Originally Posted by luxury
I am not saddened by this closing. Some close friends took me for my birthday dinner a few years ago and I was terribly underwhelmed, except for the dessert, and that I was able to meet Jacques Torres, the then Executive Pastry Chef.
I was devastated by the closing of La Caravelle, Lutece and La Cote Basque, however!!
The main meal was poor and the service horrible. Unless you were ordering multiple $500-plus bottles of wine service was non-existent.
Perhaps in its new incarnation things will be better?
Next time you are in NY, try Jean-Georges. I have dined there 4 times, not once have I not been overwhelmed.
This is what Amanda Hesser, food editor for the NYT, said in her review of a restaurant in the Time Warner Center:
"There is also the view. You sit atop an urban canyon, as the sheer cliffs of Midtown drop off into the park. From this height, the traffic below seems to glide and swirl without an ounce of contention. The pressures of city life ease a little. And for that alone, I might order a glass of sake, stay for the gougères, then feign illness and
steal across Columbus Circle to Jean Georges for a meal that never disappoints."
http://travel2.nytimes.com/top/featu...=1070531398408
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La Côte Basque has been reincarnated into something less pricey:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/01/di...070&oref=login