My Fuji X-Pro3 (fitted with the just-acquired TT Artisan 27mm) visited NYC's newest food hall at the Tin Building, a historic three-story building at 96 South Street in the Seaport District. I read that the the 53,000-square-foot structure was dismantled from its original location along the East River and rebuilt 32 feet away at a cost of almost $200 million. It features six full-service restaurants, six fast-casual counters, four bars, a grocery store, and private dining space, all spread across two floors.
The T-Brasserie
From the Tin Building's website, I read this: "For nearly 200 years, fishmongers gathered by the waters of New York’s East River to sell seafood at The Fulton Fish Market. One of the largest wholesale seafood markets in the world, the Tin Building served as the backdrop to this melting pot of commerce and culture, supporting undocumented immigrants and entire families for generations."
The Sandwich & Salad
Having set the TT Artisan 27mm lens at f 4.0 and 5.6 worked well...I then used a cinematic green preset in post-processing with ON1. Setting the lens at its widest (f2.8) will result in some vignetting....which I don't mind, but I feel its sweet spot is f5.6.
Tchotchkes at Shikku (Japanese Restaurant)
Mercantile East is a grocery store for specialty Asian products...the interesting (and to me, gimmicky) thing is that it also has a "secret" door (under the red fan logo, which seems to have been inspired by the Mandarin Hotel's) to the House of the Red Pearl restaurant (also a speakeasy) described as a clandestine high-dining restaurant serving dim sum in a velvet setting...it was described in the NYT as Shanghai glam.
