Berry Bistro 430 E. 14th St. (1st Ave. & Ave. A)
East Village
646.595.4244
Berry Bistro:
In a city where the next best meal of your life can come anywhere from the deli on the corner to the hotspot you’ve been trying to reserve for months, New Yorkers have no tolerance for mediocrity. And newly opened Berry Bistro is mediocre at best. With its liquor license pending, this perennially empty 24-seat restaurant serves up bland food, inadvertently flavored by the cardinal sin of dining—a scented candle, whose cough-inducing aroma peppers your unseasoned Goulash with a little taste of head shop. With no bar and no one to talk to, you’ll be soberly staring at the pinkish-purpley walls wondering why Berry Bistro possesses not a single item on its menu bearing the fruit of its namesake. Do yourself a favor and go grab a vodka cranberry somewhere else.
