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Mercat
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45 Bond St.,
New York, NY 10012
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Official Website
Hours
Mon-Thu, 5pm-11pm; Fri-Sat, 5pm-midnight; Sun, 5pm-10pm
Nearby Subway Stops
6 at Bleecker St.; B, D, F, V at Broadway-Lafayette St.
Prices
$12-$18
Payment Methods
American Express, MasterCard, Visa
Special Features
- Dine at the Bar
- Notable Wine List
- Open Kitchens / Watch the Chef
- Private Dining/Party Space
Alcohol
- Full Bar
Reservations
Recommended
- Make a Reservation with opentable.com
Profile
Mercat means market in Catalan, the language spoken in the Spanish region that inspired this restaurant and tapas lounge in Noho. Owner Jaime Reixach is a native of Catalonia’s capital city, Barcelona, and he's enlisted two American co-chefs who’ve spent time cooking and eating there themselves (in between stints at Jean Georges, Casa Mono, and Bouley). The 90-seat space is equipped with an open kitchen, a ham-and-cheese station, and a basement tapas lounge, and the wine list is all-Spanish, with a selection of cavas, sherries, and seasonal sangrías. To supplement such familiar territory as tortilla español and patatas bravas, the menu offers regional specialties like fideua negra, or noodles cooked with cuttlefish and its own ink, and Catalan fish stew with haddock, mussels, shrimp, and lobster.
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| 7.9 | "Recommended" Average Reader Rating on a Scale of 10 |
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loved it
overnewyork from 11211 | Posted on 7/8/09
| Food: | 8 |
| Service: | 10 |
| Décor: | 10 |
| Value: | 10 |
had a very good time at MERCAT. excellent wine list, the "sale" page is funny too, your chance to drink mucho expensive wines for a much lower price. bartender was polite, hospitable and very good in identifying what type of wine we liked (i like heavy and big, my friend likes lite and not spicy). big glasses, excellent bench outside for smoking. tapas delicious. all GOOD!
Not quite what it aspires to
DSGelinas from 10009 | Posted on 1/3/09
| Food: | 7 |
| Service: | 3 |
| Décor: | 8 |
| Value: | 5 |
Mercat is the type of restaurant that aspires to be an exceptional Spanish restaurant, while loosing sight of the fact that it should be a decent overall restaurant first and foremost. The wine list was extensive, but the waiter's understanding of the wine and even liquor list was disturbingly limited. Realizing the best small Spanish dishes are often fried, Mercat even fell short of tasty fried food. Overly greasy and under flavored, the cheese platter was the most delicious part of the meal. Consistently disappointing Tapas in addition to underwhelming service makes for an over priced experience and a disappointing meal.
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