(Photo courtesy of the restaurant.)Manhattan has a roaring new hotspot. John DeLucie has taken time off as Chef at one of my favorite New York restaurants, Waverly Inn, to open his own rendition of a famous 1960’s restaurant: Lion.
The place where Bette Midler and Barbara Streisand launched their singing careers, was revived last spring, in the exact same Greenwich Village townhouse. Once again the venue has become a favorite amongst celebrities; yet, this time around, regular Joe’s are also welcome to part-take in a delectable dining experience, as celebrities are said to be kept hidden upstairs in the “secret library.” (A dining room on the balcony in which you may catch a glimpse of people coming or going from the general dining area.)
The menu is less intimidating than other upper-scale restaurants in its class, offering mostly American comfort dishes, with a delightfully, tasteful twist. For an additional $100 per person, you can shave white truffles on anything you desire – taking your yummy $25 pasta to a delicious, yet pricey, $125 to-die-for dish.
Whatever you decide on, just be sure to save room for some cheesecake in a jar and do compliment it with a glass of Noble Semillon Viu Manent Chile, 2008, dessert wine - absolutely scrumptious!
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