BOND
STREET 6
Bond St. New York, NY 10012-2332
Cross Street: Between Broadway and Lafayette Street
Phone: (212) 777-2500
makes for an enduring scene.
Luxury sushi served in a nightclub atmosphere. In the
booming '90s, celebs flocked to the candlelit ambience
of Bond St's downstairs lounge. The wannabe-model waitstaff
are as beautiful as they come. The menu offers Japanese
dishes like the toro-caviar sushi comes with a decorative
gold twist on top, foie gras meets seared tuna to intoxicating
effect and arctic char garnished with truffles, the Yellowtail
is superb, so is the blue fin toro with it's soft center
of a special roll while the Nigiri special appears with
six exotic combinations.
IL
BUCO 47 Bond St. New York, NY 10012
Cross Street: Lafayette Street
(212) 533-1932
Opened in 1994, its hidden kitchen quickly became a favorite.
Artisanal Italian ingredients, stellar wines and professional
service service steadily raised its rank among foodies,
while romantics flocked to dine in the 200-year-old candlelit
cantina. The charming rooms upstairs, decorated with chandeliers
and farmhouse furniture is packed with dinners waiting
to sample culinary creations prepared by worldly Welsh
chef in New York's most romantic Italian restaurant. Chef
Jeremy Griffiths--a Welshman who's cooked in some of Europe's
finest kitchens--arrived in the summer of 2001, bringing
with him his well deigned Mediterranean menu. Start with
the slivers of house-cured lonza (pork loin) or wood-grilled
sardines, sweet with pickled radishes. Inventive risottos,
like summery scallop-fennel-red pepper plumped with carnaroli
rice, are among the best. Pastas, from rich black truffle-flecked
short rib ravioli to tagliatelle in sprightly pea-shell
ragu, are well prepared. Main dishes change nightly keeps
dinners coming back for more.
FIVE POINTS
31 Great Jones St. (bet. Bowery & Lafayette St.)
New York, NY, 10012 (212) 253-5700
Zen-like
Med-American featuring top notch menu accompanied with
first- class service.
