South Gate Restaurant Review
Jumeirah Essex House
154 Central Park S. (Sixth Ave.) 
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New York, NY 10019
212-484-5120 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
 Situated along Central Park, this modern American eatery’s chic and showy interior comes courtesy of designer Tony Chi. The dining room offers heavy yet stylish leanings toward the 1970s. Off-white leather banquettes sit below walls crammed with a mosaic of mirrors and the front of the room looks out onto Central Park. The real show, however, is what’s on the menu. Chef Kerry Heffernan, late of Eleven Madison Park, puts his modern American, seasonally fresh stamp on diners’ tables. Start with zesty hamachi or the grilled Hudson Valley foie gras, crunchy on the outside and silky on the inside. Entrées are divided as surf ‘n’ turf: the butter-roasted lobster in a pepper-marjoram broth is served like a hearty stew while the crispy Snake River Farms pork belly arrives in three blocks of tender goodness.
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