About Manhatta
On the 60th floor of 28 Liberty Street in the Financial District — formerly One Chase Plaza — Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group created a dining room that looks, from its enormous windows, directly across the New York skyline. The Hudson River to the west. The East River to the east. Brooklyn beyond. The Statue of Liberty in the middle distance. On a clear evening, Manhatta may have the most unobstructed view of New York City available at a white-tablecloth table.
The cooking is New American — technically accomplished, market-driven, and designed to complement rather than compete with the panorama. The three- or four-course dinner menu changes seasonally; recent iterations have included a roasted beet with whipped goat cheese and pistachio, a cast-iron chicken with farro and autumn vegetables, and a dry-aged striploin with bone marrow jus that reminds you this kitchen is doing real work, not merely cashing in on the altitude.
For those who want the full counter experience, Manhatta operates a ten-course tasting menu at $275 at a dedicated counter seating, pairing the technical ambition of a proper tasting kitchen with a view that no other tasting counter in the city can match. The wine list is USHG-quality: broad, honest, and selected by people who take both the food and the occasion seriously.
The lunch is a more accessible entry point — two or three courses under $80 — and is particularly suited to the Financial District working population for whom a power lunch requires both substance and setting. The elevators open directly into the restaurant. The city, sixty floors below, waits politely while you eat.
