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The Japanese restaurant-and-hotel corporation Plan Do See makes American inroads with its first New York restaurant, Greenwich Grill, in Tribeca. Make that first and second New York restaurants: While Greenwich Grill proper inhabits the first floor, Sushi Azabu, a bamboo-ceilinged, rice-paper-walled sushi bar, is located in the basement. In Japan, the Greenwich Grill concept goes by the name Pacific Grill; both showcase the company’s signature Japanese-accented compendium of Italian, French, and Californian cuisines, epitomized in dishes like Zuwai-crab-and-bottarga spaghettini, Niman Ranch pork spare ribs with sesame-ginger rice, and mont blanc for dessert, served with matcha instead of espresso. The brunch menu offers not only a burger but Japanese curry with rice. As for where the California influence comes from: The owner’s a big fan of Chez Panisse. — Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite

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Recipes at Greenwich Grill

• Fusilli With Pacific Saury (2008)