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08/28/2008 23:57
Icon - USA - New York - Restaurant - American - dining - Food - NYC - Mediterranean


Myriad/Nieporent-branded hipness with well-executed menu of fusion favorites. It is always night in a W hotel, especially this one, with its catchy play list, dim lighting, and staff all dressed in black. Icon feeds the red-eyed denizens of this permanent midnight. Red velvet banquettes make the minimal seem lush in a long, granite-floored dining room, leading to the only point of day--the light-filled patio room. The midtown clientele isn't all immaculately disheveled: Business suits dot the landscape any time of morning, noon and night.



The Food

Icon sports the usual high-quality hotel breakfast (applewood smoked bacon, brioche French toast, egg white omelette), organizing everything on a meticulous black leather menu. Later in the day, seafood comes first for chef Brian Wieler. The somewhat curt, almost identical lunch and dinner menus contain sea-dredged goodies like crisp fried oysters, delicate peekytoe crab salad, and plump roasted sea scallops. For land lovers, soft, buttery mashed potatoes frame succulent hunks of pan-roasted chicken in a honey-sweet sauce.

The Extras

On clear Fridays, popular New York movies are projected onto a wall of the open-air patio room. A special menu applies, with snacks such as popcorn.

Know Before You Go

The wine list contains some strong, albeit expensive California varietals. Meanwhile, Vieilles Vagnes from the Rhone Valley is a value at $27.



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130 E 39th St
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 592-8888


 
Cross Street: Lexington Avenue
Directions: 4,5,6 at 33rd St.

Restaurant Information

Hours

  • Mon-Wed 7am-11am, 12pm-2:30pm, 5:45pm-10pm
  • Thu-Fri 7am-11am, 12am-2:30pm, 5:45pm-10:30pm
  • Sat 8am-12pm, 5:45pm-10:30pm
  • Sun 8am-12pm

Dress Code

  • Casual

Payment Types

  • Discover
  • Diners Club
  • Visa
  • American Express
  • MasterCard

Cuisines

  • American (New)
  • Mediterranean

Meal Price

  • $$

Amenities

  • Online Reservations
  • Hotel Dining



    Icon Menu


    Lunch Menu
    Entree
    Wild Salmon curry meuniere, fava beans and maine crab
     27.00
    White Tuna roasted tomato jus, zucchini, nicoise olives, red peppers and asparagus
     29.00
    Striped Bass melted leeks, grapes and port wine sauce
     27.00
    Angel Hair Pasta merguez sausage ragu and ricotta salata
     20.00
    Filet Mignon potato puree, baby spinach and red wine shallot sauce
     32.00
    Black Chicken honey braised thigh, liquid winter truffle, potato puree and corn "air and powder
     28.00
    Milk Fed Veal Chop spiced figs coco nibs, baby carrots and natural jus
     38.00
    Farmers Market Menu $30
    Per Person. Week Of October 22nd
    Fennel soup with lemon verbena
    Pumpkin Custard wild mushroom fricassee
    Lobster Roll tarragon, celery and espelette
    Chocolate praline, rice krispie and vanilla bean ice cream
    First Course
    Lobster And Chestnut soup with tarragon "air"
     12.00
    Wild Mushrooms celery root, liquid winter truffle and parsley
     14.00
    Clams champagne, chorizo, purple potato and celery
     12.00
    Hamachi sea beans, cucumber "caviar", melon spheres and sea weed water
     15.00
    Sweetbread's chestnuts, baby spinach and manchego cheese
     12.00
    Heirloom Tomatoes "3 ways" raw with fleur de sel, pillow and "caviar"
     13.00
    Salads And Sandwich's
    Deconstructed Cobb heirloom tomato, pancetta, avocado, blue cheese and poached chicken
     14.00
    Tuna Nicoise arugula, haricot vert, eggs, baby tomatoes, capers and champagne vinaigrette
     16.00
    Caesar hearts of romaine, parmesan reggiano
     11.00
        supplement shrimp or chicken
     6.00
    Goat Cheese frisee, parsley, filo wrapped cheese and port wine vinaigrette
     14.00
    Poached Egg warm frisee, radicchio, endive, black winter truffles slice and vinaigrette
     16.00
    Monte Cristo sandwich with avocado, cheddar, pancetta, romaine and herbal mayonnaise
     16.00
    Icon Club lobster, foie gras, black truffle, heirloom tomato, pancetta, frisee and quail eggs
     48.00
    Burger choice of cheese, herbal french fries on brioche
     18.00
    Cheese Steak maytag blue, caramelized onions and herbal mayonnaise
     17.00
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    Dinner Menu
    Chefs Progressive Tasting Menu $90
    Per Person. Week Of October 22nd
    Coffee "Air" morel mushroom
    Black Truffle yukon gold potato
    Blue Crab cucumber soup and "caviar"
    Blackberry tobacco, cauliflower tartar, and hot white chocolate foam
    Torchon Of Foie Gras liquid chocolate core, orange puree
    Tuna Belly avocado, lime and coco powder
    Duck Breast sous vide with roasted fig and sweet corn ice cream
    "Snickers" frozen nougat, chocolate, peanut butter powder and sauce
    Chocolate tarragon & peanut butter
    For the entire table only
    Small Plates Menu
    American Sturgeon Caviar potato, egg, parsley and bellini's
    oz 55.00
    Empanadas chorizo and cheddar cheese
     9.00
    Chicken Lollipops maytag blue and celery
     9.00
    Frozen Sangria serrano ham and manchego cheese
     9.00
    First Course
    Lobster And Chestnut soup with tarragon "air"
     12.00
    Wild Mushrooms celery root, liquid winter truffle and parsley
     14.00
    Clams champagne, chorizo, purple potato and celery
     12.00
    Hamachi sea beans, cucumber "caviar", melon spheres and sea weed water
     15.00
    Foie Gras praline and honey caramel
     19.00
    Heirloom Tomatoes "3 ways" raw with fleur de sel, pillow and "caviar"
     13.00
    Sweetbreads chestnuts, baby spinach and manchego cheese
     12.00
    Deconstructed Cobb heirloom tomato, pancetta, avocado, blue cheese and poached chicken
     12.00
    Langoustines pineapple, fennel, mascarpone, vanilla saffron "air"
     18.00
    Entree
    Wild Salmon curry meuniere, fava beans, and maine crab
     27.00
    Maine Lobster hubbard squash, maitake mushrooms
     34.00
    Tubot parmesan, peas and carrots
     31.00
    White Tuna roasted tomato jus, zucchini, nicoise olives, red peppers and asparagus
     29.00
    Maine Diver Scallops "Black & White" winter truffles, artichoke ravioli, cipollini onions, arugula and foie gras emulsion
     30.00
    Angel Hair Pasta merguez sausage ragu and ricotta salata
     20.00
    Milk Fed Veal Chop spiced figs, coco nibs, potato crisp, chives and natural jus
     38.00
    Lamb "2 Ways" roasted loin, shoulder confit, printanier vegetables, orange vodka sauce
     30.00
    New York Strip Steak "Surf & Turf" lobster coral mashed potato, spinach fondue and brandy foie gras sauce
     33.00
    Black Chicken honey braised thigh, liquid winter truffle, potato puree, and corn "air" and powder
     28.00
    "Bacon & Eggs" crispy pork belly, poached asparagus, porcini, pignoli nuts and epoisse sabayon
     28.00
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