NYC restaurants catering to Ozempic crowd with single meatballs, 1-ounce hamburgers and caviar nibbles

It’s the tapas of the town.Restaurants across New York City are increasingly adding single, flavor-packed bites to their menus to accommodate customers with shrinking appetites due to weight-loss medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro.

According to some surveys, as many as 1 in 8 Americans have tried the drugs.People come in and “they’re not shy about saying they’re on Ozempic,” said Max Tucci, the restaurateur behind the buzzy Tucci in NoHo.To better serve such guests, the Italian restaurant recently started offering its caviar-topped arancini in a single portion for $12 — instead of the usual three arancini for $34.

Guests can also order a single meatball for $10, instead of the usual $27 portion, which includes three of the signature item, featuring manchego cheese and a Calabrian chili marinara.“If more people are going through this and they’re experiencing this, and their appetites are suppressed, then let’s offer them something sweet and simple,” Tucci told The Post of his motivation.

It’s a win for the restaurant, he added, because it results in less food waste.Clinton Hall, a beer-and-burger joint with several locations in Manhattan and one in the Bronx, is known for its hearty offerings, such as “The CH Challenge” — a 20-ounce beef patty dressed with bacon, cheese, chicken tenders, crispy onion rings and more for $50.But, it recently introduced a Teeny Weeny Mini Meal for summer that features two 1-ounce beef patties and baby buns.

“[Diners are] being a little bit more conscious about their intake,” Clinton Hall’s culinary marketing director Gregory Mecane told The Post.This is a playful way “to serve bold flavor in portions that reflect more and more adults’ shrinking appetites.”Other restaurants aren’t altering their menus, but they’re finding that diners have a bigger appetite for small, luxurious bites.

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