Eleven Madison Park

Eleven Madison Park occupies a landmark Art Deco dining room on Madison Avenue in Manhattan's Flatiron district, New York, with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Madison Square Park. Originally opened in 1998 as part of Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group, the restaurant was acquired in 2011 by chef Daniel Humm and front-of-house director Will Guidara, who transformed it into one of the world's best restaurants, earning three Michelin stars and the title of World's 50 Best number one ranking in 2017. In 2021, following a year-long pandemic closure, Humm announced a radical pivot: Eleven Madison Park would reopen as a fully plant-based restaurant — no meat, no seafood, no animal products — while maintaining its position at the absolute top tier of American fine dining. The decision was one of the most discussed in restaurant history, combining ethical intention with a formidable technical challenge. The prix-fixe tasting menu, priced at $365 per person, changes seasonally and is built entirely from vegetables, fruits, grains, fungi, and fermented products. Humm's kitchen team applies the full range of fine-dining technique — emulsification, lacto-fermentation, dehydration, smoke, and elaborate composed presentations — to plant ingredients, producing dishes of real complexity and beauty. The dining room remains magnificent: soaring thirty-foot ceilings, marble floors, and curved windows create a space that feels simultaneously institutional and intimate. Service is warm, knowledgeable, and unhurried. The beverage program, one of New York's most comprehensive, offers wine pairings crafted by a certified Master Sommelier.