Art of the Table Jan 3 2019

Art of the Table Jan 3 2019
Has potential, nice place, nice staff. Not too noisy. We had the 5-course menu. The dishes generally would benefit from better thinking and fewer ingredients, but nothing was at all bad, generally very nice. The big disappointment was the wine pairings; next time I ll just get a bottle. The best wines were the initial cremant and the Pineau de Charentes with dessert. The others were a mediocre Friuli, sweeter than usual, a really bad Wurtzgarten Mosel much too sweet and just bad, a bit raw Valpolicella Classico which would better have been a Riserva (those are special), a sort of nice but shellacky Champagne, and a good Grenache mix from CA. Don t get truffles. The food doesn t begin to compare to the Degustations at places like the classic Andre Soltner Lutece in NYC, or the carte food at Loulay. Lots of salt. Very expensive. The chef is ambitious but overreaching and might consider a more classical approach.