An Underappreciated $24 Lunch at Perry Street

It’s the best $24 lunch in New York City, says Brian S, and few seem to know about it. At Perry Street, you’ll be offered a menu of 12 possible courses, from which you choose two plus a dessert. (You can add more courses for $12 each.) After an amuse of borscht made with apples, beets and horseradish, here’s how Brian’s lunch went:

- Five huge, luscious shrimp rubbed in spices and grilled, served atop a mild yellow vegetable puree alongside intensely flavored chorizo broth.

- A grilled sea bass filet, crispy skin on, atop a green puree laced with fennel. Topped with delicious caramelized radishes, reminiscent of sweet potatoes, and served with tangy ruby grapefruit coulis.

- For dessert, goat’s milk cheesecake, macerated cherries with celery leaves, fruit sorbet, and caramelized nuts.

All this comes in a lovely modern space with great service, a Hudson River view and, Brian adds, “for most of the time I was there, the place was empty except for me and the waiters. You’d expect a line out the door.”

Perry Street [Greenwich Village]

176 Perry St., at West St., Manhattan

212-352-1900

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Perry St —best $24 lunch in town