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Zagat 2009, Noteworthy Newcomer Food 25 |
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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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