She is the best thing to happen to Garzon.
When Lucia arrived in Garzon as chef Francis Mallmann’s protegee and personal assistant, she felt something special about the pueblo; she fell in love with it. She bought a casita on the edge of the village and, with her inimitable style, created a tiny home of great charm. When it was clear that she was going to change her permanent address from Buenos Aires to Pueblo Garzon, she made her next great leap — she opened her own restaurant and called it Lucifer.
Lucifer, with its delicious, daily changing menu, welcomes its steady stream of diners to open air tables and cozy fires beautifully situated in the courtyard of Lu’s casita. With a price point that is substantially less than at Francis Mallmann’s world renowned Restaurant Garzon across town on the Plaza, it has created for those who would drive the 30 minutes from Jose Ignacio – and for those of us who live in the pueblo itself – a dining option that we adore. With her quirky clothes and hair coiffed a la Kahlo, Lu welcomes her guests with a warmth and magnetic smile that is as delicious as her food.
Oh, yes. And there is one other reason we love going to Lucifer. How can you go through a day without a kiss from little Soma!
http://restaurantlucifer.com/Lucifer_Restaurant_-_Pueblo_Garzon/Bienvenida.html
Metta, Norberto Piattoni's Fort Green neighborhood restaurant[/caption]
Francis Mallmann, the revered Argentinian chef made famous by his many restaurants around the world, a couple of books on his cooking style and a hit television series, Chef's Table, has ensured his legacy with a diaspora of chef proteges, two of whom have rolled up in New York. Norberto, better known to his friends as Negro, recently opened Metta, a neighborhood restaurant located on a quiet corner two blocks from the Fort Greene farmers market in Brooklyn. It offers sustainably sourced, vegetable-forward dishes all cooked in a custom designed, open-fire kitchen, using South American asado techniques, utilizing all aspects of the fire (smoke, flame, ash and embers) to create layers of flavor in dishes. Packed with happy diners the night I went, it is relaxed, delicious, interesting and fun.
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Flora Bar, Ignacio Mattos' third opening in New York[/caption]
Ignacio Mattos was born in Uruguay and learned to cook in the kitchens of Mallman and Slow Food legend, Alice Waters. His two other restaurants in New York, Estela, with its bold, Mediterranean-inspired cooking, and Altro Paradiso, with its Italian cuisine, are favorites of mine. Now, Ignacio has come with his team to the Met Brauer on 76th and Madison, offering small bites as well as main dishes in a comfortable setting either indoors or on the open terrace. Service is superb, wines delicious and the food captivating. The space, in my opinion, could do with some tlc - easily accomplished. If you can serve food like that, a bit of flower planting and decorating should come easy.
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