These Downtown Restaurants Named James Beard Awards Finalists

Three chefs and one restaurant in Manhattan landed on the coveted lists for best beverage program and best chef, a final step before possibly being honored with an award at the James Beard Foundation's June 5 ceremony in Chicago. Those eateries and chefs were winnowed from a list of semifinalists that included more than 30 honorees that hailed from the Big Apple. “The James Beard Awards celebrate outstanding achievement and exceptional culinary talent, as well as all those doing incredible work on behalf of our communities and wider food system,"...