The Flatiron Room in NYC
When it comes to whisky, the one place I love in the city is The Flatiron Room near…The Flatiron! I discovered it back in 2018 when looking for a whisky class. This place is amazing with its close to 1,000 different kinds of my favorite spirit. You can see all these bottles along the wall opposite the bar, locked up as some of them are precious like the Macallan 30 y/o at $8,523 a bottle!!!
You can get a glass, or like I did, a sampler with six different kinds; they propose several samplers and I decided to go for the World Tour that had:
Whisky tasting at The Flatiron Room in NYC
Kavalan Ex Bourbon Oak from Taiwan.
Starward Nova from Australia: I discovered this one few years ago at an event from Flaviar, a whisky club, and loved its smokey flavor.
Bastille Single Malt from France.
The Irishman’s Founder Reserve from Ireland.
The St George “Baller”, an American Single Malt. I loved this whisky that had a nice underlying tone of plum. The bottle is very interesting: it looks like a Japanese liquor, a nod from the master distiller, Lance Winters to Japan. I loved it so much that I got myself a bottle the next day!
Paul John Edited from India.
We went there on a Friday evening, and of course, they had a band playing in the back, adding a bit more to the retro atmosphere this place carries.
Dining room at The Flatiron Room in NYC
For my meal, I decided to try a couple of appetizers. The first one was the roasted bone marrow, that I was looking forward to; it was topped with fizzled leeks and accompanied by garlic bread.
Roasted bone marrow at The Flatiron Room in NYC
The second one was the 3 picadas, inspired from a Colombian dish, where they propose three kinds of meat served on top of what seemed like an arepa. The meats were: crispy pork belly, short rib and American wagyu (i liked them in that order, from good to very good). Delicious and quite flavorful, each of them was different, to the point that it seems more a dish for one person than to share so you do not miss out on any of the combinations.
3 picadas at The Flatiron Room in NYC
Pork belly picada at The Flatiron Room in NYC
Short rib picada at The Flatiron Room in NYC
Wagyu picada at The Flatiron Room in NYC
Jodi opted for the curried cauliflower and charred tomatoes that came with basmati rice and naan bread. I should mention that they do have a few dishes if you are vegetarian.
Curried cauliflower and charred tomatoes at The Flatiron Room in NYC
For dessert, we decided to try their 28 layers cake. Funny enough, it collapsed as soon as they pour the chocolate sauce on it and they had to replace the table cloth were some cake and sauce landed, and brought us a new one that they put on its side to avoid another accident. The cake was quite good, very chocolatey. A must have!
28 layers chocolate cake at The Flatiron Room in NYC
So we had a great time once again at The Flatiron Room. The food there is delicious, so I am not just going there for the whisky…
Enjoy (I did)!
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The Flatiron Room- 37 W 26th St, New York, NY 10010
