Beauty & Essex

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Beauty and Essex Photograph: Caroline Voagen Nelson

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Thu Dec 2 2010

Chef Chris Santos (Stanton Social) brings his globally inflected small plates to an another AvroKO-designed fantasyland on the Lower East Side. A curated thrift store in front hawks vintage jewelry, boom boxes and guitars; a gigantic one-story crystal chandelier fronts a grand, curving staircase; and the main dining room opens up under a massive skylight. Though the interior aims to dazzle, the food offers comforting flavors—grilled cheese and tomato soup dumplings, and mains like braised veal short ribs with a tangerine-BBQ glaze and onion rings. To drink there are updates on cocktail classics, like the B&E Pink Lady (gin, house-made grenadine, lemon, applejack), but freebie seekers might want to head to the bathroom, where a bartender slings gratis flutes of bubbly.

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Address:
Beauty & Essex 146 Essex St
Lower East Side
New York
10002

Cross Street:
between Rivington and Stanton Sts
Phone:
212-614-0146
Website:
beautyandessex.com
Opening hours:
Daily 5pm–1am
Transport:
Subway: F to Delancey St; J, Z, M to Delancey–Essex Sts
Price:
Average main course: $18. AmEx, Disc, MC, V
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1. Beauty & Essex
  - 146 Essex St
    Lower East Side
    New York
    10002
  - 212-614-0146
  - beautyandessex.com
  - 40.720367,-73.986774

Categories:
Food & Drink
Facilities:
Restaurant & bar facilities. Full bar. Entertainment. Entertainment
Good for:
Birthdays. Dating. Date night. Drinks. Bar scene. Cocktails. Going in a group. Late night. Lively scene

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This is one of the largest restaurants that has opened in the LES with 10,000 square feet on two floors. I believe it's Chef Chris Santos's second restaurant in NYC (he owns Stanton Social a few block away). The ambiance is more of the style in the Meat Packing area where the space is very flashy and luxurious (think circa Glam 70s and sexy!). This is the spot to go with a bunch of friends, not if you want to have an intimate dinner or with parents who are in town. The main dining room is downstairs and upstairs is lounge style (you can order the full menu upstairs too.) Their tapas menu is big & food is very good. Often at this type of giant sized trendy spot the food is just ok ...but everything here is very good. The bone marrow with shallot marmalade is one of the best I EVER had, even better than Prune's ...and I love Prune. Trendy Japanese Shishito Peppers are a must to order and share. The tapas size & price is fair except for their meatballs (after I found out it was $18, I will never order it again, especially when a few blocks away you can have amazing meatballs for $7 at The Meatball Shop).

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