Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare, New York City

The name is a bit of a misnomer—as chef César Ramirez has moved his fine-dining restaurant from Downtown Brooklyn to Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan—but the format has endured. Diners sit arrayed around a counter with the chefs in full view, preparing them a multicourse tasting menu of French-Japanese fusion cuisine. When Brooklyn Fare earned its third star, a Michelin inspector told the New York Times, “I don’t believe there is anything quite like it in the world, though you might see the closest parallels in Tokyo or Kyoto. If you took the cuisine out of the setting, it would compare favorably with other three stars.”

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Uni and black truffle by Cesar Ramirez.

Photo: Courtesy Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare