The Smith
New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 420-9800
12/22/2007 Posted by cobraman332
I was at The Smith last night for dinner with 4 of my friends for an enjoyable meal, which definitely lived up to our expectations. Since this place is new and popular, we could only reserve a table at 9pm, but even at that late time the restaurant was still packed with 20 and 30-somethings looking to dine in a trendy spot. The Smith has a varied menu to say the least… our appetizers ranged from Lays potato chips drizzled with bleu cheese dressing to tuna tartar to tomato soup. The tartar was light, fresh and full of flavor… the tomato soup with melted cheese on top (a la French onion soup) lived up to the rave reviews we read – three of us ordered it in fact. The well-sized main dishes we ordered were the skate, a steak salad, a tuna nicoise salad, and the mussels – none disappointed. Best side dish was the French fries that came with the mussels. For dessert we ordered the basic sundae, but then our waiter comped us an additional “birthday” sundae that does in fact come with a candle on top, which was definitely the better choice. Wine carafes have about 1 1/3 bottles of wine… 2 carafes of a nice Pinot Grigio yielded about 3 glasses of wine for each of us, and they were reasonably priced. The great thing about The Smith is that everything there has a little hipness or kitchy-ness to it – walls are white tile (so “in” right now), table bread is tossed onto the table in a white paper bag, and wine glasses are actually similar to highball glasses that you’d see at a bar… very cool idea and just one example of how The Smith tries not to be fancy, but just hip and fun. Our total meal only came out to about $40/pp, which is great for NYC considering we had all that wine – likely NYU student rush incoming. My one regret: no chance to try the mac & cheese I’ve been hearing about… guess I’ll have to make another 9pm reservation soon… then again, since The Smith takes kitchen orders until 2am, maybe I’ll just stumble in one night after the bars…
Pros: Hip, Trendy, Inexpensive, Fun, Delicious Food, Not Fancy
Cons: Didn't have a chance to try the Mac & Cheese, Soon to be filled with NYU undergrads
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