A COMEDY OF ERRORS!
How many times have you agreed to meet someone and you were both at what you thought was the appointed place at the right time, but once there were never able to find each other???????????
Well, last week, while I was sitting in the lobby of the Gramercy Carlton Hotel waiting for Paul who was to meet me for dinner at the "Cafe at Country" restaurant, he was at the table smug in the thought that he had beaten me to the appointed spot. Since Paul didn't have his cellphone it took us 30 minutes to figure it out. Not an auspicious start to dinner, but nothing that a cocktail couldn't remedy!
The Cafe turned out to be a good choice. Portion sizes were reasonable (especially for people on diets) enabling appetizer and entree without feeling any guilt about over-eating. Appetizers were equally wonderful. Paul's was a poached egg atop delicate mushrooms, and artichoke hearts (which I scored because they are on Paul's list of undesired eats), and a delicate sauce. My own salad was less interesting but fresh and I did have the artichokes. My salmon was perfectly cooked, served with fresh spring vegetables; Paul's fish, a type of bass was good, but less flavourful then the salmon. No dessert for us, but there was lots of good looking chocolate choices and ice cream on this menu.
A nice atmosphere, interesting bar and worth a return visit.
Carlton Hotel
90 Madison Avenue
212-889-7100
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