Batard Corton Drew Nieporent Doug Brixton Batard

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Drew Nieporent’s comfortable fine dining in TriBeCa.
Openings: Dinner Tues.-Sat.

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Batard, New York, NY


Batard Restaurant Review:



About the restaurant: Restaurateur Drew Nieporent’s Bâtard is the new version of fine dining: sophisticated yet unpretentious --- no tie or jacket required. As you'd expect from an establishment named after Burgundy's famed grand cru vineyard, the white burgundies is where you should start before moving on to a red from the same region.

Food & Drinks: Ordering is simple: you choose two or three, and pick what you like from the somewhat abbreviated menu. Chef Doug Brixton may start with beef tartare with brown butter emulsion, pickled red onion and garlic toast, or Hudson Valley foie gras with ginger crumble, poached rhubarb and spiced rum. Continue with butter poached halibut with crispy potato, fennel velouté and herb salad, or veal tenderloin with bacon, sweet breads, English peas, morels and herbs de provence jus. The cheese course from a small, always-changing selection merits a taste, especially if they have the Vermont goat cheese Bonne Bouche. And although wine is king and there are several sommeliers working the space every night, finishing the evening with the cheekily-named cocktail "Ol’ Dirty Batard" while savoring the Bâtard Candy Bar composed of chocolate hazelnut fudge, caramel and feuilletine crunch.