The 17 Best New Restaurants In NYC - New York - The Infatuation

"This Greenwich Village restaurant from the Libertine team feels like a two-story time capsule sealed at the peak of luxurious ’80s Manhattan dining, with an indulgent menu of updated French classics so delicious you won’t really mind the size of your bill. Floral calamansi notes light up the duck à l’orange like Christmas lights, while an obscenely buttery piece of sable with dashi-laced beurre blanc achieves the kind of oceanic depth James Cameron builds submersibles to reach. In the more formal upstairs dining room, beyond-freezing house martinis are poured tableside by white-jacketed sommeliers. Downstairs, there’s a bar with a more relaxed menu—we’ll have to go back for their fancy hot dog." - Bryan Kim, Molly Fitzpatrick, Willa Moore, Will Hartman, Sonal Shah