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The Chefs Table Brooklyn Fare
New York, New York || ✽ ✽ ✽ || Contemporary|| Chef César Ramirez || 2023
This famed address hidden in the back corner of a Hell’s Kitchen grocery store. The room is a box of luxury and sparkles as bright as ever under the spotlights, with most guests seated at a glossy walnut counter that wraps around a brigade of cooks who have nowhere to hide. The team works quickly, sending out a volley of delicate tarts and bites that showcase skill and refinement. Highlights have included sea scallop in a lush brown butter sauce, turbot with firefly squid and herb-oil swirled buttermilk, and buri tartare with smoky creme fraiche and finger lime. All the while, an excellent service team keeps close watch from all corners of the room.
WEBSITE: https://www.brooklynfare.com/chefs-table/ || RESERVATIONS: Opens 12 Months in advance
Le Bernardin
New York, New York || ✽ ✽ ✽ || Seafood || Chef Eric Ripert || 2023
Maguy Le Coze and Eric Ripert’s icon has been entertaining the city’s movers and shakers for close to 30 years and its popularity remains undimmed. Seafood restaurants have no hiding place when it comes to cooking fish or crustaceans and this kitchen always hits its marks—whether that’s lusciously sweet, seared langoustine in a truffled broth or golden-brown fluke with a bouillabaisse enriched with sea urchin. While seafood remains Ripert's passion, his vegetarian tasting menu makes waves with dishes like the Himalayan morel, spring pea and fava bean casserole or the warm artichoke panaché with vegetable risotto and Périgord black truffle vinaigrette. Finish with purple sweet potato baba au whisky cloaked with caramelized pecan whipped cream.
WEBSITE: https://www.le-bernardin.com/ || RESERVATIONS: Opens every 1st of the month for the following month
