About Meyers USA
Meyers USA is a hospitality group founded by Danish, culinary entrepreneur Claus Meyer. In 2016, Claus Meyer and his team launched a family of food projects in New York:
Agern is a casual fine-dining restaurant and bar with Nordic roots taking inspiration from the seasons and what’s available from farmers and suppliers in the Tri State region. The restaurant is located in the former men’s waiting room at Grand Central Terminal. www.agernrestaurant.com
Alongside Agern, Great Northern Food Hall is also located in Grand Central Terminal. The food hall consists of five food pavilions and a bar and eatery, offering Nordic-inspired fare for take-away and table service. Menus rotate seasonally and focus on using produce from regional farmers. www.greatnorthernfood.com
In addition to Agern and Great Northern Food Hall in Grand Central Terminal, Meyers Bageri is located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Brownsville Roasters, our coffee-roasting facility, resides in Brownsville, Brooklyn, and a commissary of artisanal foods and a bakery commissary are both located in Queens.
*Michelin Star Chefs*, Fredrik Berselius (Aska) and Claus Meyer (Great Northern Food Hall, Agern) are partnering as co-restaurateurs to open a Nordic-rooted restaurant, bar and café within a design center and workspace for creative professionals that will open in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
About Claus Meyer:
Claus Meyer is a Danish culinary and social entrepreneur, restaurateur, professor, and cookbook author. For the past 30 years, he has dedicated himself to reviving and infusing deliciousness into Danish food culture and is cited as the creator of the New Nordic Cuisine movement and co-founder of the restaurant noma.
Using food as a vehicle for social progress, he founded the Melting Pot Foundation in 2011, establishing a rehabilitation project in the form of cooking schools in Danish prisons, as well as a culinary school and the apprenticeship model restaurant, Gustu, in La Paz, Bolivia. Recently he has initiated a restaurant and social initiative in Brownsville, Brooklyn, providing tuition free culinary training to at risk youth. www.meltingpotfoundation.org