Alison Returns, but Not on Dominick Street January 24, 2012, 10:57 am Alison Eighteen, Alison Price Becker's return to the Manhattan restaurant scene after an absence of almost 10 years, will evoke memories of her former restaurant, Alison on Dominick Street, when it opens next Tuesday. The chef, Robert Gurvich, is back, and the same designers, Asfour Guzy, have created the new Alison. But here, the velvet curtain at the entrance to the dining room is deep aubergine, not navy blue, and the setting is lighter and airier, with whimsical wallpaper. Dark wood chairs alternate with aubergine leather banquettes. "I was able to include many elements that I wanted, like flexible table arrangements," Ms. Price Becker said. In keeping with current trends, the restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and has a small cafe area in front with a marble counter for pastries, sandwiches and other food to go. Downstairs there is a spacious private dining room. The menu is American with a strong French accents, like herb-steamed mussels with crème fraîche, halibut with chanterelles, and a pot-au-feu. Rotisseries in the kitchen will turn out chickens, lamb shoulder and other meats. Alison Eighteen, 15 West 18th Street, (212) 366-1818. Alison Eighteen Menu