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54 E. First St. New York, NY 10003

212-677-6221

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Recommended
Rebecca Marx's Top 10: No. 7
Award Winner 2010

Cuisine(s): American, Eclectic

Hours: Mon-Thu 11:30am-11pm, Sun 10am-11pm, Fri 11:30am-12am, Sat 10am-12am

Price: $$
Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, American Express

Features: Takeout, Private Party, Catering

Serving: Breakfast, Brunch, Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Accepted, Recommended

Parking: No Parking

Description

This joint has got personality to spare: a friendly staff that seems like a museum of physical types, a small dining room filled with fiercely loyal regulars, and a quirky menu that runs from the inspired to the merely insane. Forgo the canned sardines and Triscuits in favor of the coriander-crusted smoked duck breast, sided with a strangely irresistible omelet filled with rye groats, or the humongous prawns dressed with anchovy butter;the crunchy heads are the best part. And though the osso bucco swamped in purple cabbage didn't quite kick ass (salt helps), the steamed and grilled artichoke paired with fried fava beans did.

2010 | Rebecca Marx's Top 10: No. 7

Gabrielle Hamilton's cold spicy eggplant at Prune illustrates one of her great strengths as a chef, which is to get the hell out of the way and let the ingredients do the talking. Here, the nightshade is engaged in deep conversation with nuggets of fried salt cod and a lone hard-boiled egg. Piled onto a long plank of flatbread, the eggplant speaks of cool, silken pulp; the fish answers with savory crunch; and the eggs just go along for the ride, happy to mediate between the two. The... More »

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These chicken chile guajillo enchiladas at Downtown Bakery are every bit as good -- and spicy -- as they look. The East Village may be the city's most eclectic and rewarding dining destination, thou... More »
Where Was I Eating? Prune

By Lauren Shockey | Wed, October 5, 2011

And the fun has come to an end once again. Those figs on a plate might have been typical San Fran fare, but they were served at Prune, right here in the East Village. Served with a thimble-sized be... More »
Like Gene Simmons's Tongue? Then Check Out Gabrielle Hamilton's at Prune, Dish No. 16

By Robert Sietsema | Thu, September 22, 2011

You may remember the long long tongue of frontman Gene Simmons of Kiss -- who has since become a slatternly reality-show star. Rumors at the time suggested that he had had a cow tongue grafted onto hi... More »
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By Robert Sietsema, Sarah DiGregorio, and Rebecca Marx | Wed, October 20, 2010

Robert Sietsema's Top 10 1. This doesn't mean I'm forsaking my first love, Katz's pastrami, but the smoked-meat sandwich at Mile End is denser, redder, and offered in a sandwich that's just the right size for one person to eat, which means I don'... More »

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fstabile | New York, NY | 440 Reviews

| Tue, March 16, 2010

Get there early, there is always a wait but its worth it!

Dinner Menu

Main

$14.00

Fennel
with trout roe in pernod butter

$8.00

Parmesan Omelette

$16.00

Octopus
with celery and baby fennel

$15.00

Grilled Head
on shrimp with anchory butter

$13.00

Grilled Beef Tonque

$12.00

Radicchio, Endive And Lettuce Salad
crumbled valdeon and toasted pistachio nuts

$16.00

Roasted Marrow Bones
parsley salad, sea salt

$24.00

Roast Pork Shoulder
little neck clams and minestra verde

$9.00

Buttered Peas With Mint

$9.00

Pentil Asparagus

$9.00

Warm Lentil Salad

$9.00

Baby Lettuces And Herbs Salad

$24.00

spateheocked poussin

$28.00

whole grilled brangino
fennel oil, gros sel

$26.00

arctic char
with lemon rice and peas

Bar

$5.00

Sardines
with triscuits and mustard

$5.00

Radishes
with sweet butter and kosher salt

$9.00

Grilled Handmade Lamb Sausages

$8.00

burrotsa
buttered brown bread, salted red onion

Dessert

$9.00

Calvados Omelette

$9.00

Mascarpone Ice Cream
with salted caramel croutons

$9.00

Olive Oil Cake With Candied Orange

$12.00

Traditional Irish Coffee
with jameson's and soft whipped cream

$10.00

chocolate ce press semifreddo
with hazelnuts

$10.00

meringue
with lemon curd and berries

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Prune

54 E. First St. New York, NY 10003

212-677-6221

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2010 | Rebecca Marx's Top 10: No. 7

By Lauren Bloomberg | Fri, March 9, 2012

By Robert Sietsema | Fri, March 9, 2012

By Lauren Shockey | Wed, October 5, 2011

By Robert Sietsema | Thu, September 22, 2011

By Robert Sietsema, Sarah DiGregorio, and Rebecca Marx | Wed, October 20, 2010

fstabile | New York, NY | 440 Reviews