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ABOUT THE RESTAURANT

Mischa is a New American restaurant located in Midtown Manhattan on 157 East 53rd Street, between 3rd Avenue and Lexington Avenue.

Mischa will open for service this Winter. For general inquiries, please email mischa@mischa-nyc.com 

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Alex Stupak

About our chef

Alex Stupak is the Chef and Co-Owner of Mischa.

Born in Massachusetts, Alex became a scholar of the avant-garde and molecular gastronomy movements. He worked as the pastry chef at Clio in Boston with Ken Oringer, then at Alinea in Chicago with Grant Achatz, and subsequently at wd~50 in New York with Wylie Dufresne. He went on to open five restaurants under the Empellón brand.

Alex was selected as one of Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs in 2013 and has since received multiple James Beard Foundation Awards nominations, including one for his 2015 book Tacos: Recipes and Provocations [Clarkson Potter].