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“The Modern”

Occasion:	Cuisine:	Area:	Cost:	Rating:
Night Out	New American	Midtown	Break the Bank	Good

t is just not my style of food, and not so much the fact that the room was too cold and way too modern for my taste. I realized that my real issue with The Modern was one of expectations. I expected a Danny Meyer restaurant, and a Danny Meyer experience. And I did not get that. Meyer’s hallmark is building restaurants with heart and soul that make you feel taken care of and cherished. This restaurant, at least on the night we were there, had no soul. It felt cold and heartless, and it lacked the wonderful Danny Meyer stamp of warm hospitality. Expectations can be brutal, but then again, they can also be met. When you are Danny Meyer, though, you are not given much time to meet them. Perfection, right or wrong, is expected from day one. Such is the price of success. I have a feeling things will improve as the restaurant grows into itself and shakes off its newness. There is a man with incredible passion and experience behind this place, and if I know Danny, he won’t let us down.

The Modern is located at 9 West 53rd Street (b/w 5th & 6th Avenues), 212-333-1220.

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Posted: April 3, 2005

Other restaurants in Midtown :
+ Lever House   + Aquavit   + RM   + Joseph's (formerly Citarella The Restaurant)   + Town   + Artisanal   + The Oyster Bar   + Geisha   + David Burke and Donatella Restaurant   + Riingo   + Amma   + Cafe Sabarsky   + The Stone Rose Lounge   + BLT Steak   + V, The Steakhouse-- Closed   + Bar Masa   + Cafe Gray   + The Bar Room at The Modern   + The Cafe at Aquavit   + The Cafe at Aquavit   + Bistro du Vent-- Closed   + Shaburi   + Xing   + The Modern   + Bar Americain   + Alto   + Park Blue   + Mainland-- Closed   + Nobu 57   + Quality Meats   + Dona-- CLOSED   + Daisy May's   + 7Square-- CLOSED   + Amalia   + Fireside   + Anthos   + Patroon   + BLT Market   + Toloache   + Mia Dona   + Park Avenue Summer   + Convivio   + The Oak Room by guest reviewer Julie Besonen   + At Vermilion by guest reviewer Elaine Weiner   + Lunching at Inakaya, by guest reviewer Kathleen Squires   + Marea, by Guest Reviewer Susan Kane Walkush   + Le Bernardin   + New York Central -- A Reason To Eat at the Grand Hyatt Again   + Pampano Botaneria by Dara Pollak   

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