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Abstract
This paper will explore the unique characteristics that define globalization and global cities through an investigation of recent trends in New York City restaurants. Of special interest are: 1) casualization and the role played by the informal economy in this industry; 2) the dispersal and agglomeration of command centers; and 3) the processes of contestation and absorption of the dominant as well as non-dominant cultures and classes in the city as they impact the geographic, social and economic morphology of the city. The data used here comes from personal interviews, questionnaires, on-site observations, sources internal to the restaurant industry as well as relevant sources over the course of five years.