Freemans Restaurant

"Down a little-used alleyway on the Lower East Side, trendsetting Freemans is as hip and popular as when it opened in 2004. Just don't try too hard to look cool." Full review

"The grilled Eden brook trout is flavored with thyme, garlic, and lemon while the seared filet mignon comes with sweet and sour onions and mashed potatoes in horseradish cream." Full review

"Shims on the tables and shivs in the alley. Trendsetting hunting lodge chic, worth the effort to find."

"This exceedingly low-profile restaurant materialized at the end of a nondescript Lower East Side alley unknown to even the most intrepid hipster."

"In the oft-copied taxidermied environs, the hearty menu additions include a charred tender quail atop buttery grits, and a generous rabbit roulade entrée of boneless bacon-wrapped bunny." Full review

"Although its lost a little of its luster recently, we still love Freemans. It ranks among our favorite restaurants of all time." Full review

"Freeman’s is the kind of restaurant that you think of when you think of New York, and yet it’s not remotely like anyplace else." Full review

"The modestly inventive food tastes much better than it looks: We're thinking in particular of a gray poached chicken engulfed in carrots and celery; and sets you back less than you'd expect." Full review

"Behold Freemans, where the new Lower East Side, Appalachia, a British hunting lodge and a suburban 1950’s dinner party all converge." Full review

"Taxidermy-filled hideaway with fab cocktails and delicious, rustic fare."