Mimi So
Jewelry store · Midtown East ·
Tiny French restaurant with inventive dishes and a sexy vibe
Tiny French restaurant with inventive dishes and a sexy vibe
"Mimi in Greenwich Village feels sexier than it does formal - not unlike a proper one-night stand or John F. Kennedy. The lights are barely on, the dining room only fits 20-ish people, and the handwritten menu changes almost every day. I used to come here with an ex for birthdays and anniversaries. Even though we’ve since broken up, I have chosen to partially numb those memories to keep Mimi in my dining rotation. For your own purposes, sit at the small marble bar up front where you can drink an excellent Negroni or French 75, and decidedly not talk to anyone else. Although you probably won’t find fries on the menu, since the French-leaning dishes rarely resemble classic brasserie food, there are usually snacks available like oysters or crudo." - hannah albertine
"Mimi is a tiny French restaurant in Greenwich Village where the servers wear T-shirts and the menu consists of things like uni with egg yolk and wasabi, lamb tartare, and soft shell crab with blood sausage. All of the food is pretty unique and inventive, and the atmosphere feels sort of like a small house party downtown where everyone is seated at a table. It’s a fun place, and your boss will enjoy telling people about this little spot she discovered, which has actually been open for years." - bryan kim, chris stang
"When you first look over the menu at Mimi, a small Greenwich Village restaurant, you’ll notice some typical bistro items: a roast chicken, scallops, paté, and even some blood sausage. But look a closer and you’ll see that the blood sausage comes with soft shell crab and that there are also dishes like an arctic char tartare with strawberries. They combine the old and the new in unusual ways here, and the result is something different from anything else in New York right now." - hillary reinsberg
"A tiny French restaurant in Greenwich Village, Mimi manages to be a restaurant that’s simultaneously a sexy, vibey place to drink an ice cold martini, and also a place to eat pork head, crispy cod sperm, or blood sausage. The menu changes frequently, and you’ll also find tuna and roast chicken alongside the monkfish liver and venison. See it in 360." - katherine lewin, hillary reinsberg
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