Welcome back to Restaurant Outlook, a periodic, highly subjective listing of restaurants we’re paying attention to.
Fairly New
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Scarpetta — Italian restaurant by Scott Conant, formerly of
Alto and
L’Impero. Early reports are
promising, but it’s in the Meatpacking District, which hasn’t seen a serious restaurant in years.
Reservation: tomorrow.
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Talay — Pan-Asian food in Harlem, and how often does
that get a mention from Florence Fabricant?
No plans to visit yet.
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Persimmon — David Chang
isn’t the only one doing an Asian-inspired
prix fixe in the East Village.
No plans to visit yet.
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Duane Park — This sequel to
Duane Park Café looks interesting, though there aren’t many reviews to go on.
No plans to visit yet.
Forthcoming
All of these restaurants have been announced or mentioned in the press, but some of them may be a long way off.
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Lever House — Bradford Thompson is taking over the kitchen this month. We’ll wait for the early reports before we decide whether to pay a visit.
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Corton — Paul Liebrandt in the former Montrachet space in early August, or thereabouts.
’Nuff said.
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Bouley 3.0 — David Bouley’s move to the Mohawk Atelier Building at 161 Duane Street. Expected “
by the fall.”
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La Fonda del Sol — Mexican you can take seriously?
Gael Greene thinks so, and so does Adam Tihany, who’ll be designing the space. Expected in “
late fall.”
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Susur Lee’s first New York restaurant at 200 Allen Street on the Lower East Side, as yet unnamed, but also expected “
come fall.”
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Brushstroke — another Bouley restaurant, at 111 West Broadway. Given the
well chronicled problems getting this restaurant off the ground, I would be surprised to see it before 2009.
Off the List
- Merkato 55 — Now that it’s officially a certified disaster, we’re in no particular hurry to visit. If we happen to be in the neighborhood, then maybe…
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The Redhead — Despite a mostly enthuisiastic 29-page
Mouthfuls thread about the Thursdays-only family-style meal, we’ll wait till after a forthcoming expansion.
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Greenwich Grill — Near the office, but more likely a choice for a rainy day.
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