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Jumeirah Essex House
154 Central Park S. (Sixth Ave.) 
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New York, NY 10019
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 Designer Tony Chi has turned the old Botanica space in the Jumeirah Essex House into a chic 98-seat dining room with heavy 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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