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511 E. 5th St. New York, NY 10009

212-687-3641

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Critics'
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Best New Restaurant
Award Winner 2011

Cuisine(s): Bistro, New American

Hours: Brunch Sat-Sun 9am-4pm Dinner Sun-Wed 5pm-12am Thurs-Sat 5pm-1am Bar Menu Sat-Sun 4pm-5pm Happy Hour 4pm-7pm Daily

Price: $$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards

Serving: Dinner, Late Night

Alcohol: Beer, Wine
Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: No Parking

Description

The unusual name suits the bistro: It was coined by Washington Irving to lampoon New York City, based on a translation of the Dutch name Gotham. The food hits all the usual local and sustainable notes, tendering an especially fine hamburger with homemade mayo, pickled purple onions, and Brooklyn-made dill pickles. Utilizing the same meat, the beef tartare is enriched with a raw organic egg yolk, and served with celery root remoulade - proving that this joint is not oblivious of the French heritage of the bistro genre. The interior is yellow and extensively tiled, and other things we dug included kale salad, mussels steamed in bacon and beer, and the raw oyster service, which runs to four varieties offered with a very adult mignonette.

2011 | Best New Restaurant

Started by the folks who founded Ft. Greene's The General Greene (named after a famous locomotive), Goat Town is an East Village bistro that strikes all the contemporary culinary notes: French cooking techniques applied to locavoric and sustainable provisions cooked up into a wide-scrambling menu of familiar dishes and somewhat more experimental ones. The interior is faced with off-white tiles, making it seem like the bus station that leads to heaven. And a new chef is making excitin... More »

Goat Town Frenches Us in the East Village

By Robert Sietsema | Wed, March 23, 2011

Hopelessly unhip since the late ’80s, the battle-scarred French bistro seems to be making a comeback. Returning to Gotham in triumph are such Gallic commonplaces as steak frites, moules frites, frisée salad, pork rillettes, steak tartare, and—of c... More »

Main Menu

Brunch - Banana Walnuts Bread

$3.00

Bread, Butter & Jam

Brunch - Sandwiches

$17.00

Grilled Beef Burger
bone marrow butter, onion jam, pickle & fries

$13.00

Open-Face Egg Blt
on white bread with fries.

Brunch - Mains
Organic Eggs, Fair Trade Coffee Etc.

$10.00

Markte Salad
market greens & vegetables

$13.00

Shrimp Caesar
greens, grapefruit, croutons & grana podano

$12.00

Vegetables Soft Scramble
with seasonal vegetables, herbs & toast

$13.00

Pork Belly Ranchero
two poached eggs, white beans, sour cream & tomatilla salsa.

$14.00

Hungry Goat
three eggs any style, fried potatoes, toast & choice of two sides.

$12.00

Buckwheat Ricotta Pancake
blueberries, walnuts & honey

$10.00

House-Made Granola Parfait
mixed berried, mint, yogurt & maple syrup

Brunch Plates

$20.00

Hungry Goat & Brunch Cocktail

$20.00

Burger & Draft Beer

Brunch - Sides

$5.00

Two Eggs
any style

$5.00

Fried Potatoes
with herbs

$5.00

Stewed Lima Beans

$5.00

Belly Bacon

$5.00

Markte Veggies

Brunch - Coffee/ Tea/ Juice

Cup $3.00

Coffee From Counter Culture
cenproc, bolivia

Pot $5.00

Teas
earl grey/ green tea mint/ chamomile

Small $3.00
Large $5.00

Juices - Fresh Pressed In House
orange & grapefruit

Brunch - Cocktails - Beer

$7.00

Michelada Mexicana
house-made bloody mary mix, tacare, chile-salt rim.

$7.00

Goat Town Shandy
fresh lemon juice, herbed simple syrup & pilsner

$7.00

Stout & Stormy
house-made ginger beef with a float of stout

Brunch - Cocktails - Brunch

$9.00

Gpat Town Bloody Mary
a bloody mary w/ the works & herbs-infused sake

$9.00

Mimosa
fresh orange or grapefruit juice & sparkling white wine

$9.00

Rose Sangria
raspberries, grapefruit celery, muscadet & bubbles

Dinner - Appetizers

$9.00

Eggs and Roe
radish, rainbow trout roe & melted goat butter

$11.00

House Ricotta
grilled country bread, fava beans & mint

$13.00

Charred Chicken Livers
grilled bread, watercress, blueberry jam and shallots.

$15.00

Housemade Black Pepper Pasta
marinated broccoli rabe, raw yolk & pecorino

Dinner - Salads

$10.00

Mixed Butter Lettuce
shared carrots, herbs & sunflower seeds

$12.00

Fennel Salad
watercress, argula, blackberries, ricotta salata & basil vinaigrette

$13.00

Heirloom Tomatoes
watermelon, chives, balsamic vinaigrette

Dinner - Raw Bar - Extra

3 for $9.00

Head On Prawns
saffron mayo & paprika

$12.00

Selter Battered Smelts
corn, jalapenos & aioli

Dinner - Raw Bar - Oyster
With Ginger and Tomatillo Mignonette, Fresh Horseradish & Lemon.

$3.50

East Saint Simon, Nb
delicate, light brime, sweet finish

$3.75

West Penn Cove Select Samich Bay
plump & bright with a cucumber finish

$55.00

Seafood Tower
1 dozen east and west coast oysters, 3 head on prawns & fried smelts

Dinner

$27.00

Sauteed Wild Striped Bass
baby mustard greens, cucumbers, shiso, dill & lemon jam

$22.00

Cast Iron Chicken
with roasted carrots, almond & garlic agresto sauce.

$25.00

Grilled Skirt Steak
marinated eggplant, pickled peppers, tomatoes herbs.

$26.00

Braised Goat Neck
garden greens sauce, cherries, raisins & fennel

$17.00

Beef Burger
bone marrow butter, onion & pickles, fries

Dinner - Sides

$8.00

Grilled Zucchini
lemon jam

$6.00

Green Beans
shallots & olive oil

$6.00

Corn On the Cob
tomato-chili butter

$5.00

Fries & Mayo

Bar Menu - Bar Snacks

$13.00

Charred Chicken Liver
grilled bread, watercress, blueberry jam and shallots

$12.00

Mixed Butter Lettuce
shaved carrots, herbs & sunflower seeds.

$11.00

House Ricotta
grilled country bread, favas & mint

$5.00

Fries & Mayo

Bar Menu - Happy Hour 5-7 - Oysters

East & West Coast
favourite selection of the freshest with ginger and tomatilo migonette fresh horseradish & lemon.

Bar Menu - Deals

$20.00

6 Oysters & Muscadet
featuring our oyster of the day

$17.00

Burger & a Beer
bone marrow butter, onion jam & pickles - choice of any draft.

Dessert - Sweets

$9.00

Seasonal Desserts
maybe a tart. maybe not

$9.00

Goat Time Ice Cream Sundae
salted cajeta knickerbocker glory. salted cajeta ice cream, pretzels, caramel cakes, caramel sauce & whipped cream.

$5.00

Warm Chocolate Chips Cookies

$6.00

Sorbet - Chocolate

$6.00

Sorbet - Mango & Lime

$6.00

Ice Cream - Bourbon Vanilla

$6.00

Ice Cream - Salted Cajeta

Cocktail - Wines by the Glass & Bottle - Red

Gl $9.00
Btl $36.00

House Red
from the tank cotes du rhone

Gl $13.00
Btl $52.00

L' Escale
antoine pouponneau anjoy, gamay

Gl $12.00
Btl $48.00

Les Carlines
mas haut-buis grenache, syrah, carignan, cinsault

Cocktail - Wines by the Glass & Bottle - Sparkling & Rose

Gl $10.00
Btl $38.00

Paul Louis
blanc de blanc

Gl $8.00
Btl $33.00

House Rose
from the tank cotes du rhone

Gl $13.00
Btl $49.00

Sancerre
karine lawerjat pinot noire

Cocktail - Wines by the Glass & Bottle - White

Gl $9.00
Btl $36.00

Muscadet
domaine de la pepiere melon de bourgogne

Gl $13.00
Btl $49.00

Vouray Sec
domaine champalou chenin blanc

Gl $11.00
Btl $42.00

Taxakolina
xarmant hondarribi zuri, izkiriota

Cocktail - Beer

$7.00

Stout & Stormy
house-made ginger beer with a float of stout

$7.00

Goat Town Shandy
fresh lemon juice, herbed simple syrup & pilsner

$7.00

Michelada Mexicana
house-made bloody mary mix, tecate & chile salt.

Cocktail - Wine

$9.00

The Goat Town
cardamaro, carpano antica, lemon, raw suger & a red wine float

$9.00

Rose Sangria
blackberry, grapefruit, muscadet & bubbles

$9.00

Moscato Spritzer
cocchi amricano, grapefruit juice, sparkling wine

Beer - Bottle

$4.00

Tecate

$5.00

Brooklyn
summer ale

$6.00

Anderson Valley
summer solstic

$5.00

Lion
stout

$4.00

Budweiser

$7.00

Stella Artois

$7.00

Reissdorf Kolsch

$7.00

Victory Prima Pills

$10.00

Delirium Tremens

Beer - Draft

$4.00

Coors

$7.00

Weihenstephaner
hefeweissbier

$7.00

Captain Lawrence
fresh chester pale ale

$8.00

Bear Republic
hot rod rye

$7.00

Radeberger

$8.00

Keegans
mothers milk stout

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511 E. 5th St. New York, NY 10009

212-687-3641

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2011 | Best New Restaurant

Goat Town Frenches Us in the East Village

By Robert Sietsema | Wed, March 23, 2011

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