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First Look: Chat American Grill in Scarsdale

November
18

My colleague Karen Croke and I went to lunch at the new Chat yesterday. It looks very similar to its sister, Chat 19 in Larchmont: a color scheme of black and red, mosaic tiles at the bar and big picture windows.

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The difference here: a roaring fireplace.

Here’s the tuna tartare we shared. Nice tuna, fresh avocado. A little too much soy, but still a very good dish:

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We each got a sandwich. Her chicken and broccoli rabe panino:

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My steak sandwich:

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Both were very good. The skirt steak inside my sandwich had a nice char and was medium rare as requested. Plenty of onions and mushrooms and some melted Swiss, too. The bread was toasted but airy. Good!

Here’s a look at the fireplace room. See the wood all stacked up next to it?

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A very comfortable space, with outdoor dining on the patio, good cocktails (look for the Chat Champage Cocktail to be featured in our upcoming 12 Days of Cocktails series), flat screen TVs and the bar and comfortable ostrich upholstery on the seats. And at lunch, the place was absolutely packed — and almost all the tables were women lunching with friends.

Everyone was saying it’s really welcome in Scarsdale, where there aren’t too many upscale-casual places. Welcome to the neighborhood, then!

The 411 on Chat is coming. Til then:
1 Christie Place, Scarsdale. 914-722-4000, chatamericangrill.com.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 3:14 pm by Liz Johnson.
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