RESTAURANT ADDRESS

240 Central Park South

New York, NY

212-582-5100

RESTAURANT STAFF

Chef/Owner: Michael White

Chef de Cuisine: Jared Gadbaw

Pastry Chef: Francis Joven

Sommelier: Francesco Grosso

GM: Sean Smith

OAD HISTORY

Ranked 55 in 2013; Ranked 51 in 2012.

RESTAURANT REVIEW

Fish that is flown in from Europe on a daily basis would seem to be a sufficient draw for a restaurant. But not for Michael White, who after learning how to cook at the beloved Romano in Viareggio, Italy, wanted to take the concept of an Italian seafood restaurant a step further. The typical meal begins with an assortment of fresh crudos, followed by “ethereal pastas” like angel hair with crab, sea urchin and chili peppers, and what numerous reviewers singled out as the best pasta in the U.S.: White's fusilli with octopus, bone marrow and spicy tomato sauce. Only then do you get to enjoy those magnificent specimens of turbot and branzino which are so fresh that they seem like they were just pulled from a fishing trawler.

Fusilli, braised Octopus, Bone Marrow, spicy Tomato Sauce
Photo Courtesy of: Marea