Maloney & Porcelli

Restaurants

The Extras: Along with other restaurants in the Smith and Wollensky Group, Maloney & Porcelli participates in Wine Week, a tasting festival that's held every March and September. During the festival, ten or so complimentary wines are available each day at lunch. Reserve early.

Know Before You Go: Stop by after 8pm on Friday and Saturday or after 5pm on Sunday to take advantage of the "weekend wine dinner" and get any appetizer, entree and dessert plus unlimited pours of the evening's featured wines, all for just $75.

"Expense accounts" were made for Alan Stillman's Midtown chophouse, a "class operation all the way" where the steaks are "prepared to perfection" (and the signature pork shank "may be even better"); "clubby" decor and "friendly" service keep regulars regular, while its weekend wine dinners are an "exceptional value."

Maloney & Porcelli is the kind of guy place many lawyers and other suits seem to love. There's a big bar and the menu is dedicated to classic American cuisine from the '30s through the millennium, which seems to mean gargantuan portions of hearty fare. Start with oysters and littleneck clams and then order a dry-aged Prime rib steak; it comes nicely cooked --- and naked (don't forget to order...

Name sounds like a law firm, which is no coincidence. Business-friendly spot leans corporate, although unlike many a midtown rival extends a welcome to all city strata. Big, clubby space, with sweeping staircase up to the second deck. Major renovation has it fully modernized. Majors as a steakhouse, but with a distinguished minor in seafood. Live lobsters cooked five ways, crackling pork shank,...

Ever since opening day when former executive chef Patrick Vaccariello hit the ground running, we've admired the great array of artfully prepared dishes at Maloney & Porcelli. In particular, the thin crust pizza, crabcakes with citrus vinaigrette, and lobster fra diavolo ravioli are terrific. The extraordinary crackling pork shank was rated #1 dish in America by USA Today, and the grilled filet...

Founded in 1996, Maloney & Porcelli is a clubby new American restaurant that draws inspiration from a simpler time when three martini lunches were alive and well, steak was for dinner, and servers anticipated guests' every need, even completing dishes tableside.