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402 W. 43rd St. New York, NY 10036

212-564-7272 

http://www.esca-nyc.com  

402 W. 43rd St. New York NY 10036

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  • Pasta, Seafood
    Sun 4:30pm-10:30pm, Mon 12pm-10:30pm, Tue-Sat 12pm-11:30pm
    $$ $$
  • All Major Credit Cards
    Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Wheelchair Accessible, Business Dining
    Dinner, Late Night
  • Full bar
    Accepted
    No Parking
Description

Chef Dave Pasternack comes from a Montauk fishing family, and he was on top of the local and sustainable bandwagon long before those terms became household words. His Italian crudo refers, not to the cured ham found throughout Italy, but to raw seafood seasoned with fruity olive oil and other flavorings, and there"s no better starter to a seafood meal. Whole fish like orata and butterfish, caught locally and charcoal grilled, are the default choices for a meal, but a broad range of seafood preparations are also available from seafood stews to pastas cooked with things like sea urchin and the fish roe called bottarga. Though they don"t involve fish, the desserts are also estimable, and there"s no better list of Italian white wines in town.








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  • 2000 | Best Fish Palace in the Theater District

    The Bastianich boys have done it again, this time with Esca, an elegant piscatory pleasure palace on the edge of the theater district. Those who must rush off to their front-row seats arrive early and sample from the extensive raw bar. Those with time for leisurely dining savor the service and sup on finely wrought dishes like diver scallops in orange oil or simple fare like grilled sole. More »

Dinner
OSTRICHE
Minimum 6 Oysters Per Order
$3.00
Captain Jack Oysters
great south bay, li
$3.00
Southbay Blonde Oysters
southbay, ma
Crudo
$18.00
Fluke
with sea bean and radish
$19.00
Opakapaka
hawaiian longtail snapper with olive oil from sardinia
$19.00
Halibut Belly
with extra virgin sunflower oil
$18.00
Golden Spotted Bass
with seaweed salt
$18.00
Pink Snapper
with hawaiian black lava salt
$20.00
Diver Scallop
with tangerine pressed olive oil
$18.00
Scorpionfish
with lemon wash
$18.00
Sea Trout
with crushed almonds
$18.00
Giant Surf Clam
with marinated fresh hearts of palm
$18.00
Idiotfish
with lemon wash
$18.00
Black Grouper
with dicilian dried cherry tomato
$19.00
Icelandic Arctic Char
with pickled asparagus
$20.00
Wild Washington State King Salmon “La Push”
with organic pistachios
$20.00
Wild Alaskan King Salmon
with pink peppercorns
$18.00
Hamachi
with gaeta olive aioli
$19.00
Steelhead Salmon
with chervil
$18.00
Ceviche
amberjack and conch “peruvian style”
$20.00
Razor Clams
two minute ceviche, chilis, scallions and mint
$30.00
Crudo Tasting
six unique tastes of our raw seafood in two flights
Altro
$20.00
Uovo di Pollo
farmhouse egg with baby florida shrimp, garden peas and chive flowers
$27.00
Granchio
warm snow crab with Oregon morel mushrooms
$19.00
Latterini
crispy mediterranean smelts with spring herbs and meyer lemon jam
$23.00
Insalata Di Porcini
salad of oregano porcini mushrooms, tim's wild arugula and parmesan vinaigrette
$18.00
Fegato Di Pescatrice
seared local monkfish liver with richters rhubarb and a salad of organic grains
$18.00
Coda di Rospa
crispy local blowfish tails, steamers and ramps with caper tarragon aioli
$25.00
Cuore
giant european style sea scallop with wild spring flower vinaigrette
$20.00
Moleche
grilled soft shell crab with green and white asparagus and meyer lemon pressed olive oil
$20.00
Uovo Di Cheppia
sautéed shad roe with house made pickles and grainy mustard vinaigrette
$18.00
Verdura Mista
organic salad of early spring vegetables, sheep's milk ricotta and herb garden vinaigrette
$18.00
Vongole
local littleneck clams with Cesare's coppa and cherry bomb peppers
$19.00
Burrata
soft cheese from puglia with grilled portuguese anchovies and house cured green olive tapenade
$18.00
Insalatina Di Amara
salad of locally grown and harvested winter greens with smashed sardine vinaigrette
$17.00
Polipo
grilled octopus with giant corona beans and preserved sorrento lemon
$16.00
Zuppa Di Pesce Amalfitana
fish soup in the style of amalfi with tomato chili bruschetta
Each $11.00
Two $14.00
Three $16.00
All Four $19.00
Pesci Azzuri
marinated sardines with pepperonata grilled sardines with shallot thyme vinaigrette marinated anchovies with pickled ramps bottarga cured tuna roe with capers, raisins and pinenuts
Primi
$30.00
Spaghetti
with a one pound lobster, chilis and mint
$26.00
Spaghetti Neri
squid ink spaghetti with sepia, green chilis and scallion
$26.00
Linguine
with a medley of briny clams, hot red pepper and pancetta
$27.00
Buccatini
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$26.00
Maccheroni Alla Chitarra
house made guitar cut spaghetti with sea urchin and crabmeat
$25.00
Gnocchi Di Ricotta
old chatham sheep s milk ricotta gnocchi with roasted eggplant, tomato and bufala mozzarella
Secondi
$72.00
Branzino Per Due
whole mediterranean sea bass for two cooked in sea salt
$74.00
Orata Americana Per Due
whole roasted local porgy for two with spring herb and Sicilian almond pesto
$74.00
Spigola Nera Per Due
whole roasted black sea bass for two with caperberries and olives
$36.00
Cernia
pan roasted florida grouper with garden peas, vidalia onions and nueskes smoked bacon
$36.00
Passera
crispy local flounder with fiddlehead ferns, ramps and sorrel
$37.00
Spada alla Siciliana
sicilian style swordfish with a ragu of fresh chickpeas, oven dried tomatoes and arugula
$30.00
Zuppa Di Pesce
sicilian style fish stew
$33.00
Fritto Misto Amalfitano
crispy mixed seafood
$34.00
Pollo
four story hills farm chicken with fregula, house cured olives and lemon
Any One $9.00
Any Three $15.00
All Five $19.00
Contorni
selection of italian style vegetables
Lunch
OSTRICHE
$3.00
Pemaquid Oysters
damariscotta, me
Crudo
$19.00
Halibut
with extra virgin sunflower oil
$18.00
Pink Snapper
with hawaiian black lava salt
$18.00
American Red Snapper
with olive oil from calabria
$18.00
Fluke
with sea beans and radish
$18.00
Golden Spotted Bass
with seaweed salt
$19.00
Pumpkin Swordfish
with crushed almonds
$19.00
Mahi Mahi
with meyer lemon pressed olive oil
$20.00
Wild Alaskan King Salmon
with dill
$20.00
Yellowfin Tuna
carpaccio with olio verde and chives
$18.00
Longfin Albacore Tuna
with olive oil from chianti
$18.00
Spanish Mackerel
with gaeta olive aioli
$18.00
Cherry Stones Clams
two minute ceviche, chilis, scallion and mint
$20.00
Live Maine Sea Urchin
with capezzana olive oil
$16.00
Crudo Tasting
three unique tastes of our raw seafood in one flight
$30.00
Crudo Tasting
six unique tastes of our raw seafood in two flights
Antipasti
$17.00
Acciuga
grilled portuguese white anchovies with house cured green tapenade
$18.00
Fegato Di Pescatrice
seared local monkfish liver with candied kumquat, organic grains and winter greens
$18.00
Calamari
grilled local squid with hot red pepper, parsley and lemon
$17.00
Caprese
bufala mozzarella with wild arugula and oven dried tomatoes
$18.00
Insalatina Di Amara
salad of locally grown and harvested winter greens with smashed sardine vinaigrette
$18.00
Vongole
local littleneck clams baked with cesare's sopresatta and cherry bomb peppers
$18.00
Verdura Mista
organic salad of local summer vegetables, sheep's milk ricotta and herb garden vinaigrette
$15.00
Insalata Mista
salad of local greens and herbs with cold pistachio pressed olive oil
$18.00
Puntarelle
salad of italian bitter chicory with anchovy vinaigrette
$17.00
Fritti
crispy local rainbow smelts with caper-tarragon aioli
$15.00
Zuppa Di Pesce Amalfitana
fish soup in the style of amalfi with tomato chili bruschetta
Each $9.00
Two $12.00
Three $15.00
All Four $18.00
Pesce Azzurri
house marinated sardines with pepperonata marinated fresh portuguese anchovies with oven dried tomato grilled sardines with shallot thyme vinaigrette bottarga (cured tuna roe) with capers, raisins and pinenuts
Primi
$30.00
Spaghetti
with a one pound lobster, chilis and mint
$23.00
Perciatelli
house made whole wheat fat spaghetti with sardines, walnuts and fennel compote
$26.00
Maccheroni Alla Chittara
house made guitar cut spaghetti with sea urchin and crabmeat
$24.00
Linguine
with medley of briny clams, hot red pepper and pancetta
$26.00
Spaghetti Neri
house made squid ink spaghetti with sepia, scallion and green chilies
Secondi
$26.00
San Pietro
whole grilled local john dory with marinated meyer lemon
$27.00
Spigola
whole roasted black sea bass with caperberries and olives
$26.00
Sarde
whole pan roasted local sardines with hazelnuts, pine nuts, almonds and lemon-thyme
$27.00
Merluzzo
roasted montauk cod with wild mushrooms and radicchio
$26.00
Sogliola
crispy local flounder with spinach and young fennel
$27.00
Capesante
roasted local sea scallops with baby artichokes, olives and tim's greens
$23.00
Zuppa Di Pesce
sicilian style fish stew
$24.00
Polipo
grilled octopus with giant corona beans and preserved sorrento lemon
$25.00
Pollo
four story hills chicken with primo olives, fregula, and lemon
Three $15.00
Five $19.00
Contorni
italian style vegetables
Tasting Menu
Crudo Del Mercato
75.00 per person. 125.00 per person with selected wines tasting menu is available for the entire table only please allow two hours to enjoy the tasting menu
 
A Selection From Today's Raw Seafood
prosecco nv, flor veneto
$25.00
Five Extra Crudo Tasting Supplement
rose brut murgot 2008 sicilia
Fegato Di Pescatrice
 
Seared Local Monkfish Liver with Richter’s Rhubarb and a Salad of Organic Grains
arneis, vietti 2011 piemonte
Coda Di Rospa
 
Crispy Local Blowfish Tails, Steamers and Ramps with Caper Tarragon Aioli
vermentino, "sciala", vigne surrau 2011 sardegna
Spaghetti Neri
 
Squid Ink Spaghetti with Ceppia, Green Chilis and Scallion
mourverde/ grenanche/ tirburen, la courtade 2011 provence
Fritti
 
Crispy Local Steamers, Monkfish Cheeks with Caper Tarragon Aioli
verdicchio di castelli dei jesi classico bucci 2008 marche
Spada Alla Siciliana
 
Sicilian Style Swordfish with a Ragu of Fresh Chickpeas, Oven Dried Tomatoes and Arugula
carignano “grotto rossa” santadi 2009 sardegna
Dolci
 
A Tasting of our Favorite Desserts
moscato rosa zeni 2007 trentino
Dessert
DOLCI
12.00
 
Affogato Di Caffe
raw sugar gelato with brownies and salted toffee, drowned in espresso
 
Torta Di Rabarbaro
warm rhubarb-honey cake with buttermilk gelato and almonds
 
Budino
banana pudding, peanut brittle and salted caramel
 
Bomboloni
warm brioche doughnuts with pineapple and coconut
 
Cioccolato Di Mascarpone
chocolate mascarpone cheesecake with pistachios and balsamic cherries
 
Gelati
house made traditional flavors
 
Sorbetti
house made seasonal flavors
$5.00
Biscotti
$13.00
Formaggi
guffanti stracchino di capra, shelburne "farmhouse cheddar", casa madaio "barilotto", old chatham "ewes blue", and seasonal fruit confettura
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