Mena

Mena pays homage to chef Victoria Blamey's South American roots and decades of inspiration gleaned from the kitchens she's worked in around the globe. Mena's always-changing tasting menu spotlights South American techniques and seasonal, farm-sourced produce. It's all served alongside a beverage program which highlights seasonal fruits, South American spirits and agua frescas, as well as global, biodynamic wines. The airy, 50-seat space, featuring cobalt blue banquettes and a chic brass-accented bar, meanwhile, definitely calls to the fashionable dine-and-be-seen crowd.

Mena, 28 Cortlandt Alley

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