JoeDoe
Prices
Average main course: $26.
AmEx, MC, V.
Description
Inside this antiques-filled dining room, chef Joe Dobias (Savor NY) gives life to his wildest, and most successful, impulses: An appetizer of griddled challah smeared with chicken liver takes on a subversive (and delicious) edge when sandwiched with smoky bacon and caramelized onions. An inventive entrée features tender slices of beef served with sesame spaetzle and a gorgeous curl of bok choy, petrified in a translucent batter. The dining masses have yet to catch onget in before they do.
Hours
Mon–Thu 5–11pm; Fri 5pm–midnight; Sat 11am–4pm, 5pm–midnight; Sun 11am–4pm, 5–11pm.
I went to Joe Doe a couple of weeks ago and was very disappointed. The restaurant was completely dead. My friends and I were the only ones there and it seemed like the staff wanted us to leave so they could go home. I ordered a dish with duck, shrimp, and duck egg. Not only were they out of shrimp (they didn't offer a discount), but the dumplings were too heavy, the duck was underseasoned, and there was a hair in my food (which they denied). Wouldn't recommend it. Overall mediocre.