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What’s Old Is Delicious Again at NYC’s Forgotten Food Festival
March 26, 2025, 3:58.17 pm ET

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Take a nostalgic culinary journey with 65 lost dishes and reimagined classics at 14 NYC restaurants.

From March 28 through April 6, Chef Driven Hospitality is bringing back dishes that time forgot with the debut of the Forgotten Food Festival. Spanning 14 restaurants across New York City, the 10-day festival will feature 65 unique dishes, each inspired by the personal histories and culinary roots of the group’s chefs.

The festival is a celebration of storied recipes—some passed down from great-grandmothers, others drawn from chefs' early culinary experiences or travels. Diners can expect everything from 1970s American comfort food to long-lost French classics and micro-ethnic dishes from Israel.

In addition to the food, Beverage Director Aviram Turgeman has curated a menu of “forgotten cocktails” and rare wines, including an updated Apple Martini and a historic Sazerac served with cognac.

Festival Highlights Include:

Barbounia
Chef Amitzur Mor offers a menu inspired by the diverse ethnic communities of his Israeli neighborhood:

• Yemenite Beef Soup with oxtail, calf’s feet, and hilbeh

• Spicy North African Veal Brain Stew (Moch Mcharmel)

• Persian Faloodeh Shirazi, a rice noodle and rose water dessert

Acadia
Chef Ari Borkovza revives classic French rotisserie dishes from the 1980s:

• Rotisserie Roasted Sweetbreads a la Financier with truffle cognac sauce

• Leg of Lamb with housemade mint jelly

• Duck à l’Orange

Dagon
Drawing on family traditions, Chef Ari Borkovza’s menu features:

• Banatas, lamb and potato fritters spiked with dill

• Bekilah, overnight braised oxtail with Swiss chard purée

• Chicken Soffritto with olives and dried chilies, served with grilled challah bread

Marseille
Chef Xavier Monge resurrects elegant French fare:

• Bouche à la Reine, a fricassée of sweetbreads and rooster crest

• Wild Hare à la Royale, braised in Burgundy with foie gras liaison

Nice Matin
Chef Andy D’Amico offers:

• Estockaficada, a rustic salt cod stew with vegetables, olives, and potatoes

Monterey
Chef James Tracey channels classic American fare from the 1970s:

• Chicken à la King

• Beef Stroganoff

Additional forgotten dishes can be found at Café d’Alsace, French Roast, 5 Napkin Burger, Le Monde, Nizza, Playa Betty’s, Sempre Oggi, and L’Express.

For more info visit chefdriven.getbento.com/forgotten-foods-festival


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