East Village
Get directions | 200 E. 3rd St., New York, NY 10009
Hours | Sunday 10:30am-11pm, Monday 11:30am-11pm, Tuesday 11:30am-11pm, Wednesday 11:30am-11pm, Thursday 11:30am-11pm, Friday 11:30am-, Saturday 10:30am-
Y’all. I’ve spent some quality time with Root & Bone. And as a proud child of a summer camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains and Wake Forest University in tobacco country, I feel morally obligated to proclaim: THIS is what the Southern cookin’ and eatin’ experience is supposed to look like.
First of all, if you’ve been to Elsa (RIP), The Cardinal, or both, Root & Bone captures the perfect cross between those two awesome East Village joints. Laid back and small, yet classy. Reasonably priced and casual, yet impressive in delivery.
But most importantly, the food is excellent. For example, the Southern Greens Caesar salad is like a regular caesar salad that went to Buddha school, achieved Nirvana, then came back and decided we were worthy of enlightenment. Even the things at this new restaurant that aren’t perfect – like the cheddar waffles – are so good that we ate them like they were free. Meaning quickly and with gusto.
Then there’s the fried chicken basket. It will stay with me forever. On my hips and in my heart. There’s so much to say, but in short, f*ck locally sourced chickens. The only chickens I ever want to spend time with from here on out must come from the South and have been bathed in sweet tea since hatch. And with that glorious chicken comes a sauce that I firmly believe is the elixir of life disguised as a condiment. As soon as I discovered it, it was all I could taste, see or want. It’s hot sauce meets honey meets… that’s about when I blacked out.
Of course, Root & Bone is still quite new. So it’s no surprise that we found one slight flaw. You see, I consider myself a mac and cheese connoisseur and was a bit disappointed in what Root & Bone brought to the table on that front. It reminded me a lot of the stuff I used to get at summer camp, which was great because the cheese was kind of grainy, and it efficiently carbo-loaded you for post-dinner capture-the-flag. But at a restaurant where everything else is on another level, I expected more.
So with a few growing pains on the menu and an incredibly long wait, Root and Bone is by no means perfect. But it has all of the fundamentals it needs to become a consistently awesome must-hit for the East Village in the very near future. Until then, I’ll just be sitting on their stoop, googling how much fried chicken you can eat before developing gout and pondering the religiopolitical implications of whiskey maple syrup.
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FOOD
boozy brunch
$45 / per person
BOOZY BRUNCH
CHOICE OF LARGE PLATE OR SALAD with 1.5 HOURS OF UNLIMITED TIPSY ARNOLD PALMERS or MIMOSAS
supplement for SHORT RIB MEATLOAF & EGGS + $6
supplement for SHRIMP & GRITS+ $6
add ons are additional
**ENTIRE TABLE MUST PARTICIPATE IN BOOZY BRUNCH**
small plates
$8
GRANDMA DAISY’S ANGEL BISCUITS
two buttermilk biscuits with honey chicken jus
add pimento cheese + $2
make them GLUTEN FREE + $2 { allow 20-25 minutes to bake }
$9
DEVILED EGGS
pickled beets, root chips & fresh herbs {vegetarian, gluten free}
$12
FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
pimento cheese & basil jalapeño ranch {vegetarian}
salads
$15
BRUSSELS SPROUTS
roasted and shredded raw brussels sprouts, fennel, marcona almonds, dill vinaigrette & parmesan {gluten free, vegan possible}
add fried chicken breast + $6
add bacon + $4
add avocado + $4
$15
ICEBERG WEDGE
blue cheese, bacon, sweet corn, tomato, avocado, pickled onions & buttermilk ranch {gluten free, vegetarian possible}
add fried chicken breast + $6
add bacon + $4
$14
FARMER SALAD
arugula, sweet potato, green apple, roasted walnuts, sourdough croutons, ricotta salata & apple mustard vinaigrette {gluten free possible, vegan possible}
add fried chicken breast + $6
add bacon + $4
add avocado + $4
large plates
$15
BISCUITS & GRAVY
two buttermilk biscuits with housemade sausage gravy
add fried chicken breast + $6
add two eggs + $5
add pork belly bacon + $4
add avocado + $4
$17
CRISPY FRIED CHICKEN SANDWICH
challah bun, iceberg lettuce, buttermilk ranch, pickles, & tomato. served with french fries
add pork belly bacon + $4
add avocado + $4
$16
WAFFLE BENEDICT
poached eggs over buckwheat waffles with pork belly bacon & hollandaise {vegetarian possible}
add fried chicken breast + $6
add avocado + $4
$16
SOUTHERN BREAKFAST
two eggs, grits, bacon & buttermilk biscuit {vegetarian possible}
add fried chicken breast + $6
add avocado + $4
$16
SWEET POTATO AVOCADO “NOT TOAST”
roasted sweet potato, smashed avocado, tomato & pepitas
add fried chicken breast + $6
add two eggs + $5
add pork belly bacon + $4
$19
FRIED CHICKEN & WAFFLES
sweet tea brined fried chicken (thigh, leg & wing) with buckwheat waffle & whiskey maple syrup
add fried chicken breast + $6
add pork belly bacon + $4
add avocado + $4
$24
SHORT RIB MEATLOAF & EGGS
braised and pulled short ribs, two eggs with cheddar bacon tater tots {gluten free possible}
add fried chicken breast + $6
add pork belly bacon + $4
add avocado + $4
$24
SHRIMP & GRITS
carolina shrimp, bacon, sweet corn, pickled red onion & beer jus {gluten free possible}
sides
$9
MAC & CHEESE
crunchy biscuit crumble {vegetarian}
$9
CHEESY GRITS
with pimento cheese {vegetarian, gluten free}
$8
FRENCH FRIES
{NOT gluten free}
$8
BUCKWHEAT WAFFLES
with whiskey maple syrup {vegetarian}
add cheddar cheese + $1
$8
THICK CUT PORK BELLY BACON
maple glaze
$5
TWO EGGS
any way you like ’em
$7
SAUSAGE GRAVY
