18 Greenwich Avenue (West Village)
NYC 10011
212-647-1818
Breakfast: 8-11:30 a.m.
Lunch: 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Dinner: 5 p.m.-12 a.m.
Rosemarysnyc.com
By Jane Feehan
One of New York City’s busiest new restaurants, Rosemary’s dishes up skillfully prepared Italian creations to an adoring local crowd
willing to wait an hour or more for dinner.
Rosemary’s pays homage to the current farm-to-table trend with its roof-top-grown vegetables and herbs. Their signature minestrone soup, or Minestra
di Stagione ($16) overflows with garden fresh vegetables and is a lunch time
favorite. Pollo al Mattone ($20), a juicy and flavorful half chicken atop
brussel sprouts, beans and house-made croutons, is top notch. Small dishes ($5) of vegetables, meat, seafood
or cheeses either complement a meal or serve as mainstay. One of those dishes, Eggplant Caponata - roasted eggplant, and olives in a tomato-based sauce – bursts with
flavor.
A bar surrounded by high top, chairless tables keeps patrons
occupied while waiting to be seated. Some wait for a cell phone call announcing
their table while at nearby bars. Rosemary’s, once the site of a stationary
store, is short on ambiance and is a noisy, crowded place most of the day. It’s trendy, moderately priced and casual. Union Square lies a few blocks away.
Service: good.
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