When people ask to me to recommend a restaurant, especially for out of towners or for people who are not...
The lunch was good but $42 for two dishes is still pretty steep, considering the small portion and fair taste. Most customers were Donal Trump like with their pristine suites, an...
This ode to Italian seafood is opulent, ambitious and very, very good. Marea was conceived as a four-star restaurant, and everything about the place, from the raw materials (flown in daily from Italy) to the room--with walls of Indian rosewood and quartz--is meant to compete with the likes of Le Bernardin and Daniel. A long raw bar in the back serves not only the usual oysters, but also a wide assortment of Italian crudi, including still-moving langoustines. Fusilli with octopus and bone marrow is a revelation; a sedanini (question mark-shaped pasta) with smoked cod tripe is equally unreal. The brodetto di pesce, or seafood stew, brings any meal to a shuddering climax.