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Tom Tuesday Dinner - Anyone been recently?
Wine cost sounds about right. We passed on the pairings, but would do it if we didn't have obligations post dinner. Definitely not cheap, but we felt it would have been worth it.
Tom Tuesday Dinner - Anyone been recently?
I haven't seen too many mentions of the place, so I wanted to pass along our experience.
First, getting in. They take reservations every other Tuesday, starting at 10am. I spoke to the res manager on a different day, and she mentioned that they fill up in about 15 minutes. It's just one of those experiences where you have to dial, redial, redial...until you get through.
After several attempts, I finally got through, and we took an early slot, 6PM.
We had some pretty high expectations, but the experience itself was better than we hoped. We were seated as we arrived, and the first course was there within a few minutes of our drinks. 10 course tasting menu.
Started with scallops. Clean, light, fresh. Great start. Then we had a butter poached oyster. Fantastic, rich, but not over the top. The compressed celery root salad was a great contrast, full of flavor. A really well balanced course. The dish opened rich, and finished of ocean. Really well thought out.
Third was a hamachi dish, fourth was a tuna belly. The tuna was fantastic.
Fifth was a gnocchi. My wife's favorite dish of the night. With figs and chestnuts, and white truffles. Sweet and savory. The gnocchi was very light, and really quite flavorful.
Six = sturgeon wrapped in speck, w/ black truffle. Grape marmelade with it was a nice accompaniment.
Seven was wood pigeon. First time I've had it, but very much like duck.
Eight was a porcceta stuff with chirizo. Heaviest dish of the night. Seasoning on the pork was good, but the chirizo was excellent.
Nice and Ten were desserts. Pumpkin creme brule, Pear gallete. Ginger sorbet.
Collicio was cooking at the window, with two others on the line behind him. Lots of eye contact with the guests, and you could see him taking his time and pulling everything together.
Not something we would do every month, but a great, great time. One of, if not the best, meals that I've had in a long, long time.
Highly recommended.
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Tom Tuesday Dinner
47 E 19th St, New York, NY 10003
Tom Tuesday Dinner - Anyone been recently?
Finally scored a spot at the Tom Tuesday dinner. Anyone been recently? I love the concept, and have been watching the menu. Just wanted to get a few opinions before we head in next week....
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Tom Tuesday Dinner
47 E 19th St, New York, NY 10003
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We've had nothing but good experiences here. Sometimes it gets busy, sometimes the service sucks, but I can say the same for many a place in NY. The one thing that has always been consistently good is the food.
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