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“ABC Kitchen”

Occasion:	Cuisine:	Area:	Cost:	Rating:
Night Out	New American	Flatiron	Moderate	Great

nderful eating opportunities.  A verdant salad of snow peas, bursting at the seams with their precious pea cargo, is served with a Parmesan dressing and a dusting of fresh herbs ($12), like cool summer sunshine in a bowl. Adrienne, who’s never been known for liking her vegetables, kept the salad close by, guarding it in her corner of the table, like a mother protecting her cub. We were also impressed with the beets, roasted until tender and sweet, and then given a tart punch from a lovely yogurt and lemon dressing ($9).

The peekytoe crab toasts were heavenly as well, mounds of the sweetest summer crab dressed in lemon and chiles, piled onto soft slices of thickly cut toasted bread. Susie was adamant that we needed to double our order. Come to think of it, we probably should have. We were there to celebrate Susie’s birthday after all, why not have a peekytoe bonanza? Honestly, we could have tripled it, even. It was that good. Maybe next time along with the calamari and scallops.

When we dine—and in this instance the “we” refers to Jamie, Susie, Adrienne, and I—we order (and eat) as a group; all decisions are voted on in a fairly democratic manner. But it was Susie’s birthday, so she got the last word, and I was skeptical of why she needed to order the crostini topped with mozzarella and heirloom tomato with basil. It just didn’t sound like it was going to be all that exciting. But once I tasted it, I was quite glad we’d obeyed. When tomatoes are plucked straight from the farm and marched directly to the table, it’s really hard to go wrong. Add some fresh creamy mozzarella and torn basil leaves, and a sprinkle of sea salt, and what’s better? Two orders, that’s what.

The food at ABC Kitchen is not only excellent, not only hyper local and sustainable (a list of purveyors and sources for all food, beverages, and design materials is enumerated on the back of every menu), it’s also quite a lot of fun and quite reasonably priced. You’d be hard-pressed to find food this good anywhere in the city at these prices.

Take his selection of pizzas. He’s not taking himself too seriously, serving some triple zero flour based ancient Neapolitan recipe. Rather, he’s serving wonderfully chewy and crisp (yes, all at the same time!) pizzas that taste sinful but are apparently fashioned from whole wheat. We devoured the one topped w ... [more, click below]

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Posted: August 1, 2010

Other restaurants in Flatiron :
+ Suenos   + Amuse-- Closed   + Dos Caminos   + Lucy-- Closed   + Gramercy Taver   + Veritas   + Fleur De Sel   + Bolo -- CLosed   + City Bakery   + Shake Shack   + Kalustyan's Cafe   + Devi   + BLT Fish   + Sugarcane   + BLT Prime   + Barca 18-- CLOSED   + Beppe   + Barbounia   + Boqueria   + Eleven Madison   + Lonesome Dove-- CLOSED   + Hill Country   + Olana   + Wildwood   + Primehouse   + Allegretti   + Bar Breton   + Aldea   + SD26 by Bao Ong   + ABC Kitchen   + Ciano   + The NoMad   

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