Prune

Every time we think we've pinned Gabrielle Hamilton's food, she comes out with a surprise. Take the skate we ordered on a recent meal: perfectly cooked and served with a conservative brown butter sauce, it came with an audacious--and genius--dish of shredded, cold potatoes, bearing the trademark warm burn of Schezuan peppercorns. Europe and Asia, collided. Click here to see our previous coverage.

Prune
54 E. First St.
New York, NY 10003
212-677-6221
http://www.prunerestaurant.com