I liked brunch at The Smith downtown, so I thought we’d be fine at the Lincoln Center one. We stopped in for dinner before seeing Porky & Bess across the street at the Met.

I recommend their alcohol-forward, nicely blended Wild Horses ($16) cocktail made with mezcal, tequila reposado, amaro and various bitters. It was the best part of the meal.

The brick-pressed chicken was fine, just not as moist as expected. Wished they’d offered a choice of dark meat. The chicken came atop baby spinach and smashed garlic potatoes. The server kindly replaced the smashed for fried! Both came drizzled with a lemony chicken au jus ($28).

My other friend was disappointed in the kale salad with salmon. The salad was ordinary, the salmon overcooked. 

We weren’t, though, disappointed with Gershwins’ Porky and Bess with bass-baritone Eric Owens and soprano Angel Blue staring as the title couple in Met’s 13th Summer HD Festival. 

The Smith
 Lincoln Plaza
1900 Broadway,
New York, NY 10023
(212) 496-5700
thesmithrestaurant.com