After a one-year stint in Brooklyn , The New York City Wine & Food Festival will be back in Manhattan this week — potentially giving a much-needed boost to the South Street Seaport.

Now in its 18th year, NYCWFF runs this Wednesday through Sunday and has an all-star lineup led by Jean-Georges Vongerichten. As the festival’s first “culinary curator,” he will oversee more than 50 events – from grand tastings to an intimate $2,000 per ticket dinner for 12 people hosted by top chef and humanitarian José Andrés.

In 2016, Vongerichten partnered with the Howard Hughes Corporation to transform the Seaport’s historic Tin Building into a dining destination. The food mecca has struggled since its 2022 opening, but the festival could energize the neighborhood, according to Lee Brian Schrager, the f

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