Dovetail

Located just steps away from the American Museum of Natural History and Central Park on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Dovetail offers an intimate dining experience showcasing Chef John Fraser’s award-winning contemporary American cuisine and creative use of seasonal, farm-fresh ingredients. Dovetail has been recognized with numerous accolades over the years since its opening, including Wine...

Prix Fixe Menu: On Sunday, get a two-course menu for $38, while a six-course tasting menu is available every day for $75.

Know Before You Go: The bar area is tiny--just a few seats--so make sure your whole party is on time; otherwise you'll have to wait in the awkward foyer area.

The name of owner-chef John Fraser's restaurant is no accident: everything about the place integrates fluidly. The warm space, painted in dulcet tones and quieted by carpeting, coddles visitors --- including the occasional celebrity diner --- from the moment they arrive. Fraser's cooking philosophy of focusing on ingredients and seasonality was influenced by traveling through France and Spain,...

Steps away from the American Museum of Natural History, Dovetail is the creation of star chef John Fraser, who cut his teeth at some of the greatest kitchens in the world, including French Laundry in Napa Valley and Taillevent in Paris. The space offers an intimate dining experience for Fraser to showcase his award-winning contemporary American cuisine.

John Fraser's "suave" New American is a "memorable" UWS destination, offering an "exquisite symphony" of "original" dishes, "stunningly" presented by a "gracious" staff in a "serene", bi-level setting; such "perfection" is understandably expensive, though the $52 ‘Sunday suppa' is a "special treat."

Café Standard, one of two new dining venues at Andre Balazs's The Standard East Village, opened its doors today. It's a classy-looking all-day restaurant, with a big gleaming bar, leather chairs, and a high ceiling lined with hanging plants. There's also a large outdoor dining area out front, where the shiny red tables and wooden banquette mirror their wood and leather indoor counterparts....

Comfortable Upper-West Side dining with star chef, John Fraser.