Lunch Is Back on the Menu at Manhatta

The dedicated following of restaurateur Danny Meyer will be happy to learn that, this week, his high-rise concept Manhatta (28 Liberty St.) is now once again serving during lunch hours daily from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. The restaurant announced the news via their Instagram (give them a follow).

Perched on the 60th floor, the sky-high operation is famous for cityscape scenery and chic vibes — on top of which they’ve an impressive cocktail list that perfectly complements the aerial views. The weekday lunch menu has the following: 

• Sungold tomatoes with chilled tomato dashi and sesame tofu $22
• Chicory salad with thomcord grapes, blue cheese, and hazelnut miso vinaigrette $18
• Scallop crudo with plum, shiso, and jalapeño $24
• Tete de cochon with maple cured trout roe and peanuts $26
• Queens cup oysters with green tomato and horseradish granite $25
• Beef tartare with fermented black sunchoke and asian pear $25
• Dry aged burger with koji onions, cooper sharp and chips $34
• Foie gras and duck pie with green peppercorns and vin jaune $46
• Pennsylvania golden chicken with peaches, chanterelles and anson mills grits $37
• Red snapper with a salad of seafood and summer vegetables seasoned with swarnadwipa $38
• Fairytale eggplant with farro, yogurt, and fermented black soybean $32
• American Wagyu bavette steak with jimmy nardellos, anchovy and oregano $45

Sides include green salad with hazelnut miso vinaigrette, purple sweet potato chips with umami powder and turnips with sauce ravigote.

Their weekend lunch options look slightly different: 

• Sungold tomatoes with chilled tomato dashi and sesame tofu $22 
• Scallop crudo with plum, shiso, and jalapeño $24 
• Beef tartare with fermented black sunchoke and asian pear $25 
• Charred zucchini with stracciatella, ramp and pistachio $24 
• Blue crab and caviar with green tomato and horseradish $42 
• Oysters Manhatta with uni and champagne sabayon $34 
• Barbecued freshwater eel with bone marrow $33 
• Tete de cochon with maple cured trout roe and peanuts $26 
• Foie gras and duck pie with green peppercorns and vin jaune $46 
• Fairytale eggplant with farro, yogurt, and fermented black soybean $32 
• Red snapper with a salad of seafood and summer vegetables seasoned with swarnadwipa $44
• Grilled lobster with black garlic, tokyo turnips and carolina gold rice $68 
• Pennsylvania golden chicken with peaches, chanterelles and anson mills grits $51 
• Côte de bœuf for two with caraflex cabbage and pommes aligot $170

Manhatta also offers a chef’s tasting menu for $175 per person. Book reservations here. 

photo: Giada Paoloni