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Gwyneth Paltrow is getting back to her New York roots, setting up the first of several planned Manhattan outposts of her Goop Kitchen later this month.
The “Marty Supreme” co-star, who grew up in Los Angeles but went to the Big Apple’s elite Spence School, is opening a branch of her chain in Midtown West on Monday.
Along with “100 percent recyclable” bags and a “commitment to sourcing responsibly,” the eatery promises “local produce whenever possible.”
Don’t expect to see Paltrow waiting tables, though – Goop Kitchen relies on “ghost kitchens” that only take orders for delivery.
Locations in Flatiron, the Upper West Side, the Upper East Side – at the former home of Butterfield Market – and Williamsburg are in the works.
“By the end of the year, they’ll be feeding most of Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn,” a Goop Kitchen spokesperson told Side Dish.
The expansion comes after the culinary offshoot of Paltrow’s lifestyle brand Goop conquered the West Coast, with 11 Goop Kitchens in Los Angeles and three in San Francisco.
The menu emphasizes healthy, gluten-free options like fresh salads and bowls, along with pizzas, pastas, wraps and soups plus sweet treats such as maple-pumpkin bread and cookies.
Spring menu highlights include a crunchy seasonal salad with asparagus, goat cheese, snap peas, cucumbers, pickled red onions, mint and “superseded crunchies,” which are a mix of sesame seeds, poppy seeds, almond flour and everything seasoning.
There’s also a spring salmon bowl with organic brown rice, and a blueberry lemon olive oil cake with blueberry jam and maple cream cheese frosting.
Obsessed West Coast celeb fans who are clean eaters but don’t always have time to steam their own farmers market kale include Cameron Diaz — there is even a salad named for her — as well as Vanessa Hudgens, and Zac Efron. It is all from top chef Kim Floresca who previously worked in some of the world’s top restaurants, including El Bulli and Per Se.
Paltrow and Goop Kitchen CEO Donald Moore declined to comment.
A slew of prominent New Yorkers is expected to promote the new eateries.
We hear… As food costs rise and the elderly population continues to grow, Citymeals on Wheels has stepped up its services — delivering more than 2.2 million meals last year to more than 22,000 older New Yorkers. At its 28th annual Sunday Supper, held at iconic restaurant Daniel, more than $1.3 million was raised to deliver 130,000 meals.
Star chefs included Daniel Boulud, Alain Ducasse and Amaury Bouhours (of Le Meurice Alain Ducasse in Paris), Rafa Costa e Silva (Lasai, Rio De Janeiro) and Michael Cimarusti (Providence, Los Angeles). Cocktail canapes were prepared by chefs Laurent Kalkotour (Minetta Tavern, New York), Didier Elena (Hogsalt Hospitality, Chicago), Lucile Plaza (Benoit, New York) and Laetitia Rouabah (La Vontaine, Las Vegas). Guests included Florence Fabricant and Christian Siriano.
“French cuisine is not just about the cooking. It is about the sharing,” Ducasse told the hungry crowd. “You can’t be a good chef if you aren’t generous.”
Highlights of the live auction included a trip to Paris with round-trip airfare for two, a stay at Le Meurice and dinner at Le Meurice Alain Ducasse, which raised $90,000.
“One in five older New Yorkers now live in poverty, and the need for Citymeals is only becoming more urgent,” said Beth Shapiro, CEO of Citymeals on Wheels. “We now serve double the number of centenarians as we did a decade ago.”
Citymeals doesn’t just offer food, Shapiro said; it also provides older New Yorkers with connection.
Boulud added: “I’m grateful to our chef friends, who joined me in the kitchen to support Citymeals. Food brings people together, and Citymeals provides that nourishing connection for our older New Yorkers in need.”
We hear… that from Sunday to Tuesday, Holocaust survivors Olga Spiegel and Adrienne Petrook spoke with podcast host Margarita Lyadova, journalist Skye Ostreicher and entrepreneur Ari Ackerman at three New York City coffee shops for a “Sip and Listen” series.
The Holocaust remembrance pop-ups were organized by Yad Vashem USA Foundation and The Blue Card at Effy’s Cafe, Caffe Aronne and Patis Baker. They were in honor of Yom HaShoah, the Jewish day of Holocaust remembrance. The gatherings, said Tamar Major, national director of Yad Vashem USA Foundation, “are a stark reminder of our obligation to bear witness. Bringing survivors into coffee shops, into spaces people move through every day, makes these encounters feel immediate and personal.”
It’s especially important now, as one in five young Americans think the Holocaust was a myth.
Over the course of three days, Major added, “we saw how powerful it is when people can sit down, ask questions, and truly connect. Meeting a survivor, hearing their story, is a privilege we can’t take for granted, and every listener becomes a partner in the chain of remembrance.”
Spiegel spoke about fleeing to Italy after her father was seized and taken to a concentration camp. Petrook was a hidden child survivor from Romania.
The series will expand to additional cities including Miami, Washington, DC, Los Angeles and Dallas next year.
We hear… that food, music and history lovers are in for a treat. Private chef Andrew Molen is hosting “Godfather” dinners with actor and entertainer Gianni Russo, who played Carlo Rizzi in the iconic 1972 film. Russo — who has called Marlon Brando his only acting teacher and Frank Sinatra his only singing teacher — will perform a medley of songs as Molen prepares classic Italian fare like chicken picatta, bistecca alla fiorentina and a classic homemade pasta dish with tomato and basil.
Russo, author of “Mafia Secrets: Untold Tales from the Hollywood Godfather” and other books, will also dish on everything from his relationship with Marilyn Monroe to mob-related conspiracy theories. Russo will also spill the tea on making “The Godfather” and share insider anecdotes. Starting price is $8,000 for 25 people, bookable through Molen’s website.
We hear… that Chef Vikas Khanna of Bungalow was named one of TIME100’s most influential people of 2026.
“We don’t create cuisine. We inherit the celebration, the festivals, even the flowers we are growing,” Khanna — inspired by his grandmother and late younger sister, Radikha, who passed in 2022 — once told Side Dish.
He earned his first Michelin star at Junoon in 2011. Overcoming poverty and “crippling birth defects,” Khanna, who is also an author and filmmaker, has served more than 80 million meals through his Feed India initiative, written 40 books and cooked for celebrities, presidents, a pope and the Dalai Lama — and chronicles it all for his 5.9 million social media followers. In his latest post, celebrating the Time cover, he said he “chose cooking as an act of rebellion.” We’re thankful he did.
