The modest desserts round things out nicely.
The modest desserts round things out nicely. 5. Frontière * [Rating: one star] (212) 387-0898 199 Prince Street, near Sullivan Street SoHo $$ All major cards Every neighborhood should have a restaurant like Frontière, a cozy, brick-walled bistro where the chef and owner, Andrew Nathan, seems always to be the host at a floating party of regulars.
Eating a modest-sized, rich dessert when you're desiring it keeps it from turning into a craving, which can trigger bingeing.
Herbsaint, with its more modest ambitions, solved the dessert problem early, with knockouts like a coconut cream pie on a macadamia crust and warm chocolate beignets in brandied cherry sauce.
Despite my lunch's modest cost, I received a free dessert of fresh fruit (red and green grapes, melon, kiwi and oranges peeled into bird-like shapes).
The dessert table had a modest assortment of cakes and brownies and an empty coffee dispenser.
Dessert is oranges, of course, alongside the modest check — though there is a sweet red-bean pancake on the dim sum menu if more sugar is required.
In the advertising class of Mike Cheverino (class of 1971) the other day, future Della Feminas worked on accounts for clients like Estee Lauder, the New York Lung Association and Buttercup Bake Shop on Second Avenue ("Life is uncertain... eat desserts first!"), which pay a modest fee.
Considering Pasta Cosi's modest, luncheonette look, one might expect that the desserts would be trucked in and be minimal at best.
All of these dishes, and the modest prices, compensate for a lack of atmosphere, desserts and much in the way of alcohol.
