If you’ve ever seen the 1961 classic “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” starring Audrey Hepburn, you likely already know what the Blue Box Café is, and what it means. Located within the prestigious Tiffany & Co.’s Fifth Avenue flagship store, securing a table at the elegant café since its reopening in 2023 feels like an impossible feat.
The Blue Box Café
The Blue Box Café by Daniel Boulud offers a unique take on Tiffany’s coveted dining experience. New York’s Michelin-starred Chef Daniel Boulud and Blue Box Café Executive Chef Raphaelle Bergeon bring a seasonally inspired menu, including Breakfast at Tiffany’s Afternoon Tea, and an all-day à la carte selection, to this charmingly elegant café. The Peter Marino-designed space now includes a private dining area, café and bar and features custom art installations as well as the signature Tiffany shade of blue.
Chef Daniel Boulud
For the reopening in 2023, Tiffany & Co. knew it needed to bring in a similarly iconic chef to manage the reopening of the restaurant, so they enlisted the expertise of one of New York’s most celebrated French chefs, Daniel Boulud . A culinary innovator and iconic restaurateur, Michelin-starred Chef Daniel Boulud helms multiple restaurants in New York City and worldwide. Raised on his family’s farm in Lyon, Chef Boulud started his career in France at the age of 15. Now based in New York, he is widely celebrated as one of America’s leading culinary authorities. His elegant French-influenced cuisine has led to countless awards including “World’s Best Restaurateur.”
What to eat
The best thing to try is the afternoon tea service. It comes on a gorgeous silver-tiered stand with tea sandwiches, mini pastries, cookies, and freshly baked scones. The chefs have done a wonderful job curating this offer. It’s served with a selection of Bellocq tea, from Greenpoint, Brooklyn. You get a selection of tea to choose from: black teas, green teas, white teas, herbal teas, we even have a children’s tea. One of the best tea sandwiches is the chicken curry and mango sandwich that is paired with an herbal tea. They also have Champagnes to go with the afternoon tea as well.
The Interior
The architect Peter Marino and his team designed the café. When you look at the space, it puts you in a certain mood of indulgence and luxury. The design team really gave life to the vision that Tiffany & Co. and chef Daniel both have. The Bernardaud plateware (a porcelain maker from Limoges, France) and the Riedel glassware used in the café are exclusive collaborations that Peter Marino’s team did. The silverware is from Tiffany & Co. There is also artwork around the dining room by Molly Hatch that was commissioned by the café. For our wines, we worked with LVMH but we also feature smaller producers, covering both Old World and New World wines, and we have a great Champagne list.
So How To Get In?
Reservations to dine at the café can be obtained exclusively by visiting Resy. And you’ll have to book FAST as reservations are gone within seconds. Reservations open only 30 days in advance of your desired date and you will want to have everything at the ready (including your credit card) to try to book on Resy before 8:59AM. So when 9AM (EST) ticks over you can take your best shot, because by 9:01AM, it’s game over — all reservations will be taken. Good luck with your breakfast at Tiffany’s!
