RESTAURANT REVIEW
Looking for a place to enjoy some shellfish and a few small plates before going to dinner elsewhere? Our reviewers would like to nominate April Bloomfield and Ken Freidman’s seafood restaurant in the Ace Hotel for that honor. You can nibble on oysters, clams, prawns and whelks, and crudos such as sea urchin from Maine with blood orange, or small plates like house-smoked char sliders and chorizo-stuffed squid with smoked tomatoes. A fun way for 6–10 people to spend the evening is to book the chef’s table and let them bury you under waves of crustaceans and fish preparations