The Menu
The dining room serves tasting menus only. Everything on the à la carte list below is served at Bar Noir and in the lounge, where you can eat one dish or seven. All prices are in US dollars.
Tasting menus
One menu per table. We ask that the whole table takes the same length of menu so the kitchen can pace the room.
Priced per guest
Tax and any beverages are added to your bill. No service charge for parties of five or fewer.
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Le Noir$255
- Nine courses drawn from the day's market, about two and a half hours
- Served Tuesday through Sunday at every location
- Wine pairing $165, reserve pairing $310, zero proof pairing $65
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Le Court$165
- Five courses, the same cooking at a shorter length, about ninety minutes
- Tuesday through Thursday and Sunday, first two seatings only
- Wine pairing $95
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Vegetal Noir$235
- Nine plant based courses cooked on a dedicated station, not a substitution menu
- Available at every seating with twenty four hours notice
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Chef's Table$395
- Fourteen to sixteen courses at the kitchen counter, Tribeca only, eight seats
- Includes the trimmings course and the fermentation flight
- Three and a half hours, one seating per night at 6:15 PM
Reading the tags
Four tags appear beside dishes on this page. They describe the dish as written, before any modification.
GFNo gluten ingredient
VVegetarian
VGVegan
NContains tree nuts
Our kitchens handle gluten, dairy, egg, soy, sesame, shellfish, fish and tree nuts every service, so we cannot promise any dish is free of traces. Please read the allergen and nutrition disclaimer and tell your server about every allergy before you order.
Bar Noir, à la carte
Thirty one dishes across seven courses, served at the bar and in the lounge from opening until forty five minutes before close. Walk in or reserve a bar seat.
Ouverture
Bites made to be eaten in one or two. Priced per piece.
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Charcoal Gougère$9
- Gruyère choux baked with a charcoal shell
- Chive ash, warm from the oven, two per order
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Oyster in Its Own Ice$7 each
- Kumamoto oyster from Puget Sound, shucked to order
- Frozen mignonette grated over the top, green apple, sea fennel
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Buckwheat Tartlet$12
- Smoked trout roe cured in house for six hours
- Crème fraîche, dill oil, buckwheat shell
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Black Garlic Madeleine$8
- Savoury madeleine baked to order, three per plate
- Koji butter, aged parmesan, black garlic from our cellar
Raw and Cured
Cold plates. The knife work happens after you order.
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Beef Tartare Noir$29
- Hand cut ribeye from a whole aged loin, never ground
- Cured egg yolk, smoked bone marrow, capers, rye crisp
- Dressed at the pass so it reaches you cold
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Hokkaido Scallop Crudo$32
- Diver scallop sliced against the grain, four slices
- Brown butter dashi poured at the table, finger lime, nasturtium
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Hudson Valley Foie Torchon$34
- Rolled and cured for four days, sliced thick
- Sauternes gel, brioche noir toasted in duck fat, fleur de sel
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Big Eye Tuna, Charred Leek$31
- Loin from a single fish, changed daily
- Leek ash oil, ponzu made with our own citrus, shiso
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Sunchoke and Black Truffle Salad$26
- Half the sunchoke raw and shaved, half roasted in embers
- Toasted hazelnut, aged sherry vinaigrette, winter truffle
Sea
Fish bought whole each morning from Montauk, Chesapeake or Half Moon Bay depending on the city you are sitting in.
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Butter-Poached Maine Lobster$52
- Half a lobster poached at 58 degrees in cultured butter
- Vin jaune sabayon, fennel confit, tarragon
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Line-Caught Turbot$48
- Cooked on the bone, rested eight minutes, carved to order
- Brown crab beurre blanc, samphire, lemon verbena
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Ember-Roasted Monkfish$44
- Tail roasted over binchotan until the collagen sets
- Squid ink jus, cuttlefish ribbons, wild garlic
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Diver Scallops, Cauliflower Noir$42
- Three scallops seared dry in a carbon steel pan
- Cauliflower purée cooked to deep caramel, brown butter, capers
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Santa Barbara Uni Custard$38
- Warm dashi custard under a full tray of sea urchin
- Chive, brioche soldiers, a spoon of its own broth
Garden
Vegetables cooked as hard as we cook meat. Five of these plates are vegan as written.
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Fire-Roasted Beet, Ash and Yogurt$24
- Beetroot buried in coals for two hours, peeled at the pass
- Sheep yogurt, three year balsamic, toasted walnut
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Koji-Cured Celeriac$28
- Whole celeriac cured in koji, then cooked twelve hours in its own juices
- Black pepper jus, pickled walnut, celery leaf
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Charred Hispi Cabbage$22
- Quartered and charred cut side down, steamed in the leaves
- Miso caramel, toasted buckwheat, black sesame
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Wild Mushroom Tart Noir$26
- Hen of the woods and black trumpet, foraged in Ulster County
- Buckwheat pastry, thyme, aged Comté
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Heirloom Tomato and Tonburi$23
- Four varieties from Eckerton Hill Farm, dressed only in their own water
- Smoked tomato consommé, basil ash, Sicilian olive oil
Land
Whole animals bought from four farms. What is on the list depends on what is left of the carcass that week.
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Dry-Aged Duck, Cherry and Beetroot$56
- Liberty duck aged twenty one days in our own cabinet
- Roasted on the crown, carved for two portions, sour cherry, duck jus
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Wagyu Short Rib, Seventy Two Hours$68
- American wagyu braised at 62 degrees for three days, then glazed
- Red miso glaze, charred allium, potato mousseline
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Milk-Fed Lamb Saddle$58
- Saddle from Elysian Fields, rolled and roasted pink
- Black olive crust, smoked aubergine, mint oil
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Roast Squab, Foie and Fig$62
- Whole squab crown roasted on the bone, leg confit alongside
- Seared foie gras, mission fig, madeira jus
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Hogget Pithivier for Two$96
- Shoulder, kidney and sweetbread in shortcrust, baked to order
- Carved at the table, madeira jus, forty minutes from ordering
- Serves two people, one order per table per night
Fromage
American farmhouse cheese kept at cellar temperature in the room.
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Three American Farmhouse Cheeses$26
- Jasper Hill Bayley Hazen, Cypress Grove goat, Rogue River blue
- Quince paste, walnut bread baked that afternoon
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Comté, Thirty Six Months$22
- A single wedge cut thick, served at room temperature
- Black truffle honey, buckwheat cracker
Sucre
Pastry by Junsu Bae. Two of these need twelve minutes, so order them with your main course.
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Black Sesame Soufflé$19
- Baked to order in a copper mould, twelve minutes
- Burnt honey ice cream folded in at the table, sesame praline
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Valrhona Guanaja Tart$18
- Seventy percent chocolate ganache set in a thin cocoa shell
- Arbequina olive oil, Maldon salt, cocoa nib
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Charred Pear, Bay Leaf Custard$17
- Bosc pear halved and charred, poached in its own syrup
- Bay leaf ice cream, pear crisp, brown sugar
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Yuzu and Buttermilk Sorbet$15
- Churned each afternoon, served in three quenelles
- Meringue shards, lime zest, buttermilk whey
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Vegan Chocolate Crémeux$17
- Set with coconut cream rather than dairy or egg
- Cocoa nib, cascara syrup, smoked salt
Supplements
Additions to any tasting menu, offered when the product is good enough to be worth the price. Ask your server on the night.
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Alba White Truffle, shaved to order$95
- Five grams weighed at the table, October to December
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Kaluga Hybrid Caviar, thirty grams$120
- Served on ice with buckwheat blini and crème fraîche
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Additional Cheese Course$26
- Placed between the meat course and dessert
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Whole Roast Duck for the Table$78
- Replaces course seven for parties of four or more, order in advance
Ready when you are
Book the dining room, take the same cooking home, or read the wine list first.