As the legend goes, just like a phoenix rising from its own ashes … in partnership with the Central Park Conservancy, Unity Market was born and Reverence Phoenix rose on June 20, 2026. I walked through the Farmers Gate entrance, past the welcome booth and several vendors, to find Reverence Phoenix in the heart of the market. AmNews FOOD Food Editor Kysha Harris visits new Reverence Phoenix at Unity Market to experience Chef Russell Jackson’s weekly tasting menu and learn how his community-rooted stand-up restaurant is expanding Harlem hospitality. When I misnomered Reverence Phoenix as a “pop-up restaurant,” Jackson corrected me: “It’s a stand-up restaurant.” “Iconic,” Jackson explained, meant that Reverence Phoenix and Unity Market have “the ability to provide somebody a quintessential New York moment.”