Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group has decided not to give another go in the Eleven Madison Avenue space that once housed its Floyd Cardoz restaurant Tabla. Instead, with two new restaurants coming in quick succession—the upcoming Untitled at the Whitney next week and Floyd Cardoz's next go, North End Grill in Battery Park City, at the end of the year—they are turning the space over to Gastón Acurio's high-end Peruvian chain La Mar Cebicheria for its first New York go of it. The restaurant company already has locations in Peru, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Panama, Colombia and San Francisco.
Danny Meyer's Tabla Replaced By Peruvian Restaurant
Midweek Special: NYC Restaurant Review Roundup
The Times's Sam Sifton reviews Tanoreen this week; it's a Lebanese place in Brooklyn run by a Palestinian-blooded, Israeli-born, American resident mother and daughter team. The food is everything good middle eastern food should be, with "ethereal hummus, lightened with lemon juice to the point of being cloudlike, and some crazily flavorful tabbouleh, whose mint and bulgur combine into something that tastes very much like joy." However, the entrees aren't as successful, and Sifton gets sidetracked over the use of basil on middle eastern lamb. "Is such cooking authentic? Yes, though no. It doesn’t matter and who cares. It’s mostly delicious."
Shaking Up the Seder Table at New York Restaurants
If the thought of matzo ball "sinkers" and your aunt's dried out brisket are making you dread Passover, perhaps you can convince the family to eat out for the seder this year. Many restaurants are offering more traditional seders, but some are kicking up the spice.

