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The Stanton Social

99 Stanton St., New York, NY 10002
nr. Ludlow St. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-995-0099 Send to Phone

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Reader Rating:
5.7 out of 10
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Cuisine: Eclectic/Global

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Official Website

thestantonsocial.com

Hours

Mon-Wed, 5pm-2am; Thu-Fri, 5pm-3am; Sat, 11:30am-3am; Sun, 11:30am-2am

Nearby Subway Stops

F, V at Lower East Side-Second Ave.

Prices

$6-$21

Payment Methods

American Express, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

Bar Scene
Brunch - Weekend
Celeb-Spotting
Hot Spot
Late-Night Dining
Romantic
Take-Out

Alcohol

Full Bar

Reservations

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Profile

Popular since opening in 2005, Stanton Social knows the secret to Lower East Side popularity: Appeal to the transplanted A-listers without alienating the neighborhood’s scruffier long-timers. The posh first-floor dining room is a romance of dark wood with semicircular chocolate-suede banquettes, flickering votives, and cylindrical glass lamps suspended from a soaring ceiling; the upstairs lounge is a shrine to wine. Yet any hint of pretense vanishes once the food arrives. Chef-owner Chris Santos’s globe-spanning tapas menu is as quirky as it is nouveau. Some plates are delicate (tuna tartare in dainty phyllo; French-onion-soup dumplings); other choices are adamantly messy (Kobe-beef sliders; crunchy red-snapper tacos). The snack cakes for dessert include a bite-size version of the Twinkie and a cream-filled chocolate cupcake. Now isn’t that sweet? — Sarah Gold

Recommended Dishes

Nori spiced tuna tartare roll, $13; red snapper tacos, $10; Kobe beef slider, $7

Food:	7

Service:	1

Décor:	7

Value:	4

Food:	9

Service:	6

Décor:	9

Value:	9

I love this place! I live across the street and go here very often - never had a bad dish or cocktail in the several dozen times I've been. If you like spicey margaritas, they make a truly superb one - a really good blood orange margarita with jalapeno infused tequila. If tequila isn't your preferred poison, their other drinks are also delicious. As for the food, the French Onion Soup Dumplings are quite unique and rather tasty - definitely have a try! Equally creative and delicious, the Stone-Ground Blue Corn Crabcake Corn Dogs also satisfy a curious palate. But if there's one dish that's a must, the Kobe Beef Sliders are a clear crowd pleaser, especially if you're there mainly to socialize than to eat (ie you're seated upstairs in, what believe, is the perfect embodiment of what a lounge should look like) - they are little succulent 'beef clouds' of heavan!

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