MODEM New York / LA Spring Summer 2012

158 RESTAURANTS Ph. +1 EAST 14TH TO 42ND GRAMERCY PARK COFFEE SHOP - 29 Union Square West at 16th Street (212) 243 7969 American with a Brazilian flare/meet for coffee/brunch/bars - $$ CRAFT/CRAFTBAR (NEXT DOOR) (212) 780 0880 43 E. 19th St. btwn B’way & Park Ave. South New American/chef: Tom Colicchio/build your own meal/décor/groups - $$$$ GRAMERCY TAVERN (& BISTRO) - 42 East 20th St. btwn B’way & Park Ave. (212) 477 0777 American/no resv. req. @ bistro/owner: Danny Meyer - $$$$ INOTECA - 323 3rd Ave. btwn E. 24th & 25th Sts - Vino/Cucina & Liqori Bar - $$ (212) 683 3035 LES HALLES - 411 Park Avenue S. between 28th & 29th Sts. (212) 679 4111 French Steakhouse/butcher shop - $$$ OYSTER BAR - GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL (212) 490 6650 Vanderbilt at 42nd Street - Lower Level - Seafood/quintessential old NY - $$$/$$$$ PURE FOOD AND WINE - 54 Irving Place btwn 17th & 18th Sts. (212) 477 1010 Vegan/raw/organic food & wines/garden - $$$ TOCQUEVILLE - 1 East 15th St. btwn 5th Ave. & Union Square West (212) 647 1515 Modern American w/French influences - $$$$ UNION SQUARE CAFE - 21 E. 16th St. btwn Fifth Ave. & Union Sq. W. (212) 243 4020 New American/chef partner: Michael Romano/Tuscan inspired/ad & media crowd - $$$$ WOLFGANG’S STEAKHOUSE (212) 889 3369 4 Park Ave. at the corner of 33rd St. and Park Ave. - Steakhouse - $$$$ GREENWICH VILLAGE ALTA - 64 W. 10th St. btwn 5th & 6th Aves. (212) 505 7777 Spanish-Mediterranean tapas/romantic - $$ COMMERCE - 50 Commerce St. - Barrow btw 7th and Hudson (212) 524 2301 Contemporary American - $$$ DA SILVANO - 260 Sixth Avenue btwn Houston & Bleecker Street (212) 982 2343 Italian/Art & Media crowd - $$$$ GOTHAM BAR & GRILL - 12 East 12th St. btwn 5th Ave. & University Pl. (212) 620 4020 New American/quintessential NY dining room/chef: Alfred Portale - $$$$ IL MULINO - 86 West Third Street btwn Sullivan & Thompson Sts. (212) 673 3783 Old World Italian/small & crowded - $$$$ JOSEPH LEONARD - 170 Waverly Pl (646) 429-8383 American nouveau - perfect west village scene - $$ KINGSWOOD - 121 West 10th St. btwn 6th and Greenwich Ave. (212) 645 0018 Seasonal New American with hint of English and Australian - $$$ LUPA - 170 Thompson St. btwn Bleecker and Houston Streets (212) 982 5089 Traditional Roman/bar scene-chef: Cruz Goler - $$$ MARY’S FISH CAMP - 64 Charles Street at W. 4th Street (646) 486 2185 Seafood/Local fave lobster rolls - $$/$$$ FRANCOIS PAYARD BAKERY - 116 W. Houston btwn Thompson & Sullivan (212) 995 0888 French Bakery, Sandwich Shop - $ MERMAID OYSTER BAR - 79 Macdougal Str btwn Bleecker & Houston Sts (212) 260 0100 Seafood - $$