Gramercy Tavern menu: The Tavern

The Tavern menu examples

Selected examples from SeEat’s September 10, 2026 capture, checked against The Tavern’s official menu September 30. This is not the complete current menu or the Dining Room’s seasonal menu. Several desserts have changed; some listed accompaniments also differ.

Three mains with different accompaniments

Compare the listed combinations rather than a ranking of favorites.

Pasta with a pork accompaniment

Ricotta Cavatelli

The Tavern lists ricotta cavatelli with guanciale, Sungold tomatoes and basil. Guanciale is cured pork cheek, so the ricotta name alone does not describe the whole dish. Compare the pasta format with the meatball’s polenta before choosing your main.

Burger, chips and smoked-onion aioli

The Tavern Burger

The listed pairing is potato chips with smoked-onion aioli. Read that as its own combination rather than assuming fries or a particular cheese topping. Compare it with the meatball if you want a beef main but a different bread-versus-polenta direction.

Beef with polenta, mushrooms and cheese

Beef Meatball

This main names polenta, mushrooms and Fontina. Those accompaniments distinguish it from both the burger and cavatelli. Choose by the complete pairing, not just the beef name; the menu does not establish the exact number or serving size of meatballs.

AI reference images · not photographs of the restaurant’s actual dishes

Make the menu format and accompaniments count

A few specific distinctions help you assemble the order.

1. 01

   The Tavern is not the Dining Room menu

   The official site separates The Tavern’s à la carte menu from the Dining Room’s seasonal dinner menu. This saved record belongs to The Tavern. Do not assume dishes or course structure from one area apply to the other.

2. 02

   Choose the starch already paired with the main

   The burger names chips, the meatball polenta, and Brick Pressed Chicken potatoes. Compare those complete combinations before assuming you need another starch. No separately included side package is inferred.

3. 03

   Read the smaller ingredients in a starter

   Roasted Oysters has garlic breadcrumbs and smoked paprika. Chicken Liver Mousse now lists plum-tomato jam, while the capture says plum jam. Check the current accompaniment rather than expecting an unchanged seasonal recipe.

Words that change this order

À la carte

The Tavern’s individual choices are distinct from the Dining Room’s seasonal dinner format. Choose the menu before choosing the dish.

Cavatelli and guanciale

Cavatelli is the pasta format; guanciale is a pork accompaniment in this entry. A cheese-led name does not make the whole dish meatless.

Polenta and Fontina

These appear with Beef Meatball. Read the starch and cheese pairing instead of expecting the burger’s chips.

Roasted oysters

The preparation differs from assuming oysters on the half shell. Breadcrumbs and paprika also affect the choice.

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