Tapas Restaurants
our suggestions
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Mercat
45 Bond St., NoHo, NYYou won’t catch the Infatuation hanging out here on a regular basis, but every once in a while it’s fun to kick back, drink in hand, and watch the ridiculous action unfold around you. Their selection of exclusively Spanish wines is just as attractive as the pretty people drinking them and – shocker special – the food is good too.
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Bar Carrera
146 W. Houston St., Greenwich Village, NYBar Carrera is an example of little things done right. The diminutive Spanish restaurant and wine bar turns out excellent small plates from a tiny kitchen at the back of the room.
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Bar Jamón
125 E. 17th St., Gramercy, NYWe probably should have posted this review when we first wrote about Casa Mono, but that was back in the day when Immaculate Infatuation was just a struggling newborn, still in the incubator. I think Casa Mono was restaurant review number five on the site. But now that we’re a strong (and fussy) two year [...]
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Socarrat Nolita
284 Mulberry St., Nolita, NYWe like the original Socarrat Paella Bar quite a bit – and we’re obviously not the only ones. So, as it goes when you’ve got a hot concept, Socarrat has begun its sprawl with a wine bar adjacent to its Chelsea flagship and a new, comparatively spacious location in Nolita. This Nolita location is exciting [...]
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Txikito
240 9th Ave., Chelsea, NYWhat does Txikito mean? Well, first of all, it’s a play on the ancient Basque language where a T followed by an X makes a “ch”. Therefore, you get the adorable name, pronounced “chic kee toh”. What does “chic kee toh” mean? That two straight guys can never meet here for dinner. “Dude, meet me [...]
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Bacaro
136 Division St., Lower East Side, NYThough the food at Bacaro is pretty good, it’s the kind of place you come to for the atmosphere. Exposed brick, crystal chandeliers, one large white candle on each table…if you can actually manage to get a date to come to this part of Manhattan, at least know you’re probably going to close the deal.
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El Quinto Pino
401 W. 24th St., Chelsea, NYA while back, we pointed out in the Txikito review that this particular block of NYC happens to be in an ideal corridor for first date dining. El Quinto Pino is certainly part of that equation, but we say so a bit reluctantly. Why? Well, it’s a cozy little wine and tapas bar with character, [...]
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Boqueria
53 W 19th St., Flatiron, NYHit or miss Spanish food that seems to be very popular with large groups of girls. Not that we’re mad at that…
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Tertulia
359 Avenue of the Americas, West Village, NYAfter all the fuss that’s been made over Tertulia from the “professional” food writers – including rave reviews, year end listage and general chef Seamus Mullen circle jerking, we expected to roll in here and be so blown away by Spanish food done right that, by the time we left, we’d be booking flights to [...]
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Alta
64 W. 10th St., Greenwich Village, NYWe went to Alta with high expectations after hearing multiple (mostly female) friends rave about the food and famous “secret recipe” sangria. After tasting their sangria, A.K.A. gutter juice, it became clear why people are so obsessed. Because they’re all f*cking wasted. The sangria tastes nothing like regular sangria – it’s more like a Spanish [...]
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