Quality Meats
Prices
Average main course: $35.
AmEx, MC, V.
Description
Michael Stillmanson of Smith & Wollensky founder Alan Stillmanshuttered Manhattan Ocean Club, a 22-year-old seafood palace in midtown, and replaced it with this highly stylized industrial theme park complete with meat-hook light fixtures, wooden butcher blocks, white tiles and exposed brick. Lespinasse-trained chef Craig Koketsu nails the steaks (including a $110 double-rib steak) and breathes new life into traditional side dishes. Pudding-like corn crème brûlée and the airy gnocchi & cheese, a clever take on mac and cheese, are terrific. High-concept desserts are best exemplified by the outstanding coffee-and-doughnuts ice cream crammed with chunks of the fritters and crowned with a miniature doughnut.
Hours
Mon–Wed 11:30am–3pm, 5–10:30pm; Thu–Sat 11:30am–3pm, 5–11:30pm; Sun 5–10pm.