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The Venue at Cohen Community Food Rescue Center

Brooklyn, NY

CITY HARVEST KITCHEN 049 FINAL Credit Jason Varney

Restaurant

Since its founding in 1982, City Harvest has fed New Yorkers in times of crisis. For City Harvest’s new home, the Cohen Community Food Rescue Center, Rockwell Group designed The Venue, a state-of-the-art kitchen and event space with a modern demonstration kitchen and rooftop terrace, including an outdoor grill and river views. The space is a sleek and adaptable for cooking demos, events with corporate volunteers, or community gatherings.

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City Harvest
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Restaurant
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Open kitchen and dining room at Cohen Community Food Rescue Center.
The warm, residential, and inviting kitchen places the chef on display and offers opportunities for guests to gather around the island and interact.

Because of City Harvest’s inextricable ties to the City and its mission of reclamation, we wanted to quote the industrial history of Sunset Park in our design. We used humble materials such as reclaimed wood from barns in the northeast U.S., terracotta, and metals.

Dining room at Cohen Community Food Rescue Center.
Reception desk area.
Outdoor kitchen and mural at city harvest rooftop terrace, cohen community food rescue center.

  • “Building community around food.”

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  • “The restaurant-like space is both flexible and decorative, conceived to host both big-name chefs and community programs.”

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