“Find us a place to have dinner.”
That was my text to Matt yesterday afternoon. He’s been back at NYU for a few days. He texted me back a few minutes later: “I have a place for us.”
That place was ABC Kitchen. It was fabulous.
Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s restaurant at 35 E. 18th in the Flatiron District is an instant favorite. If I lived in NYC, I’d go there several times a week.
Here’s what the NYT review says (they also have great pictures of the place):
The notion of the place is haute organic and Hamptons sustainable. The restaurant is airy and open and relaxed the way the second homes of the wealthy often are, with LED-style lighting over warm floors. Ingredients for the cooking, as a position paper on the back of the chic cardboard menu declares, are “consciously sourced.” The breadbaskets were “handcrafted by the indigenous Mapuche people of Patagonia.”
The words tumble out like refrigerator magnets onto the table. Everything here is: Fair trade! Globally artistic! Reclaimed and recycled! Soy-based! Post-consumer fiber!
Matt said his burger was the best he’s ever had. I had the lobster. It was out-of-this-world good. We also had appetizers — I had the heirloom tomatoes and mozzarella…with jalepenos. Matt had the meat and cheese place. We were happy boys.
