April 17, 2007
Landmarc Opens Early at the Time Warner Center
Yesterday at the Time Warner Center, Chef Marc Murphy somewhat stealthily opened the doors to the uptown outpost of Landmarc, his 3 year-old, well-regarded Tribeca restaurant. Murphy began to look northward last year when he opened Ditch Plains in the West Village. With Landmarc firmly established as a neighborhood bright spot with serious food (like the $12 roasted marrow bones with onion marmalade and grilled bread, pictured), and with Ditch Plains going strong with its clam bar/set count aesthetic (the only thing better than its all-day breakfast is its bric-a-brac seafood add-on options- you can order Anson Mills grits with oysters and lobster if you want), many have wondered if the new version of Landmarc can possibly retain the charm of the original inside the glass and steel canyons of a giant mall. With the same Brasserie/New American menu and a big emphasis on straightforward kids' meals (from carrot sticks & peanut butter to orecchiette with plain butter sauce, and toothache-inducing cotton candy), as well as a thoughtful wine list, the new Landmarc stands to remedy the fine dining fatigue suffered by diners who aren’t really feeling another array of microscopic quail egg custards, or truffled whatever du jour (you know who you are). Additionally, Chef Murphy and crew seem to have a fully formed battle plan that includes delivery from Fifth to West End Avenue, from 55th to 66th, and 300 seats to work their magic.
While the Time Warner Center is a mixed-bag location for showcase restaurants (where did you go, Charlie Trotter?), success at Landmarc v.2 might hinge on something it already has in spades downtown: great food, and an almost universal likeability. While some might fret that the plain facts of the new Landmarc’s location almost certainly means a restaurant that is seemingly built both for tourists and its Central Park-edged neighborhood, all fears will doubtlessly be assuaged by a heaping order of mussels, fries and a choice of five sauces ($22), and there’ll be no need at all to call the dish by its French name.
Landmarc, Time Warner Center
10 Columbus Circle, 3rd Floor
212-823-6123
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another glowing gothamist "review-vertising" which looks like it was written from a press release.
bra-fucking-vo!
Holy moly, I didn't realize Ditch has all-day breakfast.
I've dined at bout Landmarc-Tribeca and Ditch Plains. Great service, food and wine. I'm glad they opened a place in at the TWC.
And they deliver to my office! Bonus!
All day breakfast at Ditch Plains, good, $2 for a slice of gruyere and $3 for a slice of ham on an egg sandwich, pricey. I've had much better homemade (not by me, of course). Nobody, however, can make that horrible corona and tobasco drink like them.
hr: right on.
Did anyone else see the Iron Chef America with Murphy vs. Flay? The theme was "breakfast" and Murphy cooked circles around Flay, but Murphy ultimately lost due to the knucklehead judges, apparently enamoured with Flay's mastery of incorporating chipotle and blue corn into any given dish.
I know, but all day? I'll bet even your homemade breakfasts weren't served at all hours. Nutella at all hours, maybe, but not egg sandwiches.
Homemade breakfasts, all hours. Nutella, never. But oh! Those egg sandwiches. I think I miss those almost more than anything. Almost.
I'm no epicure, but I can't imagine them even coming close.
I would like my egg sandwich now, please.
epicure - a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink). Do you mean egg sandwich and nutella?
Sensuous, yes. You mean comparing egg sam and nutella? No.
Ah. Just clarifying. Those egg samwiches were amazing, but no - not even close. I only think about the egg samwiches ONCE a day.