The Landing

I went here looking to grab a quick lunch during CoffeeCon, so I’m not sure if the fact that there was a large convention that day could account for the high prices. After watching the chefs behind the counter assemble large hoagies that I could have sworn were at least a foot long or more, I was tempted and ordered a hoagie for $ 8 to share with another person. Although it tasted fine, the size of it was incomparable to what I thought we were getting. Let me just say that it was a very expensive snack!

The food is good and the décor is beautiful but because no one is monitoring the open seating, all kinds of people are coming just to take advantage of the space, thinking it’s their living room-​making it difficult for actual patrons. I think there’s a NYC shelter nearby so people from the shelter may be hanging out here with their feet up on the couches! Tough to monitor since this restaurant is inside Industry City.
As for the pasta, my favorite part was the roasted tomato sauce. The flavor is excellent. The pasta was a little too chewy to be al dente for me, but next time, I’ll just ask them to cook it a minute longer.

Great, open space with games that allow quality time with friends: shuffleboard, pool, foosball. Friendly, quality service– they work hard there. Had the meatball sub– over salted with too much oregano. Chicken wings are a skip.

The Landing is the only true sit down restaurant currently in the Food Hall at Industry City. It is a lovely open space with long communal tables, a few two– and four-​tops, and a big lounge sort of area with sofas, chairs, coffee tables and also some pool tables. The menu is limited, which I personally like, with small plates, a few soups and salads, a couple of pastas and three sandwiches (at least at lunch time). It is Italian influenced. I had a meatball panino that was really tasty with nice moist meatballs and just the right amount of sauce and mozzarella. However it wasn’t really pressed down so it was a bit hard to eat without the meatballs falling out (I cut them in half and stuffed them back in) and the cheese wasn’t melty enough at first (it melted more as it sat). My friend had a buttermilk fried chicken parm and she loved it. We shared an order of roasted cauliflower that had the perfect amount of salt and garlicky bread crumbs. Most of the dishes were $ 7-​$ 13. They also offer wine and cocktails. We did not try dessert — too stuffed — but we had coffee and it was excellent. Our waitress could not have been nicer. She told us that the restaurant was opened by the folks from the Bell House and that there will be entertainment in the lounge area in the evenings in the future. This place definitely warrants additional visits.