Saint Urban
Restaurant · Flatiron District ·
Monthly rotating menus inspired by wine regions, exquisite pairings
Monthly rotating menus inspired by wine regions, exquisite pairings
"Saint Urban, a new Flatiron restaurant from Syracuse, flips the typical fine-dining script by building its tasting and prix-fixe menus around wine, not the other way around. Each month highlights a different region, like Tuscany or Southern France, with pairings ranging from $90 to $410. (The $175 Reserva is a sweet spot; pair it with the $188 seven-course tasting.) The flavor-packed dishes—from June’s Spain menu, for example—might include milk-fed pig with sherry-pickled peach, turbot with arroz negro, and a crusty rye sourdough. They're all very good, but it’s the wine that takes center stage. In the former Veritas space, Saint Urban's beige room and suit-and-tie-wearing staff let those wines speak for themselves. One sip of a floral garnacha or fruity 2001 rioja and you get it. This isn’t just a meal, but a mini-tour through a wine region, one elegant glass at a time." - Bryan Kim, Molly Fitzpatrick, Willa Moore, Will Hartman, Sonal Shah
"Saint Urban, a restaurant that got its start in Syracuse, is a tasting menu spot in Gramercy. The food changes every month to reflect the cuisine of a different wine region. For example, a Côte de Beaune-inspired menu has a parmigiano custard with morels, and roast chicken with beets and rhubarb. The seven-course tasting is $188, while a four-course prix fixe costs $148. Wine pairings start at $90." - will hartman, willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, sonal shah, bryan kim
"At most restaurants where the thickness of the plush white tablecloths can be measured in centimeters, and the staff wear full suits and ties, the (probably excellent and definitely expensive) wine is a complement to each composed course. Saint Urban—a restaurant that recently arrived in the Flatiron from Syracuse—cleverly flips the script. Here, the tasting and prix-fixe menus ($188 and $148 respectively) change each month to highlight a different wine region, like Tuscany or Southern France. The wine pairings range from $90-$410 (we suggest the $175 Reserva pairing), but whichever you choose, expect stellar wines at good value, poured before each dish arrives. The experience is like a mini tour—of Spain’s wine-growing regions, for example, with dishes that might include milk-fed pig with sherry-pickled peach, turbot with arroz negro, and a crusty rye sourdough. They're all very good, but it’s the wine that takes center stage. photo credit: Sonal Shah photo credit: Saint Urban photo credit: Saint Urban Pause Unmute Saint Urban is fittingly located in the former home of Veritas, a restaurant similarly known first for its wine collection before it closed in 2013. Now a beige room with loungy music, the environment might seem uninspiring at first. But it’s all cleverly designed to melt away, allowing you to focus on how your garnacha smells like an entire bouquet of flowers, or how that fruity 2001 rioja butters up the roast lamb on your plate. photo credit: Sonal Shah photo credit: Sonal Shah photo credit: Sonal Shah photo credit: Sonal Shah photo credit: Sonal Shah Pause Unmute" - Sonal Shah
"I asked our restaurant critic Matthew Schneier to write about Saint Urban, a new place that takes a wine-first approach to service; the coverage frames it as a spot intentionally oriented toward the minority of diners who care deeply about wine and positions wine as the central element of the dining experience." - Grub Street
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