small h Posted March 6 Posted March 6 I feel like this place must've been mentioned before, but damned if I can find it. We had dinner here on Monday with another couple. It's a very comfortable space, although you need GPS to find the bathroom (it's in the 9 Orchard Hotel). The items on the menu are arranged into "snacks," "appetizers" and "from the grill." Broccolini and tortellini en brodo are appetizers. French fries and beef tartare are snacks. This makes no sense. I started with The Pickle - cornichon gin, giardino secco, centerbe, patino’s pickle bitters. Which is a lot of words to say "gussied-up dirty martini." It was very good, but it also felt a bit too refined for me. I was hoping for a crazy amount of garnishes, not just an austere black olive and a cornichon. Next, the grilled mushrooms with fried egg and crispy buckwheat. I loved this. So much variety in texture that every bite felt like a new dish. It was, however, extremely rich, and I tapped out halfway through and traded the rest for some standard-issue scallop ceviche. And then the bucatini pomodoro, which was a fail. The pasta was overcooked and sticky, the sauce tasted tired and flat, and it was oversalted. Look at that sad piece of basil. I barely made a dent in it. I tried to put things back in the plus column with a sticky toffee pudding, but alas, it was just okay. Nowhere near Dame's version, or the ones I had in Scotland. Oh, well. Pear sorbet felt like an odd choice, but that muscovado sugar crumble made a nice bookend to the kasha. Quote
GerryOlds2TheReturnofGerry Posted March 6 Posted March 6 20 minutes ago, Orik said: It's been closed for 2 years now. Ignacio Mattos left in 2024, but it looks like an April Bloomfield-associated company took over the hotel last year. https://ny.eater.com/news/400744/april-bloomfield-corner-bar-nyc-restaurant-hotel-nine-orchard-mcguire-moorman-lambert Quote
Orik Posted March 6 Posted March 6 Is she running the place now? I didn't hear anything about that Quote
small h Posted March 6 Author Posted March 6 36 minutes ago, Orik said: It's been closed for 2 years now. Well, that explains the bucatini. 1 Quote
MitchW Posted March 7 Posted March 7 (edited) At the very beginning, it was actually pretty good. However, that didn't last too long. Looking at my "notes," that was June, 2022-ish. Edited March 7 by MitchW Quote
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