Hav and Mar. Medium good eats, and a hat tip to 16 Days of [New York City] Eating - #3 by DrJohn, with whom I concur, generally.
The best part of the meal was the beginning. My friend was joining me at 7, but I arrived a little early to catch the end of happy hour. Crispy injera with smoked fish, pea pesto and something the server described as chutney, which was really a smoky pepper paste. Excellent. As was the half size martini with a pickle and a blue-cheese stuffed olive.
The rest of the meal was less successful. We shared two crudos, hamachi and salmon. They looked great, but they were pretty standard issue, fine, nothing special. And the salmon, in particular was pretty skimpy for the $21 sticker price.
Our third dish was a seafood salad, shrimp, the same smoked fish as in my appetizer, and squid, which is not in the picture because the kitchen separated it out to accommodate my gluten-free companion. I wish I had a picture of it - each piece looked like a lump of charcoal. it was purportedly coated with squid ink, and it seemed to be air fried. Every time I took a bite, I expected it to taste burned, which it didn’t, but “relief” is not normally the reaction I hope to have when I eat something.
I’d go back for happy hour, which is a deal. But probably not for the main menu.
