Residence appétit: The chef (inset) behind sizzling eating places like Charlie Hen is itemizing his Village loft.
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By the point high chef/restaurateur Ryan Hardy — of foodie faves Charlie Hen, Pasquale Jones and Legacy Data — and his spouse, PR maven Agatha Capacchione, founding father of the Ashima Group, completed the renovation of their beloved Greenwich Village loft, they had been mother and father to 2 children.
It was time to maneuver to a much bigger area.
Now their two-bedroom loft co-op at 8 W. thirteenth St. is in the marketplace for $2.85 million — and the household is heading to bigger digs within the Flatiron District.
They had been detest to go away. Not solely did they customise the area with the assistance of the Milktrout Design Group, additionally they liked the constructing’s historical past.
A former manufacturing facility inbuilt 1910, it was later flooded with artists — who reportedly included Diego Rivera, Hardy mentioned. The onetime private chef to Jay-Z is the founding father of Scrumptious Hospitality Group.
The house is centered round a Bulthaup chef’s kitchen that options the couple’s favourite handmade chrome plated Slayer espresso machine. The entire water is charcoal filtered and pressurized with twin excessive switch booster pumps.
There’s additionally a bar, an 80-bottle wine storage and customized cupboards for a crystal wine glass assortment. “It’s a chef’s loft, with an unimaginable kitchen,” Hardy mentioned. “It’s full of sunshine, one of many taller buildings in Greenwich Village, and my little getaway from the hustle and bustle of the eating places. We designed it to have a really calming aesthetic, which is essential after coming house from working in sizzling and energized kitchens.”
The chef’s chef’s kitchen is clearly the middle of the residence. It’s constructed on a riser, so it's elevated.
“The whole lot is just a little decrease than the kitchen. We constructed just a little jewel field in the midst of a loft area. At dinner events, individuals stand across the heart of the kitchen. It lends itself to a restaurant expertise in a residential kitchen.
Individuals will drink wine with me whereas I cook dinner,” Hardy mentioned.
The renovation even included restoring two skylights — certainly one of them had been blacked out with tar throughout World Conflict II.
The residing area boasts 11-foot beamed ceilings, concrete flooring, numerous hidden storage and a woodburning fire. The toilet additionally boasts a concrete bathe, customized teak shelving and storage.
The customized loft area holds the second bed room or house workplace, whereas an “accordion-style door opens fully to entry the constructing’s roof space,” the itemizing notes. The smart-wired house additionally comes with a Sonos sound system.
The constructing incorporates a renovated foyer, keyed elevator, video intercom and live-in tremendous. “We hate to go away. The whole lot is so personalized — each drawer and element within the kitchen and toilet,” Hardy mentioned.
The itemizing dealer is Corcoran’s Catherine Juracich.
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