"The new tasting-menu restaurant from César Ramirez is a knockout: a dazzling parade of dish after dish, each one memorable. Ramirez, who helped steer Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare toward its three-Michelin-star status before a very public split, opened his first standalone restaurant earlier this summer. I ate at a table in the minimalist dining room, sampling a buttery Dover sole, the rare Wolfe Ranch quail, and his signature frozen corn souffle — a dessert pouf of sweet and savory — as part of a 13-course tasting menu priced at $365. Next time I’m headed for the counter; counter seating is at 6 nightly as well as 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, the dining room has more hours, and the restaurant is closed Wednesday." - Robert Sietsema