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Restaurant 10 Downing Opens in West Village (Not Whitehall)
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John Del Signore
Published Nov 13, 2008
Modified Nov 13, 2008
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Published Nov 13, 2008
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For anyone out there who still has money to spend at restaurants (congratulations one person; need arm candy?), here's 10 Downing, which officially opened last night in the West Village after a long delay. (It was originally scheduled to open over a year ago.) Chef Katy Sparks, who has developed quite the following at the Upper West Side restaurant Compass—and Soho's Quilty's—is teaming up here with Jason Neroni, whose pedigree includes Porchetta and the Tasting Room. Their menu emphasizes (surprise, surprise) "seasonal ingredients" with a Mediterranean influence; one appetizer, the pickled mustard seed chorizo quail egg, is a veteran of Neroni's Tasting Room menu.
Other items include a grass-fed Bison hanger steak with a potato, leek and date gratin with olives and daube jus ($26), and a saffron paella stocked with morcilla sausage, mussels ($23 for one, $43 for two). Co-owner Joel Michel has filled the 70 seat space (plus room for ten at the marble topped bar and 30 more in the sidewalk cafe) with work by artists including Shamus Clisset and Alex Katz, and the room is ringed by comfy leather cushioned banquettes. Eater checked it out last night, and Strong Buzz says the owners will open a cafe and reading lounge next door "in the coming months"—i.e. summer of 2010, ha ha? Menu after the jump.
10 Downing Street at Sixth Avenue, (212) 255-0300.
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Baked Sheep’s Cheese
red pepper relish & toasted bread 10
Selection of Smoked and Cured Meats
Seasonal vegetable pickles and grilled bread
mortadella, porkbelly terrine, duck prosciutto, morcilla, chicken liver mousse
Each 6 / Platter 25
Appetizers & Salads
10 Downing Salad
chicories, piperade relish & Manchego vinaigrette 10
Braised Beets
ruby red grapefruit & Picon blue cheese 11
Ocean Trout Tartar
pickled mustard, chorizo oil, pine nuts & quail egg 13
Duck Meatball Cassoulet
flageolet beans & toasted spices 12
White Bean Soup
homemade bacalao, tomato confit & gremolata 9
Blue Spot Prawns a la Plancha
toasted garlic, arbequino olives & valencia orange 12
Marinated Brussels Sprouts
anchovy vinaigrette, soft-poached egg & parmesan 9
Squid Ink Agnolotti
peekytoe crab, piquillo peppers & lemon butter 14
Entrees
Atlantic Cod
fingerling potatoes, torpedo shallots, olives & béarnaise 25.00
Montauk Fluke
en papillote, seckle pear, parsley root & chanterelles 23.00
Homemade Gnocchi with Braised Porcini
butternut squash, mustard greens & Sardinian cheese 18.00
Arctic Char
herbed -mussel broth, bacon & artichokes 25.00
Bison Hanger Steak
salsa verde, grilled leeks, romesco & patatas bravas 26.00
Colorado Lamb Chops
provencal herbs, panisses & marinated feta 31
Herb Roasted Chicken
Panzanella salad with almonds, currants and preserved lemon 23/43
Sides
6.00
brussels sprouts with guanciale
fennel gratinee
papas bravas with aioli
swiss chard & roasted garlic
aligot puree
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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