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Highpoint Bistro

[Translate] When coming to America, many foreigners attempt to assimilate to our culture, but what are they to do now that Eddie Murphy’s dead?? Take on our varied cuisine, that’s what, at Highpoint Bistro. With 23 restos under their belt in Northern India, the team behind HB came to NYC and decided to tackle our melting pot cuisine, tapping a David Burke alum to helm the stove; comfortably lit by brass fixtures, exposed brick walls’re lined with sketches of the city’s famous landmarks and light boxes that “graphically depict” the journey of ingredients down the Hudson, so where’s all the sausage getting grinded? Bites begin with jumbo lump crab cakes with rice crispies/asparagus/mustard seed emulsion, tuna tartar tacos w/ avocado mousse & seaweed salad, and buffalo chicken lollipops w/ blue cheese fondue; there’re also hearty bowls of Sherry’d onion soup (w/ apples and manchego /mahon cheeses) and corn/chorizo/clam Chelsea chowder (chowder? I hardly know her! Also, isn’t this Chelsea?). Bigger portions include hand-made pastas (fettucini w/ prosciutto meatballs & Sunday gravy); seared day boat scallops with corn puree, chorizo, and popcorn; suckling pig stuffed with lentils and bacon; and the XO fried rice/Chinese sausage/bok choy “ShrimpZilla”, which left the ocean to lay waste to your downtown. The beverage program’ll focus on affordable ($25/$35/$45) bottles of wine, standard draught/bottle brews, and cocktails like a lime & salt garnished Margarita made with house-infused habanero tequila, so spicy it’ll send your taste buds into Norbit, R.I.P. 216 7th Avenue (between 22nd & 23rd St.), New York, NY +1-646-410-0120 var mappress0 = new mappDisplay({"mapname":"mappress0","editable":0,"size":"SMALL","width":0,"height":0,"zoom":"15","centerLat":"40.7437973","centerLng":"-73.995924","addressFormat":"CORRECTED","bigZoom":"1","googlebar":0,"scrollWheelZoom":"0","language":"EN","mapTypes":"0","directions":"1","mapType":"Map","streetView":1,"traffic":1,"initialOpenInfo":"0","defaultIcon":"blue-dot.png","pois":[{"address":"216 7th Avenue, New York, NY","caption":"","body":"216 7th AveNew York, NY 10011","corrected_address":"216 7th Ave, New York, NY 10011, USA","lat":"40.7437973","lng":"-73.995924","boundsbox":{"north":"40.7469409","south":"40.7406456","east":"-73.9927659","west":"-73.9990612"}}]}); Map powered by MapPressClose

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Abe & Arthur

Posted by Burak Ipekci | Posted in Food, New York City | Posted on 01-02-2010

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Abe & Arthur’s, 409 W. 14th Street (between 9th & 10th Avenues), New York, NY +1-646-289-3930. Well, we’ll see on this one. They say they’re trying to evoke a ’30s and ’40s spirit (oh go on, pick a decade!) though the MePa resto, with 202 seats, looks ’80s to us – that’s 1980s and that’s not a compliment. Franklin Becker is a decent chef; just wake us when you finish reading the menu of free-range chicken, day-boat Chatham cod, and steak with Abe & Arthur’s steak sauce. The beginnings of a chain? Julia help us.

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