In the Before Time, we dined many times at Oceans as it’s a short walk from our apartment. Always excellent in every respect. Glad you enjoyed it twice.
Edited to add: We have not been able to go there since 2019 because, sadly, they have no outdoor dining.
Great (but also sad) to hear.
That’s a wonderful area for restaurants it seems. I quickly walked past next door neighbour Boucherie Union Square, and the bar looked like a great place to dine solo.
And then, instead of my second night at Oceans I had wanted to go to nearby Gramercy Tavern, but my friend had just celebrated his father’s birthday there a week before…
By the way, I also had drinks at The Nines (Great Jones Str, NoHo) - good cocktails upstairs, fun and relaxed club downstairs.
You’re right about that general area having a lot of excellent restaurants.
Union Square Cafe, directly across 19th St. from Oceans, is one of our favs dating back to when it was in its original location on 16th St., off Union Square. It is, of course, Danny Meyer’s first restaurant and Gramercy Tavern’s older sibling (GT was his second) followed by many others. Happily, USC has lots of comfortable outdoor seating, so we’ve been able to continue eating there, most recently, a few weeks ago. If you’ve never been, you should try it next time you come to the city.
As for Boucherie, we ate there twice. The first time, it was pretty good, so we had high hopes of adding it to our regular rotation. However, the second experience was so terrible in every respect, we never went back. A shame, really, since French food is our first love.
