At Beauty & Essex, a bi-level restaurant and cocktail lounge on the Lower East Side, guests gather to clink cocktails and savor sumptuous small plates underneath glittering chandeliers. Visitors enter through a checker-tiled pawnshop, perusing shelves lined with vintage guitars, kitschy books and jewelry. Inside, on the first level, a dining room is dotted with banquettes and a spiral staircase leads to the airy second floor.
Created by Chris Santos of The Stanton Social, the eclectic menu boasts small-plate standouts like fried-chicken biscuit bites and lobster tacos. Gotham magazine says, “If Beauty & Essex's lavish loo, antique jewelry-box design and General Tso’s monkfish aren’t enough to tempt you, the cocktails will.” Prohibition-themed concoctions—such as The Masterly Touch (a mixture of Grey Goose, lemon-thyme nectar and Campari pearls)—are the perfect complement to the chic decor and mouthwatering menu.
"Beauty & Essex is filled with items, such as antique perfume bottles and vintage jewelry, that look like they could have been plucked from Mae West's personal collection. But the owners pay homage to the neighborhood’s grittier past, too. Guests enter via a pawn shop, which sells — what else?—antique jewelry and vintage items." (am New York)
"The interiors by AvroKO evoke a glittering turn-of-the-century townhouse." (ELLE DECOR magazine)
Beauty & Essex Menu
Course One
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Housemade Granola
greek yogurt, candied blueberries, honey
Lemon Blackberry Pancakes
sweet ricotta
'Cornbread' Waffles
maple-bourbon butter & spiced pecans
Free Range Scrambled Eggs
sweet roasted tomatoes & cheddar cheese
'Eggs Benedict'
jamon Serrano, bollandaise
Course Two
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Kale & Apple Salad
apple cider vinaigrette, pancetta, candied pecans, shaved goat cheese
Olive Oil Cured Tomato Pizzetta
basil puree, goat cheese, crispy Serrano
Grilled Cheese, Smoke Bacon & Tomato Soup Dumplings
L.E.S. 'Tarte Flambee'
bialy, fromage blanc, bacon & caramelized onion
Course Three
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Oven Baked Frittata
grilled vegetables & goat cheese
Braised Short Rib 'Huevos Rancheros'
sunny side up eggs, black beans, cotija
Fried Chicken Biscuit Bites
tabasco honey butter, red cabbage slaw
Chilaquiles
hand pulled chicken, sunny side up egg, cotija cheese, pickled red onion
Roasted Brussels Sprout
chestnut-sage butter
Double Smoked & Maple Cured Bacon
Creamy Mascarpone Grits
vanilla & brown sugar
Lobster & Chorizo Hash
peruvian potatoes, cilantro butter
Skillet Roasted Potatoes
roasted peppers, herb sea salt
Sweets
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Molten Chocolate Bread Pudding
hazelnut ice cream
Selection of Ice Creams & Sorbets
housemade daily
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