Photograph by Ethan Hill from pattilupone.net

Actress Patti Lupone ("Gypsy," "Evita") weighs in on her favorite theater district restaurant Esca in the New York Post:

"It's open after the theater. It has an Italian flavor, and it's primarily a fish restaurant. The wines are delicious, and the way that chef David Pasternack prepares that fish..."

She's right. Esca (full disclosure: I wrote a book with Pasternack) just might be America's best seafood restaurant. But just when I thought Patti was a serious enough eater to start posting for Serious Eats, she touted another well-known New York restaurant, La Goulue, which is most assuredly not in Esca's league:

"It's a real French restaurant. It has a great coq au vin, a great three-cheese souffle and great French bread. Everybody has a French accent, and I feel like I'm in Paris."