Big fish: Jean-Georges Vongerichten and the refurbished Tin Building, which was once part of New York’s Fulton Fish Market.

Jean-Georges’s New Temple to Food

With 12 restaurants, four bars, and three gourmet groceries, New York’s Tin Building is a world unto itself. (And maybe the chef is, too.)

By Jeff Gordinier

Jean-Georges is always around.

That’s what you hear when you wander through the Tin Building, the chef’s shiny new hive of restaurants and shops at the south end of Manhattan, next to the lavender underside of the F.D.R. Drive. He’s here all the time! You just missed him.