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“Metropol--Closed”
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Night Out | French | West Village | Moderate | Don't Bother |
The thing about people who open restaurants as stylish holding pens for their crew of peeps is this: they need to understand that there will occasionally be people dining in their restaurants who are not their friends, and that these non-friends might actually like to eat food that tastes good and might enjoy being served by waiters who understand the menu, and are capable of (or at least marginally interested in) taking dinner orders and offering service. While friends of the host may not care, non-friends (also known as customers) will. And those non-friends (see previous parenthetical) will not come back. And then the living room, once known as a restaurant, will close. And the return to the apartment is inevitable. The sad thing for Christiano is that Metropol, a sexy faux bistro warmed with chocolate and ebony tones and slated with oversized black and whites of Nico and Edie Sedgwick, has the potential to be a solid neighborhood spot, but in its current incarnation, it is a first rate disaster.
To begin with, the noise level is phenomenal. I think dining under the soft purr of a 747 might be a more peaceful experience. I had lost my voice by the end of dinner. Noise aside, the service is careless, thoughtless, and basically non-existent. Why bother having people pose as waiters if they are not going to do anything? I’d rather take my own order and serve myself. But the menu—that reads well with classic bistro fare—turns out to be the most dreadful part of the entire experience. I mean it takes effort to make food that is this bad.
We started with the Frisee Salad ($11), a Caramelized Onion Tart ($8), and a Lobster and Artichoke Salad ($12.50, and curiously listed under raw bar). The onion tart arri ... [more, click below]
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