Per Se - View this location on map One of the most eagerly awaited restaurants to open in Manhattan over recent years, Per Se faces dauntingly great expectations and, more often that instantaneously bring a crazy smile to your face and suffuse you with pure joy. The ingredients here are that superior; the cooking is that diligent and disciplined. And the attention to detail, in terms of everything from the decor to the plates to the silver stirrer in a gin and tonic, is awesome says the New York Times. 10 Columbus Circle, New York, New York Restaurant

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