353 — Restaurant in New York

Friendly and inviting space with a good drink menu but i would not come back here to eat. A lot of this is on me: I had assumed a cocktail bar with small plates would have a bit more sophisticated offerings than chicken nachos and poppers, but in reality it's the same upstate bar food that you can find everywhere in the area. The deviled eggs were under seasoned and thus disappointing. The artichoke dip was also pretty basic and the flatbread was of noticeably poor quality: it had a school cafeteria chewiness and clearly came off a truck from somewhere far away. The caprese panini was probably the best of the three things we tried, but i probably wouldn't come here...

I wish I could recommend 353 for drinks, because the atmosphere is lovely, and the cocktails were mixed well. However, both my partner and I agreed there was hardly any alcohol in the cocktails (a drinking establishment will get into trouble for this sleight-of-hand in Britain, for example, where rules are strict and enforced.). I think it is frankly kind of lousy and low to serve a cocktail this way, and the fact they did this to both drinks indicates it's their practice. To charge a big city price on top of all that is rather stunning. If you want to have a business that repels customers from returning a second time, this is the...

My bartender had the widest selection of gin I've ever heard of. So I decided to go back to my basic Gin Martini. He recommended the Brooklyn Gin since I'm all about my local distillers... He also recommended that I try blue cheese olives instead of plain olives and orange bitters instead of my go-to Angostura bitters. The Brooklyn Gin has a distinct smooth flavor, unlike anything I've ever had before. I was thinking this would be my nightcap, but am now feeling refreshed... 👍👍👍👍Kudos to Brooklyn Gin and to my knowledgeable bartender,...