We've been hearing news about NYC's No. 7 since we met Tim & his DW Lib in NYC a couple of summers ago. We met their son Matt at a restaurant on Manhattan. At the time Matt was in the very early stages of opening a new restaurant. No. 7 opened last year, and has been well received by the food press, including the NY Times and Bon Appetit.
Finally last weekend we made it to No. 7. This was no secret shopper visit - Matt knew we were coming and took care of us.
Kathy & Matt at the bar (Did I mention is was a lousy, rainy day in NYC? We were both a bit soggy by dinnertime).
Menu. You can see the inventiveness here.
Now, some apologies - I kept forgetting to take photos until halfway though a course - so some of these pictures are of a half-eaten course. I'll post pics of a pristene plate, and link to the half eaten ones...
The bread is served with a kind of cheddar-and-wine dipping sauce and half-sour pickles.
I had the (legendary) Fried Broccoli appetizer, and Kathy chose the Grilled Octopus appetizer.
My entree was the Wagyu Bavette steak. Kathy didn't order an entree, but Matt surprised her with a plate of fluke sashimi.
For dessert, Matt surprised us again with a Parsnip Panna Cotta with Cranberries and Pureed Parsley (another half-eaten photo, sorry!)
Kathy played the part of the proud surrogate mother for the evening, chatting up our table neighbors about why they happened to be there, what did they think, etc. One couple was in town from Austin, and were eating at No. 7 based on the Bon Appetit article. The other neighbor was a woman and her son celebrating his having a paper published.
In short, everything was reeeaally good (I'm not a food critic). We'll be back in NYC next weekend, and we know we'll be back at No. 7 for dinner.
