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“The John Dory”

Occasion:	Cuisine:	Area:	Cost:	Rating:
Night Out	Seafood	MeatPacking	Break the Bank	Great

1), Treackle pudding (for two, $20), and Magner’s cider jelly with cardamom cream ($10). We opted for something a little more familiar: The John Dory sundae ($11)—two scoops of malted and vanilla ice cream served in a footed glass bowl topped with chocolate and peanut butter sauce and crushed up bits of honeycomb candies. It’s for the little kid that lives inside all of us. To satisfy our more grown up tastes, we had a slice of the quince and almond tart ($11), that’s dense and moist and sweetened with pockets of stewed fruit. It tastes like something out of an Italian kitchen.

Happy and full, we managed to make our way down off the stage, past a couple clearly straining over a first date (he in a suit, she in a pastel blue dress adorned with rhinestone bows, oh my), past the food bar packed with hotties and lovelies, and down the narrow hallway past the gorgeous hostess (who wished us a very good night and thanked us for coming), and back out onto the streets, which were by now snowy and wet. A fleet of black town cars and imposing Cadillac Escalades were lined up on 10th Avenue (apparently the recession does not extend past 9th Avenue) waiting to usher diners safely and (dryly) from table to home. Not the sort of thing you’d find outside the Spotted Pig, but then, The John Dory is a different animal all together.

The John Dory is located at 85 Tenth Avenue, 212-929-4948. Closed Sundays; brunch and lunch coming in January, along with Sunday dinner. Reservations accepted thirty days in advance.

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Posted: December 11, 2008

Other restaurants in MeatPacking :
+ Paradou   + Florent   + One   + Bivio   + Spice Market   + Ono   + 5 Ninth   + Fatty Crab   + Del Posto   + Morimoto   + Los Dados   + 5 Ninth   + Merkato 55   + Scarpetta   + The John Dory   + The Standard Grill   + Bill's Bar & Burger   

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