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| | | | | | The First Stage: Shock The original plan was to take Craig to see the play "Speech & Debate," which he's been eager to see, and then to dinner at Soto--a Japanese place in the West Village, praised as the second best new restaurant of the year by Frank Bruni in The New York Time... Read More | | | | | | My girlfriend and I had dinner at Per Se a few weeks ago for her birthday—my third visit to the restaurant, her first. (For an earlier review, click here.) We found Per Se still firing on all cylinders. When I alerted the staff that this was a birthday celebration, all I expected was a cake at desse... Read More | | | | | | Per Se Redux New York City Entry #99 Perhaps the most sincere compliment I can pay Per Se is that I didn't much care for the "Ravigote" Dressing on the White Asparagus. Earlier I decided not to re-review restaurants (WD-50 has been the sole exception), and did not bring a camera. Lu... Read More | | | | | | Last night, we returned to Per Se. What is there to say? The restaurant is beautiful, the service is fantastic, you feel so elegant when you are there....overall the experience is just tops. Truly hard to beat. It will also cost you a small fortune. I don't like that Per Se is in the mall. ... Read More | | | | | | There are few restaurants in the world that consistently deliver perfection. These are the restaurants against which all others are measured. Thomas Keller’s French Laundry is one of those restaurants and Per Se, his New York replica of the French Laundry, is as well. Per Se was not given 3 Michelin... Read More | | | | | | Vastly overrated. Ambience cold and location in a mall silly. Prices completely out of whack, with other restaurants of similar calibre. | | | | | | Phoebe and her boyfriend, André, indulge in the occasional blind tasting.Photo: Melissa Hom As a waiter in Brooklyn, Phoebe Damrosch had the opportunity to serve one of her heroes, Thomas Keller. She parlayed that encounter into a job helping to open Per Se where, after a crash course in Gewur... Read More | | | | | | My friend and I went to Per Se in celebrating of her birthday for a veryyyy expensive lunch. And our consensus? It was AWESOME. I’d have to say that it was probably the most amazing experience I’ve ever had at a 5 star restaurant. Not only was th... Read More | | | | | | I like big bottles and I can't deny...Photo: Courtesy of Brian Van Flandern Earlier we told you that Bemelmans Bar had hired Per Se’s former mixologist Brian Van Flandern to snazz up the cocktail list that Dale DeGroff and Audrey Saunders built. This week Van Flandern has started quietly serving a ... Read More | | | | | | Shellfish's Bitch New York City Entry #110 Jordan's Lobster Dock, Grand Central Oyster Bar, Per Se, Eleven Madison Park For most Americans July is hot dogs and apple pie, for me it is lobster and drawn better. Even since I vacationed on the Cape as a tot, lobster announces the heights of summer. A... Read More | | | |
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