September 07, 2005
More than 60 high-profile restaurants ready to open
No fewer than 60 high profile restaurants are opening in the city in the coming months, and the New York Times has a rundown on the cover of today's paper. French and Italian places are represented, but most of the food is contemporary market-driven American or Mediterranean, often wine-friendly, wood-grilled and perhaps touched with French, Asian or Italian sensibilities. Greek restaurants are in play, and of course steakhouses are on the list. Charlie Trotter will offer seafood at the Time Warner Center. Banking on the appetite for huge Japanese restaurants are Ninja, Morimoto and a second Megu. ...
But the focus remains on the meatpacking district, last year's hot destination. Like a thick, juicy steak too big for the plate, it is seeping west and north, along 10th Avenue. Del Posto, which may replace Babbo as the flagship in the Batali-Bastianich empire, is one of seven new restaurants there. Among those opening "sooner rather than later" are Country, (90 Madison Avenue,) with a "prix fixe menu of market-driven American fare," and Earl Monroe's Restaurant (Riverside Drive at 145th Street,) which "will combine cuisines that are typical of Harlem and are long on seafood" with a view of the Hudson from Riverbank State Park.
September 7, 2005 04:42 PM in Foodology
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