Reade Street and Hudson Street

I’ve often thought someone should put up a blog featuring pictures of restaurant bathrooms (you know, the beautiful ones, not the gross ones). This is the flower arrangement inside the bathroom at Marc Forgione, which is a restaurant I discovered this past weekend (courtesy of Blackboard Eats) and fell in love with. The décor is what I call beautiful rustic (exposed brick, wildflowers, candlelight) and the food is in the same mode of lovely. (Here’s what I had, which should give you a good idea of what the place is about: duck confit with gnocchi and vanilla-scented spinach, grilled scallops with blood orange reduction and mashed fennel, lemon beignets and ice cream with sprinkles.)