W9London

Following on recent threads on restaurant recos, I'm looking for NY (preferably Manhattan) restaurants that serve kosher venison or bison.

Aside from Levana, any place you can think of?

elihassett

Prime Grill 49th Street,

ctownflyer

I know its not NYC, but by leaps and bounds the best Bison I've ever had was at the Tierra Sur restaurant in the Herzog winery in Oxnard, CA...

Pureboy

Levana is no longer open for business.

goodo

I believe they're closed for renovations.

salut0

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Abigael's, which is also in the RN dining program, so you can get miles. But it's not nearly as good a restaurant as Le Marais.

Youmight also look to see if Prime Grill serve these meats: but NB. They are crazily expensive.

CO FF

I strongly disagree about Abigael's. Some dishes at Abigael's are absolutely out of this world -- esp. the chili!

turing

I'll second that -- it's a bit out of the way to get to, but this is a really excellent fleishig restaurant.

dstan

While both Prime Grill and it's sister restaurant, Solo, are excellent (and, yes, expensive) kosher steakhouses, I don't recall seeing venison or bison on the menus there in the many times I have been.

gobluetwo

I'll be dining at the Prime Grill in a couple weeks. Any recent reviews on the place? I've heard it's very good and the menu looks impressive.

salut0

I must tell you this honestly, since I've eaten there a few times. The food is good but the service is disappointing, and the prices are significantly higher than a competitor like Le Marais. Personally, I don't think it's worth the premium.

A steak at Le Marais might cost $25: the same sort of steak at Prime Grill starts at $40 and will more likely be $50, but with no appreciable difference between them. In the past, PG have charged us for extras like French fries (who ever heard of paying extra for French fries with a steak?) where Le Marais do not.

That said, do enjoy Prime Grill if your heart is set on it: culinarily, it's a good experience, but it's not a quiet restaurant, and the service and the small amount of space between the tables has made the meals I've eaten there feel rushed and a bit slapdash.

dstan

Be sure to check out the fish tank while you're there

Oceanrider

We rate it a 2:

2 noisy
2 expensive
2 little on plate
2 slow and
2 close to neighboring tables

and much prefer Le Marais when visiting NYC.

craz

I agree with 2 expensive, 2 slow and 2 close to other tables

But I also find Le Marais to be much more noisy and alot less meat (although they charge less so maybe it wont be the case on a per oz basis)

Plus by PG I usually can find street parking on Park Ave w/o having to pay. Try that for LM. If you wont be driving in then no prob

doc2b1030

me 3.
their service really sucks. great food but the ambiance ruins it.

Re Le Marais- 1, sit upstairs, alot quieter, 2, between 47 5/6 you can often find street parking. you have to walk around the block, but its still not to far by NYC standards