Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Restaurant Review - Kingswood, NY NY

A birthday dinner for a dear freind brought me to Kingswood in the West Village, one of my favorite neighborhoods in NY, for one of my favorite friends!  Its a cute old area, rich with history, expensive appartments, cobble stone streets that are a challenge in heals but worth every painful step for each corner has a unique and amazing restaturant.

Its an open room with a great bar in the middle, dimly lit, with great long tables and dried plants, flowers and herbs hanging from the ceiling.  Windows and plants on the back wall look real, feeling like your in a house and not a street front restaurant.  The bartender has a great selection of fun concotions, with fresh honey, house made grenedine, fruit juice, and house made Pimm's.  I got there early and had a Rose Royale...an amazing combination of rum, housemade grenadine, champagne and some kind of citrus.  Delish, but way to pricey for such a small cocktail, I could have had at least 10 shots of this.

The ladies arrived, hugs and kisses, wine, chitchat and and then realized we were way past our reservation time and took our seats.

We opted for the small plates as we couldnt decide between all the amazing options, and we like to pretend we wont each that much.
  •  Zuchini Salad - Amazing, raw, crunchy, fresh, with a little kick and some goat cheese
  • Farro Salad - Bits of bacon, hazelnuts, and fresh spinach - perfectly dressed
  • Meat and Cheese platter - served with fresh bread, fruit and honey
  • (More wine)
  • Mussels and Fries - SPICEY, but delish with lemongrass, green curry, coconut, and a little too much jalapeño (+Bread, lots of Bread)
  • Butternut Squash Soup - I didnt try this because my mouth was on fire and i was so stuffed that more wine was the only thing to make it better
Overall, amazing meal, nicely priced for three appropriately stuffed young ladies.  We didnt do dessert as we all pretended we were hitting the gym early in the morning, I did not make it.
I highly recommend a visit and all the food...perhaps ask them to go light on the jalapeño.

http://kingswoodnyc.com/site/

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