Rediscovering 1492

June 11, 2003 It was warm enough and not rainy enough last Friday for us to make our first summer stop at 1492 (Clinton @ Stanton/Rivington), which boasts our favorite undiscovered LES back garden. We noted with de-glee that a portion of the outdoors has been covered with a lean-to/plywood creation (perhaps they had a tip-off on the spring weather), but further back, we snagged a table under the fading blue sky and dug into the robust tapas menu. This has always been a good place to drink, but the food was better than we remembered (cf bacon-wrapped dates) and ELB's company was gracious as ever. Next up, we'll head next door to 1492 spinoff Crudo, mentioned here last month, which looks, on first impression, downright weird. (Full disclosure: the outdoor area at Cafe Lika—ex-Mooza—on Orchard Street is the most dazzling in the hood, but the quality of the cuisine dims our enthusiasm to quasi-suicide levels.)

the cheesy poofs were to die for, literally... an altercation that broke out between our waiter and busboy over our Water Glasses provided the icing on our happy dining cake. LS's amusing commentary, play by play, was helpful as ELB does not speak 'spanish.' graciously, ELB

Posted by: ELB at June 11, 2003 04:37 PM

it was a perfect night, glad we made it special

Ron
Your 1492 server

Posted by: Hong Kong Fooey at June 11, 2003 04:47 PM