Is this the ‘world’s most expensive’ cranberry sauce? NYC steakhouse charging $195 a dollop this Thanksgiving
NY Post
Pimp my side.
New York foodies with money to burn are transferring from the gravy train to the cranberry carriage this Thanksgiving, stopping at Old Homestead Steakhouse in Manhattan’s tony Meatpacking District to sample what’s being called “the world’s most expensive” sauce — which costs an arm and a turkey leg at nearly $200 per dollop.
The tony topper is laced with gold, truffles and other upmarket accoutrements — and the absurdity is the point, said Greg Sherry, who runs the storied 150-year-old steakhouse with his brother Marc.
“Every year we try to do something different, a little more extravagant,” the razzle dazzle-giving restaurateur told The Post. “The palates of the American people are changing. There is a large percentage of people now that like to go extraordinaire, and we try to provide that.”
In 2019, the prime meat paradise notably served a $180,000 Caligula-worthy Thanksgiving spread that featured “gilded” gobblers and gravy infused with $3,650 per bottle Louis XIII cognac. They also offered the “world’s most expensive wings” on Super Bowl Sunday — a dozen slathered in foie gras, caviar and Louis XIII Cognac-infused cream for $4,900.
This year, it’s the tart holiday heavyweight getting a considerable glow-up — starting with Sherry’s late grandmother’s cranberry sauce recipe, which is then “elevated” by the addition of $1,500-per-pound white truffles, the now-ubiquitous 24K edible gold flakes and sought-after Manuka honey from New Zealand.
