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Gramercy Tavern
$$$
AMERICAN
Seasonal, local ingredients drive Gramercy Tavern, a country-chic institution aglow with
copper sconces, bright murals and dramatic floral arrangements. Choose from two spaces:
the walk-in-only tavern and its a la carte menu, or the swankier dining room and its more
ambitious prix-fixe and degustation feasts.
Either way, soulful dishes like pasture-raised chicken & sausage with apples, kohlrabi
and buckwheat dumplings will leave you with a postprandial glow.
(
212-477-0777;
www.gramercytavern.com
; 42 E 20th St, btwn Broadway & Park Ave S; tasting menu lunch/dinner $58/120;
tavern
noon-11pm Sun-Thu, to midnight Fri & Sat; dining room noon-2pm & 5:30-10pm Mon-Thu, to 11pm Fri, 5:30-11pm
Sat, 5:30-10pm Sun;
N/R, 6 to 23rd St)
12
Pure Food & Wine
$$$
Smart and sophisticated, Pure achieves the impossible - churning out obscenely delicious
creations made completely from raw organics put through blenders, dehydrators and the
capable hands of its staff. The result is seductive, invigorating dishes like tomato-zucchini
lasagna (sans cheese and pasta), Brazil-nut sea-vegetable croquettes, and a gorgeous lem-
on bar with almond coconut crust and zesty lemon custard.
(
VEGETARIAN
212-477-1010;
www.oneluckyduck.com/purefoodandwine
;
54 Irving Pl, btwn 17th & 18th Sts; mains $19-26;
noon-4pm &
5:30-11pm;
;
L, N/Q/R, 4/5/6 to 14th St-Union Sq)
Local Life
Mad Sq Eats
Each spring and fall, foodies flock to tiny General Worth Square - wedged between Fifth Ave and Broadway, op-
posite Madison Square Park - for
Mad Sq Eats
(A2;
www.madisonsquarepark.org/tag/mad-sq-eats
;
General
Worth Sq;
spring & fall;
N/R, F/M, 6 to 23rd St) , a month-long culinary pop-up market. Its 30 or so
