A while ago I found myself touring New York with Seattle
culinary legend, Tom Douglas. Tom and I have known each other for a while and I
was sure that he would have a laundry list of restaurants in New York that he
would want to visit. A creative mogul like Tom would certainly need to visit
new places and old favorites for inspiration and nostalgia alike. I was
mistaken. There was one place he said he needed to go: Gramercy Tavern.
I don’t blame him.
It’s the granddaddy of Flatiron restaurants. It may be the
second of Danny Meyer’s places, but you could easily argue it’s his flagship restaurant.
You can sense its prestige from the moment you walk in, but then everything
shifts when you’re greeted by the staff. Gracious and unassuming, they don’t
make you feel like you’re necessarily walking into one of the top rated
restaurants in New York City (which, of course, you are). The food is
unmistakably gourmet, well executed cuisine, but all the dishes seem to stem
from old favorites and trusty stand-bys. From the door to dessert, that’s
Gramercy Tavern to me. Everything looks pretty fancy, but at the heart of it
all is comfort and great hospitality. View Beecher's and Gramercy Tavern in a larger map
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