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Drinks After Locanda Verde
Last week we "discovered" the lobby bar of the Tribeca Grand Hotel for after dinner drinks and loved it. It's a huge, cavernous space in the atrium with lots of private booths and seating areas for a group of your size. Very nice ambience, low mood lighting and a great 7 story view.
looking for a great food experience. any recs?
RGR-
Any photos from Scalini Fedeli and/or recent reviews? I haven't been on this board for a while but remember how thoroughly informed and knowledgeable your reviews are. My wife and I will be dining at SF Saturday evening and as it will be our first visit, we would like some menu insight.
We are also very interested in settling in to a romantic, off-the-beaten-path after dinner place for drinks before dragging ourselves back to the suburbs. Any ideas?
Thanks!
Dessert/post meal hangout
Hi all,
It's anniversary time again and my wife and I will be @ Scalini Fedeli Saturday evening and was wondering if anyone can suggest a "cool" after dinner spot downtown.
I mentioned dessert in the title but the place doesn't necessarily have to serve dessert at all, we're really looking for a nice, somewhat quiet, dimly lit place for a nightcap that's down in that area of town.
Thanks for the help.
thanksgiving buffets in maui
I did attend a luau at the Sheraton. It was good-but the cuisine wasn't very memorable. I'm not even sure that would be a reflection on the hotel's regular menu or not. Otherwise, we ate mostly at the Westin.
thanksgiving buffets in maui
By now you probably made your plans, but, since you mentioned the Westin-I stayed there a couple of years ago and had a wonderful time. My wife and I split two weeks there and the Four Seasons Hualalai on the Big Island.
The Westin website is advertising a Thanksgiving buffet at On'O, for $52 (in case $$ was an issue). I do remember the restaurant as being very good.
Enjoy, Happy Thanksgiving...and I am very jealous.
Anniversary dinner
A couple of years back I attended a dinner party at the home of a good friend, and the chef they hired that night was a good friend of theirs named Marco-who mentioned that he owned this restaurant. The amazing meal he created included an interesting course featuring a quail egg with Kobe beef and some type of grit/cream of wheat accompaniment. It was very good.
I am considering Tocqueville.
Dinner after a show
Not sure what you meant by "rustic", but either way you can't miss with Babbo. Can get a bit noisy but the food more than makes up for it.
Avoid Da Silvano.
Anniversary dinner
I was seriously thinking of L'impero, and have heard it is nice. Any details?
Is Aureole similar in style/menu to Vegas? If so, I'm not interested.
Thanks.
Anniversary dinner
Thanks for the somewhat helpful info RGR, but I'm not sure I agree with you on the cuisine at OIBL, but to each his own.
I see you are about the only one both here and on another forum, that understands the type of ambience I am looking for, so where would you suggest?
Anniversary dinner
I'm looking for suggestions for a mid-December anniversary dinner, preferrably south of the 20's in the Village/Soho/Union Square areas.
We prefer French, New/traditional American or Italian. Do not want Indian, Asian or Seafood/sushi. For us, great ambience and a good bottle of wine go a long way. That's not to say that cuisine is unimportant-we just don't wish to sacrifice comfort and privacy in the usual long-row seating style of so many typical NYC restaurants today. One of our favs is OIBL, and are looking for a similar type.
Thanks.
