#pearlandash

[vicstravelsecrets]

The last supper. Top left is the best pasta I've probably ever had (and I'm not a pasta person). Cavatelli with snap peas and green garlic. Also, chicken meatballs and a brisket with celery. #pearlandash #nyc #manhattan #whatsfordinner (at Pearl & Ash)

[vicstravelsecrets]

Last night in NYC together - at least on this trip! So much good food, laughter, shopping, and fun. Needs to be longer next time! #nyc #manhattan #pearlandash (at Pearl & Ash)

[cestlavienyc]

[chezcharles]

Pearl & Ash

Gracious and sincere hospitality from Cody at the bar, Mel, and Bryn Birkhohn (Somm) made for a great evening on a return trip. The 80's playlist is fun.

The wine list puts most others to shame in terms of breadth, depth, and approachability.

The food is innovative and novel. Each dish has a clear message from the kitchen, albeit with an occasional heavy hand on the salt. Savory highlights were the sirloin (carpaccio), tea cured salmon, hamachi, octopus, pork meatballs, squid/mussels, and eggplant. For dessert, the brioche waffle/strawberry/buckwheat honey ice cream was in the vein of less-sweet desserts that are more trendy in contemporary circles. It worked. No, wait. It worked exceptionally well. I thought that one would be the pinnacle of the desserts, but I hadn't gotten to the rice pudding/cara cara/cinnamon which Pastry Chef Michael Werrell says is a take on one of his comfort foods, arancini. Clever and compelling are terms that don't do this plate justice.  So with that, I hereby annoint that rice-based, nearly savory sweet plate with the "R.E.(tm)" certification. That's "Religious Experience" for those of you unfamiliar with my reviews. Yes, they're killin' it over there at P&A.

Definitely this is worth a visit, or repeat visit.

[effinbee]

It's 2014, we don't pop bottles, we saber them 🇺🇸🇫🇷 #PearlandAsh #Vin #nbd #whythefucknot #gunsnrosé

[luismos]

#pearlandash #bowery #nyc #sommlife #goodcuisine #goodvino