Pic courtesy of SHO
Suspend your disbelief—at the weirdly non-New York vibe in the dining room, and at the fact that a seriously fantastic restaurant can exist in the Financial District tangle—and you’ll be in for one of the best food experiences to hit the city this year. At SHO, chef Shaun Hergatt, of the same-named restaurant at Miami’s Setai hotel, is spinning out ingredient combos that manage to make sense and crackle with all kinds of surprises. You might find a pile of sweet peekytoe crab with galangal gelee and Santa Barbara uni, or caramelized Scottish salmon with Thai basil broth. It’s not just the ideas that excite: Hergatt’s execution is as dynamic and assured as the dining room is hushed and ethereal.
SHO Shaun Hergatt. The Setai New York, 4o Broad St.; (212) 809-3993.
Prices/Features: UPSC, VGT, GRP (See Welcome to Salmaland for key to letter abbreviations.)