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Where to go for lunch near Verona/Montclaire/Caldwell: Thai? Vietnamese?
Or Indian. If you know of a great Indian place in the area, that would also be fantastic.
Where to go for lunch near Verona/Montclaire/Caldwell: Thai? Vietnamese?
Howdy Hounds,
I am new to the area and am looking to go out to lunch with some colleagues. Preferably something asian, cheap and delicious. Any suggestions? We are in Verona but Caldwell, Montclaire, and other areas nearby are all viable.
Chinatown for Lunar new Year Dinner
I have friend in from out of town and we'd like to go out for dinner tonight in Chinatown. I haven't been in NYC in a while so I'm not up on what's still around. We're a party of 5, so we are looking for a place that can seat a semi-large party. Bonus points for delicious food and extra bonus points if a dragon or lion comes dancing through the restaurant. We are considering Dim Sum Go-Go, Congee Village, and there was a p place with a name like Tasty 88 who's name is escaping me now, but we are open to any place that is delicious. What would you suggest?
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Congee Village
100 Allen St, New York, NY 10002
Please tell me the restaurant that has blown you away within the last 6 months...
Oh, I completely agree that Kyo Ya is phenomenal. The reason I wasn't "blown away" was purely semantic - it just didn't seem like the right turn of phrase, but that restaurant is incredible, and I've never had an experience like it. It may be one of the best meals of my life, but it's Beethoven to Momofuku/BaoHaus's Rolling Stones. I was associating the phrase "blown away" with the food equivalent of loud devil's music.
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Kyo Ya
94 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009
The Vegan Bachelor
I've also read good things about the new Suen Noodle Shop. I'm not generally a huge fan of the original Suens but people seem to like the noodle shop.
For general old school veggie food, I think Angelika's Kitchen in the east village gives great bang for the buck. They do traditional healthy veggie food with a focus on fresh produce. Almost everything can be ordered vegan. Casual but nice.
Westville has great vegetables and is popular with my veggie and vegan friends. Very reasonable prices but it might be hard to fit a big group there.
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Westville
210 W 10th St, New York, NY 10014
Walking distance to the Brooklyn Bridge?
Oh yeah, I didn't specify, but all the places I listed are on the Brooklyn side.
Classic Cocktail Bar/Lounge...
It's funny 'cause it's true! The rest of us are at home, drinking cava and playing board games.
Walking distance to the Brooklyn Bridge?
5 Front - bistro food with nice outdoor area
Superfine - southern american food in brick loft-like space
Noodle Pudding - delicious local italian place in Brooklyn Heights, fresh flavors, but busy
Jack the Horse - delicious bistro food
Grimaldi's - order pizza to go, eat it in the park
Henry's End - upscale American with a focus on game
Rice - mediocre food, but good ice cream, adn nice outdoor eating area
Fascati Pizza - good local pizza place
Iron Chef House - good local sushi, reasonably priced
I also heard a rumor that the Red Hook Lobster Pound is serving lobster rolls at Fulton Ferry near the ice cream light house.
The Vegan Bachelor
I didn't even know they had a garden! Indeed, for $40 pp, we ate lightly and each had a beer, my vegan friend who ate with gusto and had a few wine pairings tallied up well over $100. I think it was more like $140. But he was in heaven! I wasn't that impressed with the appetizers I tried, but I can't say I took full advantage of their menu, cheapskate that I am. I enjoyed their brussel sprouts, but I prefer the lighter and crispier sprouts at Momofuku. Their beer and wine list is a little expensive but very well curated.
2010 restaurant week
I loved their shrimp salad and tuna tartare. Their slow cooked salmon is okay, but not all that exciting.
Lobster in Manhattan
Mary's Fish Camp is the Manhattan sister to Brooklyn Fish Camp - a favorite of the Rhode Island wing of my family, and one of my favorite restaurants in Brooklyn. I've only been to the Brooklyn establishment, but they serve very fresh, very delicious seafood, including a great lobster roll, in a lively setting. Nice ambiance, slightly upscale but casual and unpretentious. I hear good things about the Manhattan outpost.
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Mary's Fish Camp
64 Charles St, New York, NY 10014
Recommendations for a Stellar/Atmospheric 33rd Birthday Dinner in Lower Manhattan or Brooklyn (no Midtown)?
Oooh, Good Fork is very nice, and they have outdoor dining! Red Hook can be a little hard to get to, but it's so beautiful once you're there.
authentic middle eastern food
It involves a shlep out to Queens, but Sabry's is my favorite middle eastern place in the city, hands down. I love it even more than Tanoreen. They specialize in fish, done Egyptian style, and their tagines are to die for.
The Vegan Bachelor
I have a vegan friend who eats ALL Indian food with abandon. I think it's like how Chinese food is all kosher, as long as you eat it outside the house. But ask your friend first, he may have different rules.
My vegan friend also adored(!) Pure Food and Wine. I thought it was pretty pretty good, but extremely expensive for what it is. We ended up paying about $40 pp.
As a non-vegan, I enjoy the food at Pukk, a vegan Thai place in the east village. It's designey enough to be festive, and their food is pretty good modern thai, with entrees under $12, so you can buy plenty of drinks. (Unless they are BYOB, I forget now.)
I've also heard good things about Buddha Bodai, a vegan place in Chinatown, but I still haven't been there.
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Pukk
71 1st Ave, New York, NY 10003
Buddha Bodai
5 Mott St, New York, NY 10013
Pure Food and Wine
54 Irving Place, New York, NY 10003
Recommendations for a Stellar/Atmospheric 33rd Birthday Dinner in Lower Manhattan or Brooklyn (no Midtown)?
I ended up going to Nougatine for my birthday last week and had a great time. They have a $38 prix fixe (early or late 5:30-6 or after 10pm), the food was terrific, the atmosphere was lovely (airy, festive and not too fancy), and it's near the A,C,2,3 so it's not bad to get to from Brooklyn.
In Brooklyn I love Brooklyn Fish Camp, but they are closed on Sundays.
For cozy atmosphere, and moderate prices, I really dig Jack the Horse in Brooklyn Heights. They have great cocktails, lovely cozy atmosphere, and very nice food. The prices are quite reasonable and they take reservations. And! It's close to the promenade and Brooklyn Bridge Park for after dinner moseying. I also love the italian ices at Fascati Pizza near there for on the go dessert.
Another Cobble Hill favorite is Hibano, the kyoto style Japanese place on Henry near Atlantic. It's informal but very cute in a subdued way. Their daily small plates are the way to go, and they are always under $6. Also, their home made tofu is fab. They don't usually take reservations, but I think they will accept them for groups of 6 or more. You can live it up with great food and sake for under $40 pp.
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Nougatine
1 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023
2010 restaurant week
I like Spice Market very much, but I had a terrible RW meal there. I normally don't care much about service, but our server was super rude, the food wasn't up to their usual standards, and hey didn't even bother to defrost the desserts - our tapioca still had ice crystals on it!
I'd suggest going for a late lunch or off-hour dinner at another time and sitting at the bar that overlooks the open kitchen. They have some great noodle dishes for around $15, affordable small plates (which are their strongest items) and tasty drinks - you can make a night of painlessly without RW.
For a JG bargain, I just had dinner at Nougatine, and the $38 prix fixe is an obscene amount of food. Two people could easily share a prix fixe and an appetizer. (As usual, it's the appetizers where they really shine.)
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Spice Market
403 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10014
Nougatine
1 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023
Latenight places to drink wine/champagne outdoors (preferably byow)
Also, I didn't tell you this, but rumor has it that many people have consumed wine as part of a picnic in several of NYC's parks with no hassles from the cops. My picks for evening romance in lower Manhattan would be Battery Park or the High Line. Brooklyn Bridge Park is on the other side of the river but has the most spectacular views. (And Thursday nights they have free movies.)
Latenight places to drink wine/champagne outdoors (preferably byow)
Neither late night (closes @ 9pm Friday and Saturday), nor downtown, but the Metropolitan Museum of Art has a lovely rooftop bar that's nothing if not civilized.
Dinner and Dancing for Over 40S !!!
2nding S.O.Bs. When I've been there, the crowd has been extremely diverse, festive and unpretentious. People are wearing everything from cocktail dresses to jeans, and I've had a great time there.
Classic Cocktail Bar/Lounge...
That totally makes sense. I'm still confused about what "Haute/hipster-free" means.
Suggestions needed for amazing upscale dinner with atmosphere!
Kyo Ya is in the East Vllage, not the Lower East Side, and it is beautiful. The food is very subtle, and the atmosphere is quietly beautiful. It's not the first place that springs to mind for a a twenty-something looking to "surprise my girl with a knock-out incredible evening" but it is beautiful, and the food has an earthy grace.
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Kyo Ya
94 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009
Classic Cocktail Bar/Lounge...
Oops, I read this as non-hip 40s - 50s, in other words midtown!
My midtown suggestion would be the oyster bar at Oyster Bar in Grand Central Terminal. Enjoy your rye while watching the master shuckers, and slurp down some oysters off their raw bar menu under the Guastavino arched ceilings. I recommend trying a few different oysters, including whatever giant oysters are on the menu.
I've never actually had a drink there, but the Campbell Apartment is stunning. There is absolutely nothing hip about the crowd there, and the night I went by, it seemed like a post-sorority crowd.
The Algonquin Hotel has a nice lobby bar, with a great history, and it's never been crowded when I've been there.
For hip joints, I enjoyed the heck out of Milk & Honey, one of the first establishments of the faux speakeasy wave, but admittedly that was a few years ago.
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Campbell Apartment
89 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017
Please tell me the restaurant that has blown you away within the last 6 months...
BaoHaus! They serve bao, chinese buns, mostly to go, and their beef bun knocked me on my ass. I don't think they'd be a birthday dinner choice but they make a knockout lunch of light dinner on the go.
Other than that, nothing's really blown me away in the past 6 mo. I enjoyed the hell out of the small plates at Ippudo, and had a wonderful kaseki meal at Kyo Ya, but their food is more a landscape of subtle flavors and textures, so "blown away" doesn't seem right. If you're looking for a quietly lavish experience, Kyo Ya might be the jam.
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Kyo Ya
94 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009
Ippudo
65 4th Ave, New York, NY 10003
BaoHaus
137 Rivington St, New York, NY 10002
Xiao Ye
Any new word on Xiao Ye? (Opening date?) I haven't seen much on the blog, but I'm really looking forward to the opening.
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Xiao Ye
198 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002
Chow Birthday
Rrems, your fantastic suggestions have jumpstarted my brain!
Or on the Tabla theme, a friend once suggested Devi - any thoughts?
Chow Birthday
Ooh, I've been meaning to try Tabla and Chow Bar sounds like it might be just the ticket! Just out of curiosity, what do you think of Pear Oyster Bar and Mary's Fish Camp?
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Mary's Fish Camp
64 Charles St, New York, NY 10014
Crif's - meh?
I'm shocked! I always thought NY style was "the works" - ketchup, mustard, sauerkraut, and that onion stuff if they've got it. Relish is exotic but mighty tasty if available.
Chow Birthday
Howdy Hounds,
My loving parents would like to take me and the rest of the family out for a belated birthday dinner. My choice. And as much as I love helping other people find restaurants I am drawing a blank.
I'm coming from Brooklyn, the folks are from Queens and my cousin is coming down from Washington Heights so I thought Manhattan would be a good pick.
I've been out of NYC for a while, so I am not up on what's available - and I thought this would be a good chance to try a new and exciting place. I like unusual flavors, asian influences, and spice. I don't (often) eat meat, but love fish and seafood. In the past I've loved the Jean George establishments, and Nougatine was fantastic, and Spice Market was fun, but I think I might like something cozier and less formal for my birthday. Sripraphai is a family favorite but, and I've been loving the Bao at BaoHaus. I love Momofuku -it's just the right level of fancy, but I hate trying to get a table there.
Any suggestions of a place fun, adventurous and delicious?
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Jean Georges
1 Central Park W, New York, NY 10023
Spice Market
403 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10014
Nougatine
1 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023
List of Ultimate Chinese food dishes in NYC
I confess, I haven't spent much time in Manhattan Chinatown yet this year, but I enjoyed Amazing 66 when I tried it last year. And I've had some decent dumplings, some nice soups and some blah dim sum. And plenty of decent buns from bakeries.
But so far, this year, the best thing I have eaten all year has been the Haus Bao at BaoHaus. (Is that a tautology?) It's spiced beef in a steamed bun and it's fantastic. The menu says "Crushed peanut, cilantro, Haus Relish, and Taiwanese red sugar", and I say divine! Totally nuts!
The Chairman Bao is more traditionally red roast pork (char siu?), and also very good, and fantastically tender, but the time I had it it was a little fatty for my taste (I know that's part of the charm, but I like my pork lacquered and ropey.) I should try it again, but I can't stop ordering the Haus Bao, it's so good!
http://www.baohausnyc.com/menu
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Amazing 66
66 Mott St, New York, NY 10013
Cocktails at a museum?
Was it the Metropolitan Museum's rooftop martini bar?
http://www.metmuseum.org/visit/dining/roof_menu
PS1 also boozes it up in the summer:
http://ps1.org/warmup/
And MoMA frequently has drinks at their PopRally events:
http://www.moma.org/poprally/index
