| |  | Dovetail | |  | “Snack Taverna and Compass veteran John Fraser combines local, seasonal ingredients in unpredictable but tasty ways.” —nymag | | Cuisine: American (New), American |
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|  | |  |   | | Normally I don't even try to go to popular new restaurants on the Upper West Side, considering it an exercise in futility. I could never get a table at 'Cesca when Tom Valenti was cooking, and by the time I got to Aix, it could have been called "eh." It might be the Upper West Sider's unca... Read More | | |  |   | | [Kalina via Eater]John Fraser must be floating on air. Dovetail, his new restaurant, scored a rare “triple triple”: three-star reviews from Adam Platt, Restaurant Girl, and most importantly, Frank Bruni. Just before the Bruni review came out, I snagged a Friday night reservation for a few weeks awa... Read More | | |  |   | | 1/2 I tend to think people who have a hard time navigating Brooklyn, or rather flat out refuse to visit Brooklyn, are on the retarded side. But maybe I should lighten up because I’m clueless about the nuances of navigating anything uptown. On my way to my birthday dinner, I managed to end up at 125t... Read More | | |  |   | | 1/2 I tend to think people who have a hard time navigating Brooklyn, or rather flat out refuse to visit Brooklyn, are on the retarded side. But maybe I should lighten up because I’m clueless about the nuances of navigating anything uptown. On my way to my birthday dinner, I managed to end up at 125t... Read More | | |  |   | | Chef John Fraser's Brussels sprouts salad with cauliflower, Serrano ham and crisp sunflower seeds Photo: Ryan Charles Scheduled to open this weekend, Dovetail will showcase seasonal American fare with a global twist from chef-owner John Fraser (ex Compass), served ... Read More | | |  |   | | Fall is a time for restaurant openings. Lots of them. Restaurateurs will make promises, excite us, with their grand plans. Consider this here the intel you need to keep abreast of it all—and start obsessing at just the right moment. Dovetail, 103 West 77th Street, UWS; (212) 362-3800. Initial De... Read More | | |  |   | | Dovetail seems at first like a version of Blue Hill transported north. There is the town-house location and discreet entrance, the understated décor, and the menu so emphatically New England in character that several of the ingredients claim to have come over on the Mayflower. Above all, there ... Read More | | |  |   | | With the recent debut of Dovetail on the Upper West Side, pastry chef Vera Tong dazzled both critics and diners with her truly inspired approach to classic desserts. Prior to Dovetail, Vera Tong worked in the kitchen at Compass, where she first met chef John Fraser. The two team up again at this ... Read More | | |  |   | | If there is cachet in having an entrance even the average Mensa candidate can?t find, the new Dovetail has it. Read More | | |  |   | | Kalina, 12/26/07 Now in previews (20% off through 12/30), this is John Fraser's new "American restaurant with a global perspective," per press mats, Dovetail. Some ConEd issues pushed this opening back several days, but at present the gas is on and the kitchen is firing up. Judging fr... Read More | | |  |
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