Operations may be disrupted due to COVID-19. Be sure to contact the restaurant to find out its current status and offerings.Minetta Tavern Restaurant Review:
This 85-seat eatery smack in the center of Greenwich Village has had history on its side; since the 1930s, the bistro-like restaurant has been home to many a poet and writer, sports stars and celebrities. Its Italian menu was simply an afterthought. But then restaurateur Keith McNally (Morandi, Cherche Midi, Balthazar) took over. After a loving restoration of the place, he revamped the menu...
Channeling "long-gone better times", Keith McNally's "retro" remodel of a classic 1937 Village tavern is still "sceney" thanks to French cooking that's as "delicious" as the "Madonna-Gwyneth-Sting" celeb-sightings; the "back room" is the place to sit and the "epic" Black Label burger the thing to order, provided you can snag a "difficult reservation."
Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson to Leave McNally Empire:
Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr are leaving Keith McNally's restaurant empire to pursue other endeavors, The Robs report. The duo opened the seminal Balthazar with McNally in 1997, setting off a string of collaborative hits across downtown Manhattan in the 16 years that followed. In addition to running the kitchen and maintaining standards at Balthazar, Hanson and Nasr served as co-executive-chefs of...
New York City's 15 Toughest Tables, 2013:
There are many, many restaurants in New York where you need to make reservations weeks in advance, or wait in extremely long lines if you want a table. And then there are the restaurants on this list, which are the hardest to get into right now. The selection ranges from fine dining temples in midtown (Le Bernardin) to modern and casual tasting counters in Bushwick (Blanca), from intimate sushi...