Review December 08, 2010

Eventually, Jonathan Benno’s $20 million Lincoln should become the destination restaurant it’s meant to be. The food has a long way to go, but the digs are really nice.  more →

Recommended Dishes

Tripe, raviolo.

Review November 30, 2010

On my fourth visit to the wannabe-Italian restaurant Lincoln, merely enjoying pasta I wished I could love, I wondered: Had “Nutcracker” mice run off with the magic we expected of a place newly sprung from Lincoln Center earth?  more →

Review November 23, 2010

Lincoln is a large and glittery Italian restaurant under a swooping grass roof on the campus of Lincoln Center, run under the direction of the chef Jonathan Benno and his partners, the Patina Restaurant Group. It is beautiful and quiet behind its glass walls, a restaurant in which it is possible to eat well without really having a good time.  more →

Recommended Dishes

Dinner antipasti and pasta: sea scallop, strozzapreti, cavatelli, rigati; dinner entrees: cod, lamb, veal, eggplant parmigiano, chef’s tasting menu.

Review November 15, 2010

Jonathan Benno’s modernist Lincoln Center Italian hits too many off notes.  more →

Recommended Dishes

Burrata or spaghetti pomodoro, roast lamb, apple crostata.