135 East 62nd Street
Fishtail by David Burke was the first of our Restaurant Week venues. The friendly maître d’ gently whisked us past the bar area in to the dining room on the second floor of this UES townhouse. This contemporary room had colorful abstract paintings of fish on one wall and traditional drawings of fish on the other. Huge yellow and orange cylindrical chandeliers illuminated the room. The wait staff was top notch. Our wine by the glass was generously poured from the bottle at our table. What a lovely touch! The triangular pieces of butter were flecked with brown sea salt that would satisfy connoisseurs that object to softened butter. And the rolls were scrumptious and heated to perfection. The cuisine is billed as American New and from appetizer to dessert, we were pleased. The timing of the courses was well-timed. The sizable endive salad with olives, candy cane beets with orange spiced dressing was topped with shavings of manchego cheese. My entrée of moist sea scallops was tasty, but the spicy sausage cornbread stuffing was dry. For dessert, we shared the delicious spiced apricot shortcake and chocolate torte. The individually wrapped gifts of caramel popcorn that came with our bill, however, was a minor misstep. A return visit? Good food, yet not extraordinary and the ambience did not press us to linger.
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