Sep
4
If you’re out to eat in NYC on any given night these days, the current crowds in restaurants make the recession seem like a far memory. In what feels like boom times again, scoring a table at a hot new resto is almost a blood-sport. See what will blow our minds as far as NY cuisine is concerned:
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Costata
Michael White is expanding his recipes to UK and Hong Kong, but he has a soft spot for New York City. So there had to be a bit of nostalgia involved in Costata, his latest, which sits in the very same Soho space that launched his career over a decade ago when it was known as Fiamma. Costata means ribeye in Italian—so the menu follows suit, with a selection of steaks and chops. And, as in all of White’s restaurants (Marea and Osteria Morini), there’s a generous offering of seafood and pasta, too. Delicious. And that’s just a start…
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Jean-Georges Vongerichten and executive chef Dan Kluger made a such a splash with ABC Kitchen, their first partnership with ABC Carpet and Home, that they decided to collaborate again on the other side of the Flatiron home goods store. This time, the duo presents Latin flavors, with the same emphasis on seasonality and sustainability as their original. Hot dishes include spring pea guacamole, mezcal-cured salmon with cucumber-yogurt relish, and a variety of creative tacos.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Alder
Fans waited ten years for another offering from talented Wylie Dufresne, and his latest opening, Alder, blends an approachable gastropub concept with his kitchen trickery. A sleek-yet-comfy dining room hums with hungry hoards eating up clever spins on pub grub, Caesar salad; and a bright purple “pub cheese.”
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One would think that the glamour days never went away upon walking into this lushly decorated Midtowner, in a space storied to have been built by William Randolph Hearst for his mistress. One of the proprietors, Richie Notar, knows a thing or two about attracting the “in” crowd, as his experience stems back to the heyday of Studio 54, and he is currently a managing partner of Nobu. Though it’s hard to take your eyes off the décor—painted fish swimming on mirrors, white columns, original Warhols, stained glass windows, and chandeliers—there is plenty of attractiveness on the plate too. Think nodi with braised oxtail and herbed breadcrumbs, from chef Danny Ye.
