Midtown’s longstanding Italian seafood restaurant Esca rises from the ashes Monday in a renovated space with an outdoor patio, three months after a fire tore through the restaurant. Now under the helm of Victor Rallo and executive chef Dave Pasternack, the 20-year-old restaurant received an upgrade that includes a rustic farmhouse-inspired dining room, a new 55-seat patio, a revamped wine list, and a slightly changed menu.
It’s still an Italian-inflected seafood restaurant, with Mediterranean-style crudo and handmade pastas available, including signatures such as the sea urchin pasta. But the restaurant at 402 West 43rd St., near Ninth Avenue, will offer new charcuterie and more meat options like a dry-aged sirloin and pork Milanese.
