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| | | | | | Country is one of our favorite special-occasion restaurants. It may not be the best of those restaurants, but we adore the luxurious, spacious, old-school dining room, the first-class service, and food that usually exceeds our expectations. The new chef: Willis Loughhead [Country/Grub Street]We paid... | | | | | | It was only a couple of weeks after New Year’s Eve, and we were faced with a new dining dilemma: where to book for Valentine’s Day? It’s one of those days when restaurants tend to serve sub-par menus at exorbitant prices. I have generally not had good luck on such occasions, although last New Year’s... | | | | | | It’s a little late to be blogging about Valentine’s Day. I hadn’t planned to say anything about our excellent meal at Country, as we went there last year too, and the format was fairly similar.This time, there were two four-course menus captioned pour lui and pour elle, though we were allowed to mi... | | | | | | Downstairs: Haute Barnyard. Upstairs: steak.Photo: Shanna RavindraCountry chef Geoffrey Zakarian, who gave the restaurant an Haute Barnyard makeover earlier this year, will rebrand the upper floor as Country Steak. “I've been trying to do a steakhouse concept for a while,” says Zakarian. “I was look... | | | | | | Breather New York City Entry #101 Country The servers at Country, Chef Geoffrey Zakarian's new hotel restaurant, think of themselves as representatives of a glorious, dramatic, luxe restaurant. And they are right. Someone should inform the kitchen. All too often, such as A Voce, the creativity ... | | | | | | [Kalina, 10/05] Before we get deep into the frogs' legs beignets of things—and today we will go deep—a special sidebar congratulations to PR puppetmaster Jennifer Baum for getting not two, not three, but four simultaneous reviews of Country onto the culturescape. 1) Bruni goes a three-star nuts... | | | | | | A new wine director to go with the new chef.Photo: Shanna RavindraOn the heels of naming Willis Loughhead chef, Geoffrey Zakarian’s flagship, Country , has a new wine director, William Rhodes. Rhodes, formerly of the Carlyle and Per Se, is an intense young man who looks like Clark Kent and has all t... | | | | | | We take Deathwatching, and Shitshow Week of course, very seriously. Because it's serious business. Therefore we understand when restaurateurs aren't entirely pleased with the committee's decision and feel the need to defend themselves. In the spirit of fairness, we offered accomplished restaurat... | | | | | | Country To celebrate my dad's birthday, we went to Country at his suggestion, which is great because it was a restaurant on my to try list. We sat below the rotundra/stained glass skylight which, sad to say, looks more impressive in photos than in real life. The grapes seemed to border on tacky. B... | | | | | | Madison Square Park: While the DOH hasn't gotten back to us with their official report, we do have a couple updates on the shuttering at the troubled Country. Remember that on the phone the hostess told us there was a kitchen flood and that they would reopen after a re-inspection. Since then the r... | | | |
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