Published September 18, 2006
Game On
Heart of Texas Lands in the Flatiron
The moment you've been waiting for has arrived: you can now order kangaroo meat in the Flatiron.
And good kangaroo at that.
Chef Tim Love is a true born-and-bred Texan, and he has the wild game menu to prove it. The Manhattan debut
of his restaurant
Lonesome Dove brings the only place in town where you can feel home on the range
(underneath a monstrous Longhorn Steer mount), eat a little hunted game, and kick back some drinks—in
a saloon atmosphere that's all Lone Star State (minus the concealed handguns).
The
Braised Rabbit Empanadas and the
Boursin-Stuffed Kangaroo Nachos should have you
second-guessing the role that chicken has been playing in your life. The
Game Rubbed New Zealand Red
Deer Chops are supremely tender (and come with some killer white truffle mac and cheese), and if you
want to go in for the kill, the two-foot long
Grilled Tomahawk Chop, a whole steer rib, should put
all questions of manhood to rest.
If the meat off of the bone isn't enough, try the
Prairie Butter, a tasty roasted buffalo bone
marrow (you're in Texas now) that you spread on grilled bread. Finally, no stop at the Dove is complete
without doing a shot of
Tuaca (a chilled Italian liqueur) in the kitchen with the Chef
himself.
Now that's what we call true Love.
VITALS
Lonesome Dove Western Bistro
29 W. 21st St
(between 5th and 6th Aves)
Chelsea
New York, NY 10010
212-414-3139
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