| |  | Mercat | | | “A Spanish (Catalan) Market restaurant on Bond Street boasting a 100% Spanish wine list with a strong emphasis on Catalan wines. Seasonal menu with an emphas...” —opentable | | Cuisine: Spanish, Tapas |
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| | | | | | You might remember when this anticipated tapas joint finally opened its Noho doors in April. Now that Mercat's (see my first bite review) happily settled into a local neighborhood groove and ironed out a few debut wrinkles, owner Jaime Reixach's ready to mine another fashionable restaurant trend -... Read More | | | | | | Mercat by Kalina, 2/28/07 1) Frank Bruni dined at Mercat this week and found the Catalonia tapas entry the stuff of one star. Good food, rough-around-the-edges setting:Some wonderful food, some clangorous acoustics: these are the defining traits of Mercat, amplifying a familiar but distressingly... Read More | | | | | | 45 Bond St., btwn. Lafayette & Broadway 212-529-8600 DELAYED OPENING (Opens March 21st) Who better to open a Spanish tapas joint than a native Barcelonian? Owner Jaime Reixach has set out to do just that in a sleek Noho space on Bond Street, serving spanish small plates with a Catalan-bent (... Read More | | | | | | Friday night was miserable. We had to drop off a bag for Josh in Soho for a sleepover so we drove because it was pouring. Afterward we decided to drive over to Bond Street and maybe do dinner at Il Buco. Unbelievable as it may seem, the entire street was open for parking. We pulled right in fron... Read More | | | | | | Mercat on Bond Street is adding brunch. photo: Mercat East Villagers have another place to chow down at on lazy weekend mornings. Joining nearby brunch spots NoHo Star, Five Points, Gemma, B Bar and Belcourt is Bond Street's relative newcomer Mercat. Available Saturd... Read More | | | | | | 45 Bond Street between Lafayette and Bowery 212/529.8600 $120 for two, with 3 drinks, with tip ? ? It was a Monday night and Mercat has only been open for three days, yet the decibel level made it seem like it was a Thursday night. The place is packed; the white tiles immediately reminded me of Cal ... Read More | | | | | | MERCAT At long last, Mercat will finally open Tuesday, April 17th! After over a month-long delay due to gas issues with the city, the 90-seat tapas bar stage is set and hopefully ready for primetime where native Barcelonian Jaime Reixach plans to dish out Catalan-bent small plates, homemade sangr... Read More | | | | | | Mercat means market in Catalan, the language spoken in the Spanish region that inspired this restaurant and tapas lounge in Noho. The 90-seat space is equipped with an open kitchen, a ham-and-cheese station, and a basement tapas lounge, and the wine list is all-Spanish, with a selection of cavas, sh... Read More | | | | | | Yesterday morning's Wire brought to light news that a possible falling out had occurred between Mercat management and Chef Dave Seigal. Now, with a letter this afternoon from owner Jaime Reixach, this rumor has been confirmed, but raises questions of a more interesting power struggle within. Previou... Read More | | | | | | The cod fritters are a must. We should've ordered more. The steak and the spicey potatoes were also some of my favorites. At the end of the meal the waiter brought out a perron for our table. A perron is an odd looking decanter for wine. To drink from it you don't need a glass or to put your mou... Read More | | | |
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