Editor Pick
Best New Greek: Taverna
- January 21, 2004
- Rated 5 of 5 by
ext212 from New York, New York
Snack Taverna
63 Bedford Street on Morton
New York, NY 10014
212/929-3499
I always write about eating at Snack, my favorite Greek place [see my review on Best Greek], but tonight, I finally made it to its new sister restaurant, Snack Taverna on Bedford and it was gooooooood. It has a more grown-up menu than its counterpart, and I later learned that its chef, John Fraser, cooked at French Laundry in Napa for almost three years. Actually, if you don't know about Snack serving Greek food, you might think Taverna is French because it's a little more elegant and less rustic than the Thompson Street hole in the wall.
I'm gonna have to say that it's my first excellent dinner of 2004. I started with veal cheeks and hostas. This was a difficult choice because there was also crisp lamb's tongue in the menu. My friend picked the loukaniko, hot sausage with oh-so-savory fennel and diced pear. For our meal, he had the super soft braised lamb shoulder with dandelions, and I went for the monkfish. We had a mix of Cabernet and Merlot from Greece, which was excellent with all our dishes. For dessert, I couldn't resist the chocolate soufflé with raspberry sauce--we were warned it was going to take another fifteen minutes for it to rise so they served us baklava on the house while we waited.
Snack will always be a big favorite Greek spot of mine but now that Taverna is open, I'm gonna have to name it Best "New" Greek.
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