Fueling Up with Healthy Food Choices in NYC

Getting your body and mind marathon ready

If you plan on taking part in the 2024 New York City Marathon, you will want to be eating all things healthy while in training mode. Even if you’re in the Big Apple with your cheerleaders, there are restaurants that offer both healthy and delicious cuisine everyone will love.

We have put together a list of five eateries for you to make it much simpler to find fare that is both fuel for your body and heaven on your palate.

Avant Garden

This is a vegan fine dining at its best. Avant Garden offers incredibly delicious menu items in an upscale atmosphere. Since its opening in 2015, it has been producing some of New York’s finest vegan dishes served with a healthy selection of curated, global natural wines. About Avant Garden, The Michelin Guide says, “This is excellent food that just happens to be vegan.”

Must try: Paella – calasparra rice, merguez royal trumpet, almonds in red pepper cream. Wash it down with a glass of I Vigneri Etna Bianco ‘Aurora’ from Sicily.

abcV

This vegan spot by Jean-Georges Vongerichten is known for its seasonal plates, tonics and cocktails. For health-conscious foodies, abcV is a must. The food is very tasty and the staff, attentive, warm and professional. The cuisine is plant based, sustainable, artisanal and sourced from small and family farms. abcV says its food embraces balance and beauty, wellness and wisdom.

Must try: Smoky wood ear and potato wontons, garlic sesame broth, market greens and mushrooms, yuba, custardy tofu.

Reserve Cut

This high-end certified kosher steak house comes with a wine room and French-Asian menu that includes sushi and Wagyu beef. You can dine in confidence that the meal you are having is not only tasty, but healthy. The ambiance is contemporary chic and inviting and the service is polished.

Must try: 14-ounce Wagyu beef boneless ribeye with a side of exotic mushroom sauté and grilled vegetables – roasted red peppers, squash, roma tomatoes and scallions. Also the beef tartare appetizer with truffle and egg yolk aioli, capers, grated black truffle, lemon and parsley.

Ladybird

Creative vegetarian small plates and cocktails are served in an embellished setting with plush banquettes. The food here will surpass your expectations regarding what’s healthy. Everything at Ladybird is on point: the ambiance, the soft décor, the service and especially, the food. Ladybird is the convivial environment for dates and good conversation.

Must try: KFB – tempura fried broccoli, gochujang tamari sauce, sesame and scallions.

When you are training for something as important to you as the New York Marathon, where you choose to stay in the city should certainly be given as much consideration as where you decide to eat. You want your space to be comfortable and inviting, but also elegant and unique to give your body and mind ease and rest. Townhouse Neri in the fashionable Soho district, gives you all that and more. This exquisite home features a private elevator for 9,000 square feet of prime living space. This home has five floors of comfort and class. Amenities include a wet bar, music room and Zen space. A lovely yard is an oasis of serenity in the heart of the urban jungle.

Sushi Nakazawa

This is the destination sushi spot for high-end omakase (multicourse, chef's choice meals). From the moment you walk in the door, you receive exemplary service in a welcoming atmosphere. You will find traditional style sushi focusing on bringing out the best of ingredients which are sourced both domestically and internationally. Chef Daisuke Nakazawa is a strong believer in the food he serves so only the best and freshest find its way to your plate.

Must try: Sushi Nakazawa serves a Nigiri-sushi exclusive omakase menu consisting of about 20 pieces of Nigiri. Fish and shellfish is sourced globally, with a special focus on Japan.

When you want to dine at certain restaurants in whatever destinations you choose, you can count on LVH to get you access to those establishments. It’s just one thing we can do for you to make your time away as wonderful and as perfect as possible. If you are going to be competing in the New York City Marathon 2024 on Sunday, November 3, please reach out to us so we can assist you in choosing one of our New York luxury townhomes to call your own during your time in NYC. A member of our client relations team will be thrilled to help you by beginning the planning process.