Upscale Bar Dining in Midtown Puts Oysters First
Upscale bar dining in Midtown moves from fresh oysters to crispy fried chicken across a lively marble bar.
🦪 Oysters, Chicken, and Bubbles
The Bar Room at The Modern makes upscale bar dining in Midtown feel like a seat rather than an occasion. Fresh oysters open, a texturally distinct smoked trout appetizer follows, and the signature crispy fried chicken anchors Chef Thomas Allan's a la carte menu, down to the meticulously plated butter.
The buckets and bubbles combo pairs that chicken with a heap of thin cut fries and Champagne or alcohol free bubbly rose, an order built for two. Snacks and plates start around eight dollars for olives and reach sixty five dollars for venison, which keeps the upscale room readable before you sit down.
Service splits the day, with lunch from half past eleven AM to 3 PM and dinner from 5 PM to half past nine PM every day of the week. Smart casual dress applies at both, and the marble bar at 9 W 53rd St stays the natural first seat.
