Monday, January 28, 2008

Restaurant Week: Eleven Madison Park


11 Madison Avenue (at 24th Street)
212-889-0905
http://www.elevenmadisonpark.com/
http://www.opentable.com/

On Friday, we felt like we hit the Restaurant Week jackpot with our $24.08 lunch at Eleven Madison Park.

The promotional menu offered four choices in both the appetizer and entrée offerings and three different desserts. Everything single thing we ordered was terrific. Impeccable ingredients, perfectly cooked. While the food looked deceptively simple, the flavors and textures made each dish sing. We bet some people quibbled about the small portion size—is this a RW occurrence or is this the chef’s idea of how we should be eating? It didn’t bother us, but fair warning.

Service was flawless from the moment we walked through the door. We know that Danny Meyer, the NY king of hospitality, strives to delivers nothing less, but still there seemed to be something extra special at work here. At once attentive and relaxed, with a sincere desire to make every diner enjoy their meal. And looking around the room, it seemed that everyone was having a great time.

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