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Zagat 2009, Noteworthy Newcomer Food 2
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Very good food, attentive service, civilized decor.
Those are among my notes after dining at the new
occupant of 157 Duane Street in restaurant-rich TriBeCa.
It's now called Duane Park, dropping “Café” from the
name long associated with the space under owner/chef
Seiji Maeda. Now running the show are former Brit pop
tour manager Marisa Ferrarin; Frank Locker, ex-
Pittsburgh Steelers safety; and executive chef Shawn
Knight... read more |
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In Hollywood, the most unstoppable teams are
comprised of disparate but somehow complementary
elements, a la Sneakers: a master hacker, a silver-
tongued face man, and an expert in Sidney Poitier
(played by Sidney Poitier). Coming off the big screen into
your big mouth, Duane Park, opening tomorrow... read more
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My first thought when Marisa Ferrarin, a partner at Duane
Park (157 Duane St between West Broadway and Hudson St,
212-732-5555), set a Berry Bauchant ($12) cocktail before
me was of burgundy charmeuse, a lustrous fabric that might
have inspired poet Robert Herrick’s rhapsody upon “that
liquefaction” of his lover Julia’s clothes. Ferrarin serves
cocktails... read more
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Duane Park Café successor gets all Tara on Tribeca.
Cracker-white columns and tablecloths, crystal chandelier
salvaged from a Louisiana plantation. Screams Big Easy
elegance in a soft drawl. Chef Shawn Knight takes
seasonal cues for southern-accented grub: BBQ quail
with black-eyed peas, trout wrapped in bacon, shrimp
po boys for Citibanker lunches. Do your part for the
Crescent City, suck down a few Absolut New Orleans
black pepper martinis.
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See our review at Tasting Table.
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You'll feel like the Southern belle of the ball
inside this Tara-like room, where you half-expect
Scarlett O' Hara to swoop in. But not only the
chandeliers and white columns set the plantation
tone. Shawn Knight (ex-Natchez) adds Dixie touches
to a modern American menu with... read more
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