Absinthe

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Absinthe Review

In 2007 this restaurant's long-notorious namesake could once again be poured legally in the United States, after nearly a century in exile. Not surprisingly, regular customers turned up in big numbers to sample the legendary Green Fairy, and then stayed on to enjoy Absinthe's brasserie-inspired fare of onion soup, cold seafood platters, beef tartare, and Kurobuta pork rib eye, all served in an upscale dark wood-lined, white-tablecloth dining room. The bar, reminiscent of a Belle Époque Parisian café, offers a late-night bar menu—oysters, croque monsieur, grass-fed-beef burgers, steak frites, addictive spicy fried chickpeas—that fuels neighborhood night owls. A hearty weekend brunch is designed to heal—ditto on the excellent cocktails here.