Sexy Spanish tapas await you at Salinas, a new spot that opened up in Chelsea last year. The place is dark and "loungey", and typifies the NYC "Scene". It's a hot spot with really good food from Chef Luis Bollo.

Your fist insight into a good meal starts with the complimentary olive tapenade spread that comes with the bread. It's delicious!

A dish of fried brussel sprouts ($9), green cauliflower, citrus, mint yogurt, and pimenton de la Vera, is flavorful and nice.

Tripita ($12), braised veal tripe, veal feet, iberico ham, chorizo sausage, tomatoes, pimenton de la Vera, chorizero pepper, and crispy garbanzos, is great. I love when chefs make tripe dishes tender and fabulous. This is one of them.

A dish called Rosejat Råpida ($25), crispy fideo pasta, chicken breast, chorizo, cockles, and saffron aioli was pretty good. I almost loved this dish, but really thought that the saffron aioli was totally unnecessary. The dish would have been great had it been left off the plate.

So get your tapas on in Chelsea, a sexy night awaits.

Salinas
136 9th Ave (bet. 18th and 19th)
New York, NY 10011
212-776-1990