King
Italian restaurant · SoHo ·
Seasonal Southern Italian & unique cocktails; daily changing menu
Seasonal Southern Italian & unique cocktails; daily changing menu
"A Soho restaurant recently named to the New York Times' Best 100 Restaurants list is running a summer daytime café service from June 4 through August 4, 8–11 a.m. daily. The pop-up draws on French and Italian café traditions, offers coffee from a Brooklyn roastery, and features pastries and morning dishes by the pastry chef — including scones with whipped honey butter and strawberry-lavender preserves, a frittata verde with asparagus, chèvre and mint, and a cured-salmon, cucumber and crème fraîche tartine — all available for dine-in or takeout." - Nadia Chaudhury
"It’s an art form to make delicious food look this easy. Chef/owners Clare de Boer and Jess Shadbolt met working at London's esteemed River Café, then banded together with Annie Shi to open King. The popular bar area leads to an intimate rear dining space lined with bright artwork and gleaming mirrors—the overall effect is a sense of ease that restaurants can take ages to acquire.The kitchen brings a deft touch to their small, daily changing menu, with ingredients pulled straight from the greenmarket. Snack on crispy-custardy panisse before tucking in to a plate ofhouse-made ravioli with sauteed broccoli rabe, ricotta salata, and lemon zest or grilled wild striped bass with a white bean mash." - Michelin Inspector
"Curbside tables covered in white tablecloths, wicker chairs, string lights - this is the charming scene outside at King right now. Come to this West Soho restaurant for a kind-of-fancy meal outside involving a cocktail that tastes like a gummy bear but somehow isn’t too sweet, steak that will be one of the best pieces of meat you’ve had in years, and general merriment. The seasonal Italian menu rotates constantly so it’s hard to recommend something specific. Whatever you get, order it with confidence." - hannah albertine
"Curbside tables covered in white tablecloths, overhead heaters, French cane chairs, and string lights - this is the scene outside at King right now. This Soho restaurant is perfect for a kind-of-fancy meal outside, and like a good sports blazer, you can use it for both a casual night out and a formal birthday dinner. You drink a cocktail that tastes like a gummy bear but somehow isn’t too sweet. You order the onglet, and it turns out to be one of the best steaks you’ve had in a while. And everything else you choose from their rotating menu (like this made-to-order tarte tatin) is delicious too." - hannah albertine, nikko duren
"The King fruitcake is a dark and dense dessert adapted from the version co-owner Jess Shadbolt’s mother makes every year in the U.K." - Kat Odell