Fodor's Expert Review Bar Bolonat

Chef Einat Admony, who runs the show at Taïm and Balaboosta, has devised an intriguing menu at this sleek West Village spot that serves dishes that represent the Jewish diaspora around the Mediterranean. Sit at the bar and watch the kitchen in action or dine at a two-top in the dark-hued dining room. Either way you can munch on tender lamb neck in a chickpea puree or the palate-tantalizing yellow Yemenite curry bedecked with shrimp. The wine list goes beyond the diaspora, but there are some interesting bottles from Israel and Morocco.