Eleven Madison Park
Photo: Noah Kalina
On May 2 Union Square Hospitality Group CEO Danny Meyer and David Granger, the editor in chief of Esquire, are hosting an elaborate Kentucky Derby party at Eleven Madison Park, allowing an opportunity for neglected seersucker suits and large hats to see the light of day. As part of the festivities, live Derby coverage will be aired on flat-screens, the dining room will be decorated with racing memorabilia and roses, the patio will be turned into a cigar lounge, mint juleps will be offered and Daniel Humm will be reinterpreting classic Southern cuisine such as burgoo, Bourbon balls and horse-race pie (3–7 PM; $250 per person; 212-889-0905).