Tag Archives: Rosa Mexicano

WINTER RESTAURANT WEEK 2015

Who: More than three hundred restaurants throughout the city
What: Winter Restaurant Week
Where: All five boroughs
When: February 16 – March 6, three-course lunches $25, three-course dinners $38
Why: Reservation lines are now open for Winter Restaurant Week, in which hundreds of New York City eateries offer three-course prix-fixe lunches for $25 and dinners for $38. (Some restaurants do only lunch or dinner, and others offer the deals only on weekdays.) Many of the prix-fixe menus are available online so you know just what you’re in for. Among the many restaurants are such favorites as ‘21 Club,’ Aureole, Bann, Barbetta, Charlie Palmer Steak, City Crab, City Hall, Darbar, DB Bistro Moderne, Delmonico’s, Dévi, Dos Caminos, Esca, Estiatorio Milos, Gotham Bar & Grill, Haru, i Trulli, Il Mulino, Le Cirque, Les Halles, Mercer Kitchen, Monkey Bar, Nice Matin, Nobu, Petrossian, Red Rooster, Rosa Mexicano, the Russian Tea Room, Shun Lee Palace, Tao, Tribeca Grill, Victor’s Cafe, the Water Club, and the Water’s Edge. As a bonus, if you register your American Express card, you will receive $5 back each time you charge at least $25 at a participating restaurant.

SUMMER RESTAURANT WEEK 2014

Multiple locations
July 21 – August 15
Lunch $25, dinner $38
www.nycgo.com/restaurantweek

The theme of the twenty-third annual Summer Restaurant Week is “Eat Up,” and you can do so at more than three hundred spots serving three-course lunches for $25 and/or dinners for $38. You can find just about any kind of cuisine you’re interested in, from pan-Latin, new American, Cuban, Italian, Asian fusion, Australian, Greek, Mexican, Brazilian, Vietnamese, and Spanish to Indian, Mediterranean, steakhouse, Chinese, seafood, barbecue, Japanese, French, soul food, Peruvian, Thai, African, Korean, and continental. Among the myriad participating eateries are such new and returning favorites as Aureole, Bann, Barbetta, B. Smith’s, Chin Chin, City Crab, City Hall, David Burke Fishtail, Gotham Bar & Grill, I Trulli, Il Mulino, Le Périgord, the Marrow, Megu, Molyvos, and Red Rooster Harlem, many of which have posted their special menus on the promotion’s official website. Below is a small sampling of meals you can put together at ten city favorites.

‘21 Club’: Mediterranean grilled calamari with summer vegetable caponata and preserved lemon; braised baby lamb shank with whipped potatoes, English peas, golden raisins, broccoli rabe, and hazelnut gremolata; roasted peach tart with ginger cream and vanilla ice cream

Bar Boulud: Country-style pâté with chicken liver, pork, and herbs; corn-coated Angus beef flank steak with roasted fingerling potatoes and romaine heart; gâteau chocolat-framboise with chocolate chiffon, passionfruit cremaux, and raspberry gelato

Delmonico’s: Acquerella risotto with ruby red shrimp, charred corn, preserved Meyer lemon, and pea shoots; classic chicken à la Keene with pappardelle pasta, pequilo peppers, wild mushrooms, and sweet peas; Valhrona chocolate cake

Devi: Crispy fish pakora tacos with carom-seed-infused fish fritters with avocado and radish slaw; jackfruit biryani and boondi raita with basmati rice, jackfruit, and yogurt with chickpea crisps; gulab jamun crème brûlée with Indian milk dumplings

Kutsher’s Tribeca: Chilled “borscht” gazpacho with summer corn salsa and crème frâiche; house-cured, smoked, and hand-sliced pastrami on soft rye with creamy cole slaw and French fries; classic New York sour cream cheesecake with fresh berries

Les Halles: Slow-cooked shredded duck rilletes; boneless short ribs braised in white wine and ginger with potato galette; Nutella crème brûlée

Petrossian: Smoked salmon with crème frâiche, dill, and toast points; lightly grilled Spanish mackerel with sushi rice, enoki mushrooms, green onions, spinach, carrots, and ginger in a bonito lime broth; peach crumb cake with vanilla ice cream

Rosa Mexicano: Guacamole en molcajete with avocado, jalapeño, tomato, onion, and cilantro with tortilla chips and salsas; pescado à la Veracruzana with pan-roasted mahi mahi in a traditional salsa of roasted tomatoes, bell peppers, poblanos, pickled jalapeños, olives, mint, and cilantro; flan de Rosa with vanilla flan infused with espresso served on a warm, thin ancho chile brownie and topped with Mexican cinnamon whipped cream

SD26: Wild bass carpaccio, lime, fennel pollen baby cucumbers, and spicy tomato vinaigrette; seared diver sea scallops with purple potatoes, sugar snap peas, fagiolini Verdi, and prosciutto crisps; panna cotta in a balsamic vinegar reduction and strawberries

Tribeca Grill: Chilled pea soup; St. Louis-cut ribs with fingerling potato salad; passionfruit semifreddo

WINTER RESTAURANT WEEK

restaurant week

Monday – Friday, January 14 – February 8
Three-course prix-fixe lunch $25, dinner $38
www.nycgo.com/restaurantweek

Prices have risen slightly for 2013 Winter Restaurant Week, but only moderately; prix-fixe three-course lunches have gone from $24.07 to $25, and dinners from $35 to $38, but there are still plenty of reasons to get hungry, including peppered duck leg, sautéed scallop, sepia, shrimp and cod, and vanilla bean crème brûlée at ‘21,’ pâté grand-mère, aile de raie sautée, and tarte chocolat et noisette at Bar Boulud, warm prosciutto & Gruyere cheese tart, open-faced crisp John Dory sandwich, and Valrhona chocolate pot de crème at Blue Fin, beef short rib taquitos, chile rubbed beef brisket torta, and chocolate butterscotch cake at Dos Caminos, spicy Mongolian hot pot in steamboat, kimchi stone bowl rice, and chef’s dessert selection at HanGawi, pastrami Reuben eggroll, challah grilled cheese, and black & white ice-cream cookie sandwich at Kutsher’s, classic French onion soup, seared merlu, and chocolate fondant at Le Cirque, fresh shucked oysters, steamed cod, and apple walnut crumble at Lure Fishbar, sea scallops, celery root raviolo, and Meyer lemon chiboust at Nice Matin, black cod miso on limestone lettuce, unami Arctic char, and dessert at Nobu, classic Caesar salad, single-cut filet mignon, and New York cheesecake at Palm One, Petrossian smoked salmon, lamb shank pot au feu, and chocolate caramel tart at Petrossian, seared diver scallops, hanger steak with brandied cherries, and mint Oreo chocolate chunk at Quality Meats, fragrant mushroom broth pork belly dumplings, pork belly bahn mi, and spiced ginger cake at Spice Market, cheddar bratwurst, braised short rib, and pumpkin cheesecake at Tribeca Grill, and fried green tomatoes, blackened shrimp po’ boy, and toasted apple pound cake at Wildwood Barbeque. Among the many other participating restaurants, which total approximately three hundred eateries, are B. Smith’s, Capsouto Frères, Darbar, Delmonico’s, Frankie & Johnnie’s, Gotham Bar & Grill, Il Mulino, Mercer Kitchen, Rosa Mexicano, Shun Lee Palace, Tao, and Water’s Edge, but you better book soon.

WINTER’S EVE AT LINCOLN SQUARE 2012

Broadway from 59th to 66th Sts.
Monday, November 26, free, 5:00 on
212-581-3774
www.winterseve.org

The thirteenth annual Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square takes place November 26, beginning at 5:00 with the tree-lighting ceremony in Dante Park led by Suzanne Vega, the cast of Avenue Q, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, local news anchor Sade Baderinwa, and kids’ singer Laurie Berkner. Among myriad other live performances, Brave Combo will be playing on 62nd St. from 6:30 to 8:30, Soul Farm will be in Dante Park at 6:30 and 7:45, the Marcus Strickland Quartet will be at the American Folk Art Museum at 6:45 and 7:45, ¡Retumba! will be inside the David Rubenstein Atrium at 7:00, the Alice Farley Dance Theater will be presenting surrealist street theater all night long, Cynthia Sayer & Sparks Fly will be in Richard Tucker Park at 6:00, 7:00, and 8:00, Cobu will present Japanese percussion and tap-dancing in front of Alice Tully Hall at 6:00, 7:00, and 8:00, Batala New York will be in front of ATH at 6:30, 7:30, and 8:30, the Outer Borough Brass Band will be in Dante Park at 7:15, the Hungry March Band will be in Dante Park at 8:30, the Hot Sardines will take over Richard Tucker at 6:30, 7:30, and 8:30, the Emmet Cohen Trio will be on the second floor of the Time Warner Center at 8:00, and the Stephane Wrembel Trio will be on the Empire Hotel Rooftop from 6:30 to 9:30. Among the family-friendly events are the Dirty Sock Funtime Band, face painting, arts and crafts, and a photo booth at the American Bible Society and the Big Apple Circus, the La Guardia High School Show Choir, the casts of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella and Motown: The Musical, card making, circus face painting, and more on the second floor of the Time Warner Center. There will also be special activities as TD Bank, a holiday concert and sing-along in the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, screenings of Annie at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, and Santa at Gracious Home, Brooks Brothers, and St. Paul’s. You can check out tastings from local restaurants for $1 to $5, including A Voce, Asiate, Bar Masa, Bouchon Bakery, Landmarc, Boulud Sud, Ed’s Chowder House, Magnolia Bakery, Rosa Mexicano, P. J. Clarke’s, the Smith, and ’wichcraft, among many others. The event producer, the Lincoln Square Business Improvement District, is asking attendees to bring a new or gently used coat to donate to New York Cares, for people in need following Hurricane Sandy.

TICKET ALERT: HARVEST IN THE SQUARE

Tickets are now on sale for the seventeenth annual Harvest in the Square gourmet celebration in Union Square Park (photo by James Worrell)

Union Square Park West Plaza
14th St. & Union Square West
Thursday, September 20, general admission $125 (7:30), VIP $400 (6:00)
www.harvest.unionsquarenyc.org

Nearly four dozen local restaurants will be taking part in the seventeenth annual Harvest in the Square celebration of fall, a gourmet fundraiser for the Union Square Partnership. Held under tents in the west side of the park, HITS will feature signature dishes from such eateries as Aleo, Alison Eighteen, BLT Fish and BLT Prime, Blue Smoke, Bread & Tulips, Chat ‘n’ Chew, City Crab, Craft, Dévi, Dos Caminos, 5 Napkin Burger, Gramercy Tavern, Hill Country, Junoon, Republic, Rosa Mexicano, SD26, Steak Frites, the Strip House, Tamarind, Tocqueville, Union Square Café, and Wildwood Barbeque. Drinks will be supplied by Bedell Cellars, Casa Larga Vineyards, Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars, Heartland Brewery, Irving Farm Coffee, Knapp Winery, Paumanok Vineyards, Think Coffee, Wolffer Estate Vineyards, and many others. In addition, there will be booths from City Harvest, Greenmarket Farmers Market, and Whole Foods Market Union Square. This year’s restaurant chair is Brett Reichler of B.R. Guest, and the wine chair is once again Garry Tornberg of Southern Wine & Spirits of New York. The event was founded by Danny Meyer of the Union Square Hospitality Group and Eric Petterson of the Gotham City Restaurant Group in order to raise funds for the beautification of historic Union Square Park. Tickets are on sale now, $125 for general admission at 7:30 and $400 for early VIP entry at 6:00.