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El Quinto Pino

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401 W. 24th St., New York, NY 10011
at Ninth Ave.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-206-6900 Send to Phone

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  • Reader Rating:

    7.0 out of 10

    4 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Cuisine: Spanish/Tapas
Photo by Jay Hanna for New York Magazine

Hours

Sun-Thu, 5pm-midnight; Fri-Sat, 5pm-1am

Nearby Subway Stops

C, E at 23rd St.

Prices

$3-$15

Payment Methods

American Express, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

  • Dine at the Bar
  • Hot Spot
  • Reservations Not Required

Alcohol

  • Beer and Wine Only

Reservations

Not Accepted

Profile

El Quinto Pino honors Spanish tradition by offering some foods, like olives and anchovies, virtually untouched. But elsewhere, chef Alexandra Raij and her chef de cuisine, Amorette Casaus, personalize the fare with unexpected flourishes. Five tender shrimp float in a pungent garlic sauce that’s infiltrated with ginger. The meaty bite in a chickpea-and-spinach stew comes from pimentón. And instead of gazpacho, Raij offers its so-called cousin, salmorejo, a creamy tomato emulsion with bits of hard-boiled egg and chorizo. Sea-urchin roe is big in Asturias but not like this: inserted into a skinny length of ficelle, slicked with butter and Korean mustard oil, then pressed in the Easy-Bake-Oven-size kitchen behind the bar. It comes, like the menu’s other streamlined sandwiches (serrano ham and a pulled-chicken-pork-and-morcilla concoction) tucked into a waxed-paper bag like a Shackburger.

Extra

In addition to beer and wine, El Quinto Pino also serves specialty frozen cocktails.

Note
Try to station yourself at a bar stool in front of the chalkboard food menu, which might be the best seat in the 26-seat house.

Ideal Meal

“Noche de ronda,” fried eggplant, uni panini, fried cod, chickpea stew, casadielles (fried ravioli with walnuts and honey).

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Great place, but salty

amberlynn1106 from 10027 | Posted on 3/6/09

Overall Reader Rating: 5 (Mixed Reviews)
Food: 4
Service: 8
Décor: 8
Value: 4

I am known to like food with a salt quotient a bit higher than others. I also love good wine. Often, the two compliment each other fine. Tonight, my husband and I tried El Quinto Pino for the first time. The...Read More

unexpected delicacy

foodieQ from 10011 | Posted on 10/5/08

Overall Reader Rating: 8 (Recommended)
Food: 9
Service: 7
Décor: 8
Value: 7

I was very happy to find this unique little wine bar in my neighborhood. Uni is one of my favorite seafood and when I read about the uni panini, I had to try it. The panini came in a wax paper...Read More

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