"Waiter, there’s a McFly in my soup."
Okay, so no one actually overheard a guest say that. But just as Dr. Brown tweaked a DeLorean into a time machine and shot Marty McFly to another era, last spring Executive Chef and F&B Director Alex Aubry sent diners at the Algonquin Hotel back to the 1940s using the famous French cookbook Spécialités de la Maison.
The inspiration for the "new" menu is the Algonquin's rich history. A New York City landmark recently named to the National Trust Historic Hotels of America, the 174-guest-room Algonquin is home to Dorothy Parker’s famous Round Table (hence the name "Round Table Room" for the hotel's lunch and dinner restaurant) and is the birthplace of The New Yorker magazine. Using menu selections from the Collins Design reprint of Spécialités de la Maison —which originally appeared in 1940 and features recipes from luminaries including Robert Sherwood, Katharine Hepburn, Helen Hayes, Charlie Chaplin, and Tallulah Bankhead—Aubry and company debuted a special menu in the Round Table Room (click to read more and view recipes).
