Justine's on Hudson

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"This West Village restaurant is more timelessly elegant than trendy; its flashiest feature is a Murano chandelier suspended over a table in the corner window. But the glasses are delicate, the silverware heavy, and the place is owned by the family of a well-known NYC wine importer, who has long relationships with many European, particularly French, producers. Behind a polished wooden bar, chefs use in-season ingredients from the family farm to create generous dishes that play well with the wines: salad tinged with the bitterness of kumquat, duck liver mousse with pineapple relish, a pork chop with dinuguan sauce. Wednesdays often feature special bottles from the importer’s cellar." - will hartman, bryan kim, willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, sonal shah