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New NYC Restaurant: The Libertine

September 10, 2008 at 10:00 AM | 0 Comments

Of all the NYC neighborhoods we might grab a meal in, the financial district is probably the least likely. Aside from the whole crowded, loud and snotty thing, there's mostly just bland lunch counters and way overpriced expense account joints. When we've been stuck there before, we can hardly find a suitable spot for dinner.

That may have changed with the opening of The Libertine, a new dining room in the Gild Hall hotel from celeb chef Todd English. The book-lined, wood-paneled restaurant looks like the study in Clue, and the creative menu is just as comforting.

For brunch there's the "NY Bene," an unlikely but totally necessary combo of poached eggs and pastrami sandwich. Lunch brings the "Adult PB&J": almond butter and Cabernet jelly on whole grain bread, with a banana milk shake shot. There's also a raw bar, and dinner goes a little more traditional, with steak tartare and rack of lamb.

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[Photo: The Libertine]