Prune

Prune is located at 54 E 1st @ 1st Ave, New York, NY. This location is in the Chelsea neighborhood. This business specializes in Restaurants.

The Extras: The restaurant cooks up special menus on Thanksgiving and Valentine's Day.

What to Drink: During brunch, the restaurant serves up an inventive menu of Bloody Marys including everything from wasabi and chipotle peppers to tequila and clam juice.

Prune may not be the most appealing name for a restaurant (it's for chef-owner Gabrielle Hamilton’s childhood nickname, not the fruit), but once inside any prejudice disappears. The room is appealingly distressed with rough-hewn wood walls and tables, which manages to create a homey feel. Adding to that, the menu is handwritten and reads like a laundry list of Hamilton’s favorite foods. There's...

Prima, a cafe known for it's exciting cocktails and oyster happy hours, has closed. Not even a menu from Motorino's Mathieu Palombino and a coffee program by Ninth Street Espresso's Ken Nye could keep this spot afloat. According to a sign in the restaurant's window, "We will miss serving all of our incredible guests. We will miss this amazing location. We just weren't busy enough." On the plus...

Prima is a small, barlike East Village restaurant where the classic French technique of cooking fish (pan-sear it in butter on the cooktop, finish it in the oven), is an art. Order the arctic char (or red snapper, or skate), a generous serving of fish cooked so that the skin is crisped, the flesh flaky and succulent. Skip the raw bar, an overpriced distraction, and the wines by the glass (a...

Chef Gabrielle Hamilton's "idiosyncratic" 15-year-old East Villager remains as "fascinating" as ever thanks to "inspired" New American "food for thought" that's "graciously served" in a "tiny", "cheek-by-jowl" space; habitués report it "can't be beat" for weekend brunch, despite the "enormously long lines."

"I love the smallness and intimacy of this restaurant in the middle of Manhattan by Gabrielle Hamilton. She cooks from the heart. I started a Lamb Roast feast at Lucques in tribute to her book and it'...view mores become a favorite of our guests." view less