Blank Slate Coffee Kitchen - New York

IT is definitly worse a visit or serveral. During our stay in the NoMad Hotel, wich we enjoyed a lot as well, we loved our vegan meal. With a nice view would be 5 Stars.

I like Slate Street, but they sat me upstairs for Valentine’s Day. There were bright spot lights and it get like I was sitting in a coffee shop. Very slow service, nice waitstaff though.

My partner absolutely loved her Fillet Mignon, and that would probably be the best bet if you're a carnivore/omnivore. Me, I tried the Bison ribeye, which though it was billed as quite lean, was quite fatty on its edge, and annoyingly that fact was hidden by the very heavy, overly sweet dark glaze slathered over it. It was serviceable but a bit of a disappointment, especially since the only other meats were the abovementioned Fillet and some chicken. Beef ribeye experiences at this restaurant in the past were much better and I'd encourage the kitchen to go back to beef when it comes to ribeyes. As always the restaurant had a great wine list, and has a nice number of half bottles (such as our appetizer Cava) and other bottles on sale. I know of only a handful of places that have both Ridge and Turley Zinfandels on their list like Slate does, though I chose a glass of the Seghesio Angela's Table, which was an excellent choice. Service was excellent and the bruschetta, as always, is a good way to start and share a meal.

My burger was delicious. We also enjoyed the $5 glass of happy hour wine.

I hadn't been here in over 20 years and was shocked to see the kitchen speed hasn't improved. When we entered there were 2 other tables. A large group arrived after us, but got their orders in just before us, dealing our food by an hour. The servers were helpful with updates and refills, but I remembered, when asked, about the kitchen being very slow. The food was good, but not worth an hour wait.