Before heading to the American Air Lines theatre across the street to see the Noises Off, 
Michael Frayn’s rollicking English play-within-a-play farce, we stopped in for a dinner at Charlie Palmer at the Knickerbocker Hotel.
Instead of ordering the pre-theatre prix fixe dinner, we selected from the regular menu. With our Nero d’ Avola Cusumano, Sagana Sicily, 2012 ($85), we sampled the 
fried artichokes (crisp, but in need of seasoning $13) and a Tuscan flatbread that the menu described with smoky tomatoes, prosciutto and arugula ($17). I would have preferred much more arugula in lieu of the micro-green garnish. Exceptional were the pumpkin-filled ravioli with mushrooms (three for $17).
I’d highly recommend either the perfectly grilled octopus with 
sunchoke chips and a chimichurri risotto ($24) or the Scottish salmon with forbidden black rice in a foie and carrot reduction ($32). Both satisfying, flavorful and good to the last ….grain.
Before running to the curtain, we tried one interesting dessert — a chocolate tiramisu ($14) with a Kahlua gelee, chocolate sauce and chocolate tuile.
– bonnie
Charlie Palmer at the Knickerbocker
Times Square
at the The Knickerbocker
6 Times Square
New York, NY 10036
(212) 204-4983
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