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Exciting and elegant chophouses and seafood meccas are popping up across Manhattan and Brooklyn. We can’t wait to dress up again and check them out BY LAUREN WATZICH
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rooklyn’s historic Gage & Tollner has been fully restored and reopened following its 2004 closure. With longtime friends and local restaurateurs Sohui Kim, Ben Schneider and St. John Frizell at the helm, guests can enjoy the restaurant’s fully restored Victorian interiors as they sip martinis and savor steaks, chops and dishes like devils on horseback and fried chicken with hush puppies. To end the experience on a sweet note, there’s the coconut cake topped with whipped cream, crunchies and minced fruits. gageandtollner.com Skorpios, from chef and restaurateur Ioannis “Yiannis” Chatiris, now occupies the former home of Charlie Palmer Steak in Midtown. Offering a menu of classic Greek specialties including squid ink pasta, tomahawk steak and freshly caught whole fish f lown in daily from Greece and Italy. Raw bar lovers should consider the Royal Tower with clams, shrimp, oysters, lobster and king crab. Echoing the Greek island feel, the restaurant’s white-washed, light-filled interiors feature four indoor waterfalls cascading down marble pillars, an expansive rock wall and a towering wall of sand art. skorpiosny.com Chef Angie Mar’s new fine dining restaurant, Les Trois Chevaux, is a fresh take on the great French restaurants of New
Razor clam ceviche at Skorpios
York City’s past, showcasing both her passion for French cooking technique and her love of the Big Apple. Designed by BWArchitects’ Brenda Bello and Joel Medina, the Greenwich Village newcomer features chic design elements including midnight blue velvet banquets, Phillip Jeffries Sateen Inkwell wallpaper and crystal chandeliers from the 1931-era Waldorf Astoria, in addition to artworks by Picasso and Banksy. Surrounded by f lower arrangements from renowned f lorist Raul Avila and served by staff in Christian Siriano–designed uniforms, guests can enjoy French-inspired dishes ranging from duck terrine and sweetbreads to pheasant and rack of lamb. angie-mar.com After a successful pop-up last summer, restaurateur Patricia Howard and chef Ed Szymanski (formerly of Cherry Point in Greenpoint) have opened Dame, a new seafood spot in SoHo, to much acclaim. The modern English seafood menu offers dishes like grilled oysters with green chartreuse butter, tuna tartare and bottarga on toast, fish and chips and
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The bar and dining room at Gage & Tollner; dry-aged ribeye with creamed spinach; a raw bar platter
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