NYC Dining Dilemma

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Spice Market has great atmosphere but meh food. If I could only do 3 dinners in NYC, I would do, in descending order:

Daniel
11 Madison
Sushi of Gari (Upper East Side)

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We must have a common ancestor. I love these suggestions. Eleven Madison Park is one of my favorites in NYC and not yet as popular as it deserves to be. I find Sushi of Gari to have some items that are stunning and some that are flops, but I admire them for trying. The fact that Gari wasn't there the night I went might go some way towards explaining it. The scallops with black truffles at Daniel is one of the best single dishes I've ever had anywhere, which lets me forgive their rather old school decor.