Tin Building Seeds and Weeds

Address | 96 South St, New York, NY 10038

In the late summer Tin Building was sending food trucks to Bridgehampton with gratis lobster rolls, grain cookies, and hummus to promote their new market and food hall at South Street Seaport by Chef and restaurateur Jean-Georges Vongerichten. The marketing worked and the Tin Building being on our minds we decided to try Tin Building Seeds and Weeds.

Before I dive into the dining experience at Seeds and Weeds a bit more on the Tin Building itself. Built in 1907 this South Street Seaport structure was built to house the country’s largest seafood market. As you approach the 53,000 square foot building you can imagine it as a lively Seaport fish market but all the space may leave you curious as to how Jean-Georges has filled the space. Immediately when you walk in to the Tin Building you are hit with the beautiful chaos of diners and market goers weaving in and out of high end market stalls, bakeries, bars, and restaurants that span the culinary spectrum from French, to Asian, to vegetarian.

We really enjoy dining at Jean-Georges’ abcV so we decided for our first meal at the Tin Building to try the vegetarian option Seeds and Weeds. I would call the green and gold ambiance that ties throughout the Tin Building reminiscent of Charles Haden Savage’s kitchen. If you know Only Murders in the Building then you know what I mean. Seeds and Weeds is airy with a lot of natural light from the East River facing windows.

The menu offers a variety of small plates that are meant for sharing so we ordered three dishes that certainly left us feeling satisfied between two people. In the style of Jean-Georges every dish was well executed and tasty. The celeriac katsu was innovative with a good contrast in texture and the accompanying sauces were a nice compliment.

Following our meal we did some shopping in the markets. Tin Building markets are a great place to find special gifts for foodies. You’ll find $25 bars of single origin chocolates, infused olive oils and balsamic vinegars, specialty canned fishes and beautiful boxes of organic whole coffee beans. We purchased some cute Tin Building branded dish towels to wrap our gift finds in and it makes a beautiful presentation.

For dessert we stopped by the bakery for flakey croissants and almond cakes to enjoy later in the day.