# What to Order at Loring Place

_Published 2026-07-19 on DinnerElite (https://dinnerelite.com/blog/what-to-order-at-loring-place)._

Loring Place ([loringplacenyc.com](https://www.loringplacenyc.com/)) is chef Dan Kluger's vegetable-forward American restaurant on West 8th Street in Greenwich Village, built around a wood-burning grill and a wood-fired oven. Kluger made his name cooking vegetables at ABC Kitchen, and the menu here rewards ordering that way, since the produce dishes are the signatures and the plates are meant to be shared. This guide covers what to order, what to know about the room, and how to actually land a table. DinnerElite tracks [Loring Place](/reservations/679) and emails you the moment a table opens.

## What should you order at Loring Place?

Order vegetables first, because that is what Kluger is known for. The zucchini fries with lemon-parmesan dressing are the dish people come back for, a carryover of the style he built at ABC Kitchen, and the rotating vegetable salads, like the wood-grilled broccoli with orange and pistachios or the roasted beets with ginger and cashews, show the kitchen at its best. Everything is designed to share, so build a table across a few plates rather than ordering one entree each. The whole-wheat pizzas from the wood-fired oven are a strong middle course, with the grandma-style tomato-and-mozzarella pie the safe pick. For a larger plate, the roasted short rib with potato puree and the grilled arctic char are the anchors, and the cheeseburger with pepper aioli and house-cured bacon is the quiet bar-menu favorite. Prices on the [dinner menu](https://www.loringplacenyc.com/menu/dinner/) run from about $16 for snacks to $42 for the short rib, per the restaurant's menu in mid-July 2026.

## What should you know about the room at Loring Place?

Loring Place is a Greenwich Village neighborhood restaurant more than a scene, with an open kitchen built around side-by-side wood fire, so much of the menu comes off the grill or out of the wood oven. The cooking leans on the Union Square Greenmarket, which is why the vegetable dishes change with the season and are worth asking about. The menu is structured as small and large shareable plates rather than a strict appetizer-and-entree format, so it suits a group that wants to graze. The restaurant closes on Sundays, per Dan Kluger's own site in mid-July 2026, which pushes weekend demand into Friday and Saturday nights. The same site lists a weekday cocktail hour from 5 to 7 PM at the bar counter, the low-commitment way in.

## How do you actually get a table at Loring Place?

Loring Place books on Resy for both indoor and outdoor seats, per the restaurant's own site in mid-July 2026, and it does not publish a fixed release window, so tables surface as they open rather than on a set schedule. Friday and Saturday nights are the tightest, since the room is closed on Sundays and weekend demand compresses into two nights. The bar counter's weekday cocktail hour stays the easiest low-commitment way in without a reservation. When you want a booked table, a cancellation alert is the reliable path. DinnerElite watches [Loring Place](/reservations/679) around the clock and emails you the moment a seat opens, whether from a fresh release or someone else's change of plans. We send alerts and never book automatically. The one exception is our Expert plan, where a human on our team books hard tables on your behalf. For more of the neighborhood, see our guides to [what to order at Via Carota](/blog/what-to-order-at-via-carota) and [what to order at I Sodi](/blog/what-to-order-at-i-sodi).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is Loring Place known for?

Vegetable-forward American cooking from chef Dan Kluger, who built his reputation on vegetables at ABC Kitchen. Much of the menu comes off a wood grill and out of a wood-fired oven, and the produce dishes are the signatures.

### What should you order at Loring Place for the first time?

Start with the zucchini fries and a couple of the seasonal vegetable salads, add a whole-wheat pizza to share, then pick one larger plate like the roasted short rib or the grilled arctic char. The menu is built for sharing.

### Is Loring Place vegetarian-friendly?

Very. The kitchen is vegetable-forward, and the salads, roasted vegetable dishes, and pizzas make it easy to build a full meal without meat, though the menu also has fish, meat, pasta, and a cheeseburger.

### How much does dinner cost at Loring Place?

Per the restaurant's dinner menu in mid-July 2026, snacks and small plates run about $16 to $26, pizzas around $20 to $26, and larger plates from roughly $31 for the cheeseburger to $42 for the roasted short rib.

### Does DinnerElite book the table for me?

No. We send alerts and you book the table yourself. The one exception is our Expert plan, where a human concierge books on your behalf.