Mediterranean Restaurant & Bar (Le Med)

Frommer's Review

This is a simpler and more cost-effective version of the also-recommended Luciano's, with which it shares the same management and similar location (on the second floor of a building almost immediately next door). The decor includes a hardworking, almost indestructible combination of sand-colored floor tiles and refrigerated display cases loaded with pastries and salads. Devoid of linen, tables are so simple and angular-looking that they might have appeared within a coffee shop/diner. Don't let this simplicity fool you: The place serves well-flavored and surprisingly sophisticated food that attracted many of the actors filming the sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean, as well as rock star Jon Bon Jovi and a gaggle of hangers-on. The place is crowded during the breakfast hour, when omelets (including a feta cheese and spinach-laden version of a Greek omelet), eggs and bacon, and Bahamian stewed fish and steamed conch are crowd-pleasers. Lunch and dinner feature assorted Greek and Turkish-style mezes and Iberian-style tapas that include both marinated octopus and grilled calamari. Crepes, priced at $8 to $10 (£4.25-£5.30) each, come in both sweet and savory versions. Other tempters include a seafood combo piled high with lobster, shrimp, conch, fish, and mussels; Delmonico-style steaks; shashlik (marinated kabobs redolent with herbs); and braised lamb shank cooked in red wine.

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