor’s ballroom, which could hold about 400 guests, giving rise to the “Four Hundred” — those who received her invitations — and restricting high society to that number.

As the story goes, a feud arose between Mrs. Astor and her nephew and Fifth Avenue neighbor, William Waldorf Astor, who felt that if anyone was going to be society’s doyenne, it ought to be his wife, not his aunt. He built the Waldorf, a 13-story hotel that dwarfed his aunt’s mansion. When rumors started flying that Mrs. Astor might replace her house with an even bigger hotel, agents of the two Astors got together and agreed on a joint hotel. Its two separate parts were connected by corridors and a hyphen: the Waldorf-Astoria, with its long, very fashionable social promenade.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/nyregion/peacock-alley-in-the-waldorf-astoria-remembered.html?_r=1

We like dinner and brunch here. The dishes, such as an appetizer of tuna tartare rolls with avocado and cilantro, can be quite delicate. Or they can be manly: The dry-aged, grilled sirloin was juicy and served on a mound of short-rib compote, with a buttery side of cauliflower and bone marrow. Brunch is a $75-a-person gourmet buffet.

Read the full review at Time Out New York by clicking the link below

http://newyork.timeout.com/restaurants-bars/restaurants/123826/peacock-alley

Breakfast, lunch and small-plates menus are offered. Start the day with power breakfast dishes such as the grilled Niman Ranch pork belly with poached eggs, country bread and Vermont cheddar, or a goat cheese and herb omelet. Lunch brings the Waldorf salad with its black truffle vinaigrette, sandwiches and salads, and entrées such as grilled yellowtail tuna. Dinner small plates range from braised short rib sliders to an artisanal cheese and charcuterie plate. Peacock Alley also features a lounge and bar. Specialty cocktails include the Peacock Alley Champagne cocktail with Pommery Champagne, strawberry and peppercorn-infused galliano.

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http://www.gayot.com/restaurants/peacock-alley-new-york-ny-10022_1ny060312.html

Read the full review at New York Magazine by clicking the link below

http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/peacock-alley/