America's Great Restaurants
Gotham Bar and Grill
New York, NY 10003 / 212.620.4020
Gotham Bar and Grill
"What began as a raucous eighties-style grand café has mellowed over two decades into a trusted American classic with Alfred Portale relentlessly pursuing perfection in the kitchen. Settle into a cocoon of informal but informed service. Then, depending on the season, rediscover Portale's discipline in a lush risotto with sweet turnips and duck confit, or in seared yellowfin propped against pappardelle rolled around caponata in which each vegetable is like a jewel." - Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld,New York Magazine
Chef Alfred Portale has held court at Gotham Bar and Grill since 1984. His inventive take on American Cuisine has taken this beloved restaurant on a magical run that just keeps being magical. When you do something this well over a long period of time, your challenge becomes how to meet the expectations of such a successful concept. That's the amazing part - they keep it fresh and interesting and somehow they maintain the status quo. In this case, the status quo is of the 5-Star variety and it just remains somewhere at the top.