Located in the heart of New York City’s East Village, Third Kingdom’s fungi-centric menu expands on Overthrow Hospitality’s popular &Beer concept, which opened in May of 2023 as a temporary pop-up and offers an expansive wine list curated by Overthrow Hospitality’s partner Drew Brady, renowned for his award-winning wine list at the Michelin Bib Gourmand-winning Soda Club.

“DeRossi says he talked to dozens of chefs about starting a mushroom restaurant: “Nobody wanted to do it.”

It was around that time that Pajarito started as executive chef at Avant Garden, where he had slowly begun integrating his own dishes into the menu and was intrigued by the concept. He tells me he doesn’t see an all-fungus menu as a limiting factor, but I think that’s because he’s one of the few chefs who aren’t afraid to showcase the mushrooms for what they are, instead of just pretending they’re a big, floppy burger patty.”

Ravi Derossi for New York Magazine.