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Josie's Restaurant

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  • Reader Rating:

    7.4 out of 10

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    8 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Cuisine: American Nouveau, Health Food, Pizza, Vegetarian/Vegan

Official Website

josiesnyc.com

Payment Methods

American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

  • Brunch - Weekend
  • Delivery
  • Good for Groups
  • Take-Out

Alcohol

  • Full Bar

Reservations

Accepted/Not Necessary

Profile

In these uncertain agricultural times, people question where their food comes from, and Louis Lanza, chef-owner of both Josie's on the Upper West Side and its Murray Hill outpost, is full of reassuring answers, most of them printed right on the menu. The sleek design shatters every health-food-restaurant cliche.  All appetizers and main dishes are dairy free but not necessarily meat free, so vegans can enjoy a veggie "meatloaf " while meat eaters wolf down a natural, free-range rotisserie chicken.  A mixed-eating-habit couple can put together a nice, inexpensive meal by orderingone entrée each and splitting an order of steamed dumplings in a creamy red pepper coulis or a side of mashed sweet potatoes with cranberries. — Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

 

7.4 "Recommended"
Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10		 Write Your Own Review
87% Would you go back?
75% Would you take a date?
100% Would you take kids?
37% Would you go on business?
25% Would you go on a special occasion?
Food: 7.8
Service: 7.3
Décor: 7.4
Value: 7.4

Good for the scene but not for the food

battousai from 07632 | Posted on 5/17/05

Overall Rating: 6 (Mixed Reviews)
Food: 5
Service: 7
Décor: 8
Value: 4

The vibe is cool, young, and flirty with all the pretty young things enjoying their bellinis for brunch but other than that, the food is pretty boring and the menu is quite limited. It serves up the usual organic fare but devoid of all personality. The food is bland and the service is a little spacy, but if you like the Murray Hill people watching scene, then go for brunch.

Consistently Fine -- and Good For You

mathompson from | Posted on 5/17/05

Overall Rating: 6 (Mixed Reviews)
Food: 6
Service: 6
Décor: 6
Value: 6

So you've just assuaged your consumerist conscience by dropping off bags of donated goods at Housing Works -- so where better to continue your virtousness than brunching at Josies? The food is better for you than numerous other UWS bruncheries, and there's a buzz of contentment thanks to the smoothly-run establishment. The food is fine. A basket of cinnamon-apple bread with apple-ginger spread, and pancakes with strawberry butter and an eggs benedict with portabella mushroom instead of Canadian bacon. Coffee and juice and a tab which is reasonable -- and you're back outside, in the sun, walking the neighborhood without that bloated, I-shouldn't-have-eaten-that feeling. Consistency has its own rewards.

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