Iris, From John Fraser, Opens in Midtown Manhattan

Amy Racine, the beverage director at Iris, manages a sweets and libations cart at the restaurant. Credit: Karsten Moran for The New York Times
Amy Racine, the beverage director at Iris, manages a sweets and libations cart at the restaurant. Credit: Karsten Moran for The New York Times

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With its November opening derailed by the pandemic, this elegant addition to Midtown Manhattan eating, from the chef and restaurateur John Fraser, is now prepared for enterprise. The meals makes clear Mr. Fraser’s Greek heritage, one thing that was much less evident in his different ventures, just like the Loyal and the North Fork Table, which he lately reopened in Southold, N.Y. You additionally might have sampled a few of his Greek dishes at Snack Taverna within the West Village. He calls his new restaurant “a bit of a homecoming,” he stated. “It’s the food I really love.” Among the dishes are tzatziki flecked with sorrel; lamb tartare with ramp labneh; lemon potato salad; sweetbread kokoretsi with purslane and lemon; snapper braised with leeks and Kalamata olives; lamb marinated in mastic and served with scallion pancakes. And it’s not nearly Greece. There are Turkish flatbreads and lamb meatballs. The government chef is Rob Lawson, who was with Mr. Fraser at 701West within the Times Square Edition. With his beverage director, Amy Racine, Mr. Fraser has assembled a wine and spirits listing that features many picks from Greece and Turkey. In addition, Ms. Racine manages a roving cart of candy and digestif libations from Greece and Turkey which might be served with typical sweets. There are outside tables in addition to 68 seats indoors at 50 % capability. (Opens Wednesday)

1740 Broadway (55th Street), 212-970-1740.

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