Alison Eighteen Restaurant Review:
Don’t call it a comeback. Alison Price Becker made waves in the New York dining sea in the ’90s with her restaurant Alison on Dominick. When it closed she was gone for a decade but resurfaced with this solid, almost stately eatery in the Flatiron District. She’s even hired back the same chef, Robert Gurvich. There’s nothing cutting-edge on the menu and everything is beyond the border of...
A haven of "tasteful adult" dining, this "reintroduced old favorite" in the Flatiron furnishes "fine", French-inflected American cuisine delivered by an "attentive" staff in "spacious, classy and quiet" environs; however, hedgers contend it's "pricey for what it is" and a recent chef change means "the jury's back out."
Some Insurers Screwing Over Restaurants After Sandy:
Pricey Flatiron restaurant Alison Eighteen didn't sustain any flood damage during Hurricane Sandy, but has still had its business interruption insurance claim denied because owner Alison Price Becker didn't have any flood insurance. It seems like that wouldn't matter?again, there was no flooding in the Flatiron District?but because Con Ed's facilities were inundated, and because that flood...
Transplant of Alison Price Becker's, nearly ten years in the making, of her eponymous restaurant from Tribeca to the Flatiron District. The interior is a sort of diner chic, with beautifully presented dishes of contemporary American cuisine.