Reynard in the Wythe Hotel
If you’re one of those people who likes to celebrate Christmas but can’t possibly face cooking, eating out in New York City there are some fantastic options. If you are one of those last-minute people who were just planning on having take out but have had a change of heart, we have two favorites, one decidedly Uptown and one hipster Brooklyn.
Celebrating their first Christmas this year is Reynard, Andrew Tarlow’s restaurant housed in the super hip Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg. They offer a hearty farm to table five-course Christmas meal from chef Sean Rembold. The Christmas Goose Dinner includes oysters & pate, goose with bread pudding and is finished off with a festive French Bûche de Noël. If this sounds delicious but you already have Christmas plans, then you might get lucky and score a table for New Year’s Eve here. You know it will be a cool crowd and they are serving up a decadent four-course dinner which includes raw shellfish, caviar and lobster.
Jean Georges on Central Park is our favorite swank restaurant in the City (it’s also one of Woody Allen’s). For Christmas they offer an extravagant seven-course menu which includes beautifully cooked arctic char, caviar, lobster and venison. They have an equally fancy New Year’s dinner on offer complete with party favors and DJ.
We’ve eaten at Jean Georges at Christmas in years past and were moved to childlike thrills of excitement when we were given our own individual gingerbread house for dessert and then a box of gorgeous house made chocolates to take home after the meal. This place has not a whiff of forced holiday cheer, just extraordinary food, amazing service and a truly elegant New York experience.
Jean Georges. 1 Central Park West. New York. Tel: 212 299 3900 Reynard. Wythe Hotel. 80 Wythe Avenue. Williamsburg. New York. Tel: 718 460 8004
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