UN Plaza Grill

Menu

APPETIZERS
Short Rib Tacos – Pulled beef, homemade BBQ sauce, avocado, red radish
Lamb Sliders – House-ground lamb meat, sliced pickles, mint aioli
Beef Carpaccio – Capers, Kalamata olives, baby arugula, truffle aioli, radish, garlic crostini
SALADS
Baby Arugula Beet Salad – Baby arugula, cherry tomato, pistachio, tahini
Avocado Corn Ranch Salad – Romaine, carrots, tarragon, crispy grains
Spring Salad – Red endive, baby arugula, apple, walnuts, orange slices, pineapple dressing
SUSHI
Salmon Carpaccio – Salmon, avocado, serrano peppers, micro cilantro, ponzu sauce
Chef’s Famous Tuna Bomb – Spicy tuna tartar, avocado, tobiko
UN Plaza Roll – Salmon, avocado, topped with spicy tuna
MAINS
Veal Piccata – Spinach, green beans, cherry tomatoes, lemon caper sauce
Roasted Half Duck – Truffle risotto, mushrooms, burgundy sauce
UN Plaza Burger – Mozzarella cheese, cherry banana pepper sauce, avocado, baby arugula, grilled onions, homemade steak fries
FISH
Crispy-Seared Mediterranean Branzino – Grilled lemons, fresh herbs, roasted seasonal vegetables
Panko Crusted Salmon Fillet – Mashed potatoes, green beans, carrots, grape tomatoes, citrus chili sauce
Pan Seared Chilean Sea Bass – Three color quinoa, Shimenji mushrooms, diced carrots, baby bok choy, coconut curry sauce

Information About UN Plaza Grill

About UN Plaza Grill

Nestled in a lushly landscaped park-like setting terraced above the corner of 1st Ave. and 47th St. the new UN Plaza Garden – the considerably more casual off-shoot of the UN Plaza Grill - overlooks Dag Hammarskjold Plaza across 47th and the UN grounds with the impressive Long Island City skyline beyond across 1st.

Far removed from vehicular and pedestrian traffic, the UN Plaza Garden’s menu is a considerable departure from its parent with a menu of globally nuanced casual warm weather kosher fare starting with: ”lite bites” such as Mini-Burgers, grilled onion, pickle house made BBQ sauce; Tuna Tacos, hand-crafted flour taco, onion, jalapeno, cilantro, ginger, avocado, mango salsa; Chopped Couscous Salad, red and green bell peppers, raisins, cucumbers, scallions, fresh squeezed lemon juice; and Lamb Shank Samosas, English peas, creamy mint. Appetizers include: Chilled English Pea Soup, Tipsy White Fish Ceviche, tequila, jalapenos, red onion, cilantro, lime; and Tuna Pizza, house made flour tortilla, avocado crème, capers, red onion, black olives, serrano pepper, micro greens, teriyaki drizzle.

Among the entrees are: Classic Chicken Paillard, mixed green, roasted red pepper, balsamic vinaigrette: Roasted Mediterranean Branzino, lemon caper sauce, gilled yellow and green zucchini and a Center Cut Ribeye for Two, bearnaise sauce, mixed greens, hand-cut fries. Daily specials, such as a 30 oz tomahawk steak and a lamb chop trio augment the menu.

Visually the UN Plaza Garden sports rust orange umbrellas and area rugs as a colorful complement to the space’s gray marble walls and benches, well as the gray paving stone flooring. A playful mix of bold black-and-white striped throw pillows with those of a Picasso-esque print in aqua, orange and black cushion the marble benches cum banquettes, while strategically placed black lanterns lend a glowing ambiance after dark as do the LED lights lining the umbrellas spokes.

The restaurant has recently brought on Chef Ines Chattas to be their Culinary Director. Chattas, the Argentina born and bred chef /owner of Miami’s popular Open Kitchen, as well as the chef/ operator of restaurants in two residential buildings in tony Bal Harbour, FL, has been tasked with revitalizing the menu to make it more contemporary and expand its international influences. Both goals are right up the alley of a chef who is a big fan of revisiting classics to make them more modern and who credits her love of traveling, as well as a multi-cultural heritage which includes German and Russian antecedents, with the fact her menus are eclectic and globally inspired. Chattas’s menu for UN Plaza Grill will include new Eastern European and Eastern Mediterranean accents.

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