That’s my Angelina pose!
The day turned out to have perfect weather, so JTs first pick for dinner the Riverpark was wonderful. Situated in Manhattan’s Kips Bay neighborhood, Riverpark is a Tom Colicchio restaurant (Top Chef Judge);
this restaurant is in an unlikely location of the main floor of an office building overlooking the Hudson river. We arrived on time and they seat us at a lovely window-side table (talk about lucking out!). Here is a gorgeous photo, mine was burnt out.
It’s designed beautifully with attention to detail but not overwhelming so that the view can be the star.
The ceiling over the large bar has lights like stars in the sky!
The restaurant gets most, if not all of its produce from its own ‘farm‘ amidst the sky scrapers in Alexandria Centre. Cool eh?
We start with half a dozen East Coast Oysters from Maine ($15); the waiter said the were briny, but they are not briny enough for my taste (I like to taste the ocean, my fav’s are Prince Edward Island oysters). I had the Salmon Tartare ($15) which was roughly chopped salmon seasoned very simply with capers, lemon and parsley, so delicious! JT had Baby Lettuces ($11) with marinated vegetables and herbs and a champagne vinaigrette.
Keeping with the smaller portions I had another appetizer of the Grilled Calamari Salad ($17) with farm baby greens, grapefruit and a Niçoisse olive vinaigrette – it was perfect! JT had the Smoked Ricotta Gnocchi with peas, long peppercorn, morels and pecorrino
which were tender with a hint of smoke in a very delicious broth-based sauce. A pleasant surprise to the traditional cream laden sauces (he too had the smaller plate ($17).
Our waiter was attentive but not in your face, he was knowledgeable about the food and wine, and when he didn’t know, he wasn’t afraid to ask. For the quality and ambiance, I did not find this place expensive.
Overall rating of Riverpark (in my opinion): Decor 4/5, service 3.5:5, food 4.5/5, Value 4/5, Noise: 4/5 (1 being very noisy, and 5 being very quiet). We paid for our meal in full.
Nice sounding restaurant – I’ll have to remember it in case I’m ever in NYC, which will probably be never, but still… 🙂
That gnocchi sounds especially great.
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Interestingly enough, we heard a lot of French in NYC this trip, much more than usual (I don’t know, however, if they were French from France or Montreal!).
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You look so lovely, Eva! I bet JT had stars in his eyes…with or without those ceiling lights!
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Oh my gosh, thank you kindly Betsy.
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Excellent review and gorgeous legs 🙂 I also love the shoes!
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Thanks Sissi. I attribute the legs to my dear Mother. The shoes, although look exhausting, are very comfortable!
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You look smashing Angelina, I mean Eva! (love your shoes!!) :). You are definitely in a New York state of mind ;-).
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Thanks Kelly, I could live there!
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Hello hot stuff. New York is agreeing with you! Now stop blogging and get back to your vacation!
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Thanks Barb, I could definitely live in New York.
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Hi Barb, I just found a new spot to respond to comments on WP, let me know if you are interested and I’ll email it to you.
You were not the only person to say this to me. Brian called me “Princess Blog-a-lot”
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Oh, I think I want to do that with one of our ceilings. Too much?
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I guess that depends on the size of your mansion.
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Looks like you are very classy my friend – perfect for this restaurant no doubt 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
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Thanks CCU, it was a very classy evening.
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Glamour girl! I always want whatever JT is having.
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🙂
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You look gorgeous Eva and I’d say your legs are even better than Angelina’s. You look so relaxed. I love the position of this restaurant and how perfect to sit at the window and look out to the Hudson River. And those stars in the ceiling are gorgeous xx
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Thank you so much Charlie! The lights just gave the restaurant a beautiful light the wasn’t too harsh (lighting is EVERYTHING).
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Both the salmon tartare and the gnocchi sound very tasty.
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Yes indeed they were, Maria, and with the view it was such a treat.
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