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Easter is already in full swing and many people are on holiday these days or about to start it. Some are taking advantage of the season to take their first long trip of the year. If New York is your destination of choice, Forbes magazine has done your homework so you don’t have to think about which restaurants to visit in the city. There’s something for everyone, from brunch to dinner – take note and enjoy!
Dowling’s en The Carlyle
Located at The Carlyle, a Rosewood Hotel on the Upper East Side, you can enjoy the delicious menu prepared by executive chef Sylvain Delpique. It is a three-course prix fixe menu that costs 165 dollars. Delicacies include East Coast Beach Blonde oysters with ginger mignonette, spring minestrone, lemon and ricotta ravioli, leg of lamb with mint chimichurri, eggs Benedict with truffle, bananas foster and more.
The Palm Court
Located in the legendary The Plaza hotel on Central Park South, during this time of year it offers a special Easter brunch, where you can enjoy a menu full of specialities and seafood, soups, salads, gourmet dishes and desserts to end the meal on a high note. Put on your finery and party like a kid (like Kevin McCallister himself). Brunch is $315.
La Goulue
This prestigious French bistro on the Upper East Side serves a $72 brunch menu for the holidays. It consists of a choice of two courses, an appetizer and a main course. Options include homemade brioche French toast with mascarpone cream and blueberry jam, lobster bisque with celery cream, a lobster and prawn roll with lime mayonnaise, Entrecôte Parisienne (an angus ribeye steak, arugula, hand-cut fries, horseradish butter or bearnaise) and organic poached eggs with house-smoked salmon. Regular brunch, lunch and dinner menus are also available.
Essential by Christophe
It’s chef Christophe Bellanca’s new restaurant on the Upper West Side. For Easter they are offering a special $160 menu, where diners can choose from dishes such as white asparagus served with caviar and bergamot cream, comté flan and a duo of lamb with aubergine harissa and pastilla. The finishing touch is a selection of desserts to share.
Industry Kitchen
This East River restaurant next to the historic Seaport District will also offer a special Easter Sunday brunch menu from executive chef Jonathan Haffmans and chef de cuisine Saul Pardo. It includes appetizers like deviled eggs and lobster bisque, starters like eggs Benedict with Scottish smoked salmon and lamb merguez sausage and harissa ratatouille, and more delights. For $70 you can try it. You can also opt for their regular menu.
The Regency Bar & Grill
It is the exclusive restaurant of the Loews Regency New York Hotel. It is also famous for its ‘Power Breakfast’, where the dishes are the real stars. The chef in charge is Manjit Manohar. This season’s highlights include delicacies such as baked eggs with tomato, bacon and sourdough toast, and scotch eggs with short rib, fava, chickpeas and watermelon radish, in the brunch section. For lunch they also include recipes such as scallop and lobster crudo, Dover sole or Berkshire pork chop. And for a sweet finish, order the key lime pie with hotcross bun ice cream and berries.
Gab’s
It’s a new West Village restaurant focusing on sustainable and locally sourced ingredients. With a fun and creative menu, this Easter they’ll be putting out a basket of eggs with hidden prizes, like a round of mimosas, for example. During the weekend of 7-9 April they will also be serving lamb for Easter dinner.
And if you want to expand your list of foodie proposals, here is another selection from Forbes magazine with the best restaurants in New York.