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Klee Brasserie
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Hours
Mon-Wed, 5:30pm-11pm; Thu-Sun, noon-3pm and 5:30pm-11pm
Nearby Subway Stops
1 at 23rd St.; C, E at 23rd St.
Prices
$21-$27
Payment Methods
American Express, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Special Features
- Brunch - Weekend
- Business Lunch
- Dine at the Bar
- Hot Spot
- Lunch
- Open Kitchens / Watch the Chef
- Private Dining/Party Space
- Take-Out
Alcohol
- Full Bar
Reservations
Recommended
Profile
Klee Brasserie, which opened in a small bistrolike space near the busy intersection of Ninth Avenue and 23rd Street, represents a casual amalgamation of fashionable restaurant conceits. There is the brasserie reference, which means you can enjoy blue-plate specials on different days of the week (good slow-roasted lamb on Saturdays, not-so-good "Viennese fried chicken" on Mondays) and a properly hearty selection of foreign beers (Kölsch Reisdorf from Germany, Saison Dupont from Belgium). There is the earthy, overlarge menu laced with trendy Alsatian-Austrian recipes (Klee means "clover" in German), and sections devoted to increasingly untrendy genres like Small Bites, Wood Stone Oven, and Mesquite Grill. The bar serves archly named cocktails ("the Grape," "Mango Tango"), in the manner of many downtown bars these days, and the room is made to feel stylishly casual in the usual way, with the presence of lots of blond, well-carpentered wood.
NoteTry the Holunder Margarita, made with Corzo tequila and elderflowers.
Ideal MealKurobuta-pork tonnato, swordfish, Sacher torte.
Related Stories
New York Magazine Reviews
- Adam Platt's Full Review (2/19/07)
- Gael Greene's Full Review (12/25/06)
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