Restaurant David Drake
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Restaurant David Drake CLOSED
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Restaurant David Drake is destination dining experience ---- There are intimate dining areas that seat a total of fifty, including a private table for eight in the wine cellar. There is a small bar on the second floor. It has the feel of a New York style restaurant, without the New York attitude, yet cozy and romantic. Some of the popular favorites, starting with the appetizers, include Maine crab salad, with pickled cucumber, mango and a lemon grass reduction, potato gnocchi and frogs legs, and Foi Gras. The popular entrees include; braised pork shoulder and tenderloin, the cumin-spiced loin of lamb, and the sautéed skate wing, perhaps the best in New Jersey. Don't hesitate to try their succulent desserts; The favorites include chocolate coulant, their signature dessert, is warm and flavored with caramel chocolate sauce, the banana mousse, and the licorice scented bread pudding. Restaurant David Drake has four special seasonal menus; The Five Course Tasting which is available Friday and Saturday evenings, the A La Carte Menu available Monday through Thursday, and the Prix Fixe Menu available Friday and Saturday There is an exceptional wine list, as well as a number of very good vintages by the glass. Although, some of the tables are close, the room acoustics are excellent and good for intimate dinner conversation, or romantic setting. |