This Saturday was one of the warmest we've had in NYC so R and I walked through Central Park to the Upper West Side for brunch. After wandering for awhile and worrying we were going to end up eating bar food, we stumbled across Barney Greengrass. This 100-year-old store and restaurant serves a wide array of fish specialties: smoked sturgeon, gravlax, herring and anything else you can think of! Granted, this cash only restaurant is expensive for the average bear....but if you are looking for a special treat without a lot of pomp and circumstance - this is your place!
We took home a few leftovers, which I mixed with cream cheese, red onion, celery and lemon juice for a tasty pre-dinner dip later in the weekend.
This Barney Greengrass joint – highly recommended. We've been to every famous deli in the city and none of them have a thing on this place. Food is out of this world and the space gives the feeling of dining in an early 20th century storefront. The sturgeon in particular is unreal. I fell to my knees and wept upon tasting it. Little pricey, but you get what you pay for….. and the dip we (Sarah) made w. the leftovers was sinfully good. Certainly worth a quarterly visit. -R
ReplyDeleteAn UWS classic! Missing you in Boston this weekend.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a UWS classic and totally worth the walk. Can't believe I'm missing boston!!
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