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Chelsea W Village - relaxed weeknight dinner, $20 entrees, ethnic (not a lot of butter or dairy)
I'm looking for a place where sitting and talking a while (say 1-1/2 hours) is ok, and where the food is good. Companion doesn't eat dairy.
The new (old) El Cid - any eating experiences?
I notice that El Cid has opened on 8th Avenue. Looks from the outside very different in terms of decor than the 15th Street place.
I'd appreciate knowing how the food is.
The Modern with a noise-hating friend?
I remember there was a diffiulty with noiose in at least part of the Modern, and pledges to fix the problem. Can anyone make a recent noise report - say from January on? And recent noise comparisons between the main restaurant and the Bar room?
If you were with a houndish person who could be negatively transfixed by "noise", would you just skip the Modern? And if so, where might you go for a fairly high end yet relaxed meal, low on "noise"?
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The Modern
9 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019
Interesting but not challenging restaurant for lunch, $36.50 app (maybe) and main
Thank you for the suggestions -- and sgordon for the tipping correction; I think the person taking me out is a 15% tipper.d
Interesting but not challenging restaurant for lunch, $36.50 app (maybe) and main
Situation: The rep of a charity to which I've made a big donation is taking me to lunch as thanks. I'd like to go some place interesting. But - I know from a previous meal with him that he's a pretty conservative eater, which wasn't 100% enjoyable for me. (I picked a place in Chinatown CH raved about and I'd never been to, I loved, but clearly it was totally strange to him, not in a good way, that dishes didn't have vegetables mixed in.)
I only feel right that the meal total $40/pp. I figure $40-3.50 tax= $36.50; I'm sure no alcohol and probably no dessert,.
Ideas?
Ninth Avenue 30s/40s - relaxed dinner tonight
Looking for good (doesn't need to be great) place for dinner tonight with entrees $20 or less and a liquor license. Time after the pre-theatre rush. Two people; cuisine open. It's a business/social thing.
Chow-ish lunch near AJ Madison (Bklyn) for Manhattan hound
I'm going to the renovation showroom of AJMadison at 1416 38th Street, Brooklyn, tomorrow. Both as a reward for afterward and to take advantage of being in the heart of Brooklyn (or so I believe), I'd love recommendations. Any level of cuisine, price - $30 entree or less -; I'll be by myself if that matters.
80th Birthday Dinner Suggestions
Maybe the place up at Columbia on top of a building. You'd arrange a car service to and from. nice setting, service, food (not dramatic or innovative, but nice); festive. I was at a 90th birthday party there years ago; one long table was used. There was good sound level, a few friendly toasts.
I'm hoping another ch-er will post the name of the place.
Dinner at bar or pass, this Sunday evening?
In general, I like food I'd describe as vivid. I do like Chinese (though can't handle the level of spicy many posters seek and enjoy), Italian, French, and interesting (my idea of it, very subjective). I dislike what I experience as pretentious - food, service - though I think at my $50 price point this is less likely.
As a contrary example, for instance, I didn't much like Wallse's food. Unlike much of the list, I wasn't impressed by Aldea's food, though I liked the service.
For the meal I'm asking about, it is more comfortable atmosphere and excellent food that I am seeking than a specific cuisine. Drinks will be a side point, not focus.
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Wallse
344 W. 11th St., New York, NY 10014
Aldea
31 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011
Dinner at bar or pass, this Sunday evening?
I'm hoping for recommendations for a dinner of $50 (food only) with interesting food and a relaxed good-service atmosphere. I prefer downtown (below 34th Street).
Restaurants I've most enjoyed recently: La
Grenouille, Hearth. Enjoyed less: Picholine
Elegant with kids.... 8-10 blocks fr/ 59th & 6th Central Park entrance
Helpful info. One more ?, though, for fine tuning: Will you be in your skating clothes? makes a difference to what places there will be a comfort level with?
One splurge in manhattan for an Aussie tourist?
Hazna,
I've pretty much adjusted to the prices here after many years, but I think it's useful to be prepared. A regular glass of wine at a "nice" place is probably at least $12, for instance. Looking over the menus for restaurants you're interested in with prices posted at www.menupages.com may be useful -even though the prices may be a bit low (charitably, out of date).
also, I find lunch prices at special places more manageable, and sometimes more relaxing.
Le Bernardin bar questions about when to go
Don't know if patterns have emerged yet but in case .. Is it better (less pressured, less of a wait) to go on the early side (I don't know when they open but say 6:30 or before)? Are certain days more pleasant, others less (e.g., Friday at the bar?)
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Le Bernardin
155 W. 51st St., New York, NY 10019
NY lunch
Keens - cab ride away, 30s West Side, so maybe too tenson-provoking that way. Food excellent, NYC atmosphere terrific. There are so many aspects to the NYC experience - as some other posters have responded in terms of exootic/diverse; modern; outstanding food. Personally, I don't experience Keen's food as outstanding but delicious and an oldtime atmosphre. Not cheap, but what is here?
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Keens
72 West 36th St., New York, NY 10018
I have a problem
with a restaurant or any busines which when I walk in, I may purchase a great experience OR a not-so-great one -- paying the same amount, mind you. When people counsel that I the customer should talk a certain way to the servers (other than politely), take on board as my fault I get differential treatment, try again, it does not make sense to me. Yes, there are tips and pointers on say, how to get the best work from your contractor. Should people be given a brocher by EMP or another high-end inconsistent restaurant on how to elicit the high side of quality? Seems to me, yes. Otherwise, they should be consistent.
Sure, perfect consistency from any business provider is probably not possible. I find it baffling -- well, not baffling exactly -- that a large response to a negative review of certain restaurants is to query/impugn the reviewer and talk about how wonderful the restaurant is in what it "gives" to them. It reminds me of the movie with Steve Martin where the restaurant is so snooty that it gets your credit rating to decide what to permit you to order. Though -- at least in that mythical movie restaurant, I believe that Martin got what he paid for.
Suggestions for a good dinner experience in Manhattan
Tiresome but helpful to us helping you ?s: $125-150 *including" or "excluding ext, tip, dirnks. Tax and tip take about 27% on top of tab and drinks (even non-alcoholic seem at least $8 in high end places - like an enhanced gingererale :, coktails $14+...
Moderate Priced Restaurant for Family
And to guide us -- of the places you've tried, which have worked well, which not so well?
Tween Birthday Dinner HELP!
I think there have been a number of recent threads on this topic; try search. CH is about food, so telling us something about food prefs may hep us.
Also it may help people respond if you define interactive and give a price point and location/area.IIRC, pPrior posters who got respoonse have also indicated the kids' sophistication level.
Kalustyan's - How is the 2d floor prepared food?
And is some of it vegan? vegetarian?
And/or can you recommend better takeout veg food in that immediate area (Little India)?
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Kalustyan's
123 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10016
Mark Joseph's Steak House
It would be nice if you can follow up w/ more detail - what you had, how cooked, service specifics.
Where to find mason jars & lids? Columbia/Morningside/Harlem preferred
IMO, canning and putting up are not such popular activities as they used to be.
A well-stocked hardware store in Harlem might have preserving supplies.
Or, you could venture down to Zabar's (80th and Bway) 2d floor.
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Zabar's
2245 Broadway, New York, NY 10024
Undecided between Prune, The Dutch and Otto; Koreatown Question and Market Question
I ate at Prune last Fri dinner and there was a 5-yo coloring at the next table, totally no difficulty - but ono ther hand, that's not a 9 yo.
The restaurant is buzzy and busy and has interesting food (I don't mean weird, just unusual twists on things) and great service. It is tiny, so fitting into a busy loud atmosphere isn't really the thing - though it *is* busy and loud (due to limited soundproofing and use of tile).
I wouldn't rule out Otto.
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Prune
54 E 1st St, New York, NY 10003
Recomendations for Special Occasion Dinner for Husband's 30th
Hard to see Original Palm, only one I've been at, as romantic in the way most people use the term.
I'd look for restaurants that meet your other requisites and consider the steak they likely offer (menupages will tell you though for evaluation you could use CH).
Expat NYers returning. With a baby....
For searching purposes - I think it's (the) Sheep Meadow.
Hearth "Put Yourself in Our Hands" menu - ?s
This is a 7-course meal for which the courses aren't described. If anyone has had it, could you post about what the food was and/or if you thought it was worthwhile, compared to ala carte ordering?
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Hearth
403 East 12th Street, New York, NY 10009
Solo traveler in search of casual (pizza/bakery, etc.) and regular dining recommendations
-Seems lots of good-food places now have for customer eating a narrow ledge counter or high seats w/ tiny table (presumably to discourage long-term sitting), so think if this would be sufficiently relaxing and maybe ask posers about it.
-example UWS: Grandaisy - bakery with distinctive "pizzas" sort of flatbread w/ zucchini, potato, baked goods, good coffees; sleek interior, crowded non-table seating.
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Grandaisy Bakery
176 W 72nd St, New York, NY 10023
Remembering Silk Road Palace UWS
For good answers, I think you'll need to specify type and style of Chinese restaurant -
Looking for a restaurant for Saturday night
There's a restaurant in (at the entrance to) Penn Station, called Tracks, that is decent and relaxed. Do a search here - someone posted about it which is how I discovered it. You enter to a bar, but then there's a restaurant.
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Tracks
1 Penn Plz, New York, NY 10119
Prune for dinner tonight - recommendations?
Must-haves? Things to avoid? I think there's no tasting menu; is this true? The website is a bit hard to navigate.
What about the cocktails?
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Prune
54 E 1st St, New York, NY 10003
