Gotham Hall Soiree..

Gotham Hall - 1356 Broadway @ 36th Street

One of the great benefits of being in nonprofit is being able to witness other nonprofits do their thing.  I was introduced to Citizens Committee for New York, which stimulates and supports self-help and civic action to improve the quality of life in New York City and its neighborhoods.  They have people creating beautiful gardens in my native borough - the boogie down Bronx.  Please check them out here @ http://www.citizensnyc.org/about.html and "like" them on Facebook to show your love.If you're an institution, then Gotham Hall is THE place to through a curtain call event.  This beautiful venue has housed Barclays Capital's SEO Diversity event (www.seo-usa.org) and  my alma mater Phillips Academy's annual holiday reception.  If the Roman Coliseum had a retractable roof, then it would Gotham Hall-esque.

The Food:

       Last night's menu options were steak and...steak!  You could only get one item.  But considering that Gotham Hall had to mass-produce about 600 pieces of filet mignon, Gotham Hall prepared a flavorful medium-cooked cut!  Peep:

Meet and potatuhs, come from my lyrical ladles...

So I've been getting beef about the redness of the meat from my Angelo Maxie's post, so I decided to put up a friendlier piece cow.  The beef was very tender and flavorful, almost cooked to perfection. However, the portions were very small, so you know I was that greedy dude who asked for seconds (just kidding).  Hey, as Jay-Z said it, "A closed mouth don't get fed."

Desert...

Passion fruit encased in a candy bar chocolate cup containing a bed of yogurt. I had my first raspberry ever.  I don't know what I was thinking all these years...pretty tasty.

Mezclun salad sprinkled with Walnut. But since they put dressing on it, I ain't eat it.  I'm weird like that.

Highlights from the night..

Yes, there were bagpipes..aside from tyrannosaurus eggs (a la Dave Chapelle), perhaps the most ballinest thing evah!

Bagpipe crew squadin up on stage.

Shout out to Henry Cornell - Chairman of CCNY and MD at Goldman Sachs.  One of the BX's finest. 

Shout out to Mike Young and his daughter Nicole - Recipients of the Osborn Elliot Award for Community Service

Mike and Nicole Young get props for keeping my Bronx beautiful.  With CCNY grants, they turned a completely vacant and drug-infested lot into an amazing garden.  #BXstandUP!

Overall, Gotham Hall is at the top of its class for charitable venue spaces along with Cipriani and Espace.

Overall Rating: A
Food: A-
Ambiance: A+