Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare
| Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare | |
|---|---|
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 2009 |
| Food type | Seafood-centric, Modern, Omakase-style |
| Rating |
 (Michelin Guide) |
| Street address | 200 Schermerhorn Street (at Hoyt Street), in Downtown Brooklyn |
| City | New York City |
| County | Kings |
| State | New York |
| Postal code/ZIP | 11201 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°41′19″N 73°59′10″W / 40.6887°N 73.9860°WCoordinates: 40°41′19″N 73°59′10″W / 40.6887°N 73.9860°W |
| Seating capacity | 18 |
Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare is a restaurant located at 200 Schermerhorn Street (at Hoyt Street) in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City with three Michelin stars.[1] It is the first New York City restaurant outside Manhattan to receive 3 Michelin stars.[2]
César Ramírez opened the restaurant in Brooklyn next to a grocery store. The establishment seats up to 18 guests[3] around a counter.[4] Richard Vines of Bloomberg Markets commented that the restaurant is hard to find.[4] The restaurant expects guests to refrain from note taking, picture taking, or cell phone use inside. Although it is hard to get reservations at the restaurant, there are regulars.[5] The wait for a reservation is up to 6 weeks. The person in charge of reservations has been stalked by strangers who beg for an earlier reservation.[2] The food is inspired by Japanese dishes which is "all about the ingredients, the freshness, and always very simple."[4]
There are 24 courses, including canapés, cheeses, soups, and desserts.[6] There is no choice of what the courses are. Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare uses around 900 serving pieces each night. Ramírez introduces each course by listing the ingredients.[6] When the food is served by the chefs, Ramírez watches the guests eat.[4]
Jean-Luc Naret, former director of the Michelin Guide, and his wife came in the restaurant and were surprised at what they saw.[3] When Ramírez received a call about the restaurant receiving its first two stars, he said that he could not believe it. Naret said that his call to Ramírez was his most beautiful call that he chose to be the last call.[7] He also called it one of the greatest restaurants in New York and one of the 300 greatest in the world according to Naret.[6]
Praise has not been unanimous. Tanya Gold, the restaurant critic for The Spectator, described the restaurant's website as "the most explicitly controlling—okay, rude—that I have ever encountered", and its personnel as "narcissistic paranoiacs who love tiny little fish and will share them with you for money". "If you want an experience like the one on offer at Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare," she wrote, "then put a dead fish on your kitchen table and punch yourself repeatedly in the face, then write yourself a bill for $425.29 (including wine). That should do it."[8]
References
- ↑ "New York City: 2012 Starred Restaurants". Michelin Guide. October 4, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- 1 2 Simone Weichselbaum (October 18, 2011). "Top Michelin rating 1st in city for non-Manhattan chow 3-star B'klyn eats". New York Daily News. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- 1 2 Regina Varolli (October 6, 2010). "Brooklyn Gets Its First 2 Michelin-Starred Chef, Cesar Ramirez". Huffington Post. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 Richard Vines (November 27, 2011). "Brooklyn's Most-Feted Chef Serves 30-Dish Feast in Local Store". Bloomberg Markets. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ↑ Silvia Kingsworth (November 29, 2010). "The Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare". The New Yorker. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- 1 2 3 Julianne Glatz (March 3, 2011). "Brooklyn Fare". Illinois Times. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ↑ Joshua David Stein (October 6, 2010). "Jean-Luc Naret's Very Early Morning and Very Good Day". Eater. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ↑ Gold, T. "A Goose in a Dress". Harper's Magazine, Vol. 331, No. 1984 (September 2015), pp. 73-8.