Parents' Association of Stuyvesant High School – 2015 Spring Feast
Auction Ends: May 8, 2015 11:59 PM EDT

Dining

Roc Restaurant $100 certificate

Item Number
226F
Estimated Value
100 USD
Sold
110 USD to alaurenlee
Number of Bids
16  -  Bid History

Item Description

ROC restaurant $100 Gift Certificate

The New York Press

Awarded Best Tribeca Restaurant by the editorial staff of New York Press

"Best Tribeca Restaurant"

ROC

Uptowners Note: There "is" parking in Tribeca. The small neighborhood of Tribeca is disproportionately studded with first-caliber restaurants and pubs, so much so that in the last year three have vanished: Spartina, Riverrun and Rosemaries's. Picking a winner in this category is bound to provoke arguments: there are fierce partisans for Nobu, Layla, Chanterelle, Le Zinc, Odeon, Ecco and Pico, just to name a few.

Fork-to-head, we opt for Roc, the Italian offshoot of the Upper East Side's Elio's, although comparing the two is futile: aside from sharing a Thursday night special of spaghetti and meatballs, Roc is the Monitor to Elio's Merrimack.

Seafood is Roc's forte, whether it's the shellfish soup, swordfish, lightly fried calamari, shrimp with asparagus, crabcakes (in season), tuna carpaccio, marinated salmon or a simple bowl of pasta with a white clam sauce. We skip the lambchops, but the steak is incongruously the equal of any slice of cow that the nearby City Hall offers. Veal prepared in different ways, depending on the chef's mood, chicken and sausage with green peppers or eggplant, delicious broccoli rabe and sauteed spinach and any number of pasta and risotto specials are just a smattering of what you'll find on the menu. 

 

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