New York City restaurants

[LAK]

My DH and I are planning a trip to NYC in early Sept. Any suggestions on restaurants to try? There are so many possibilities, it is mind-boggling!

[claire797]

I go to New York once a year and am usually in the city for one night only. So yes. I know how completely overwhelming it is to choose just 1 restaurant. Believe me .

It might be helpful if you narrowed things down a bit by choosing a cuisine. For instance, are you interested in New American? Interior Mexican? Seafood? After you chooose a cuisine, choose an atmosphere. Do you want a new hip and trendy place? A place with a top chef? Do you care about celebrity spotting? What's your price range?

Also, take a look at this site. It has menus for many of New York's restaurants.

http://www.menupages.com/restaurantd...=0&cuisineid=0

Another good one

http://www.newyorkmetro.com/restaura...oeat/index.htm

1) Blue Hill (trendy, chef won a Food and Wine award)
2) The River Cafe (been around awhile, nice view)
3) Gramercy Tavern (reliable, romantic)
4) City Hall (all kinds of food, celebrity spotting, nice atmosphere)
5) WD-50 (this one is VERY hot right now, I haven't been though)

[bmonczka]

Great thread!! I will be taking 10 high school students in Late/Mid November to NYC for 5 days. Any good suggestions for places to take teenagers to eat? I like to take them to at least one nice place (last time we did the restaurant that overlooked the ice rink at Rockfeller Center). Usually we end up doing theme restaurant after theme restaurant which gets a little nauseating (sp?) after awhile!

[Beth Y]

We went to Mario's place, Babbo, last November. You have to call a month in advance, but it was really really really great.

[Sami]

I just went to New York last Wednesday to see Hairspray. I had lunch at Town which is at 15 56th street between 5th and 6th. You do need reservations. The food was fabulous and the presentations beautiful.

Sami

[pbutterfly]

If you can, I would suggest picking up a Zagat's restaurant guide. I think that you can check things out on their website as well. (www.zagats.com)

For high school students, Cowgirl Hall of Fame might be fun - it's not so themey that it's annoying, but it's fun and has good (tasting, if not always healthy) food.

For nice, inexpensive Italian, my fave is Caffe Torino (10th Street between 6th and 7th). They serve huge portions (even the 'individual' can be shared, let alone the 'family-style'). There are so many places, if you can narrow your focus a little, by area of town, cuisine, price, style-of-place, I'd be glad to make more suggestions. After all, I've tried a lot (and I might even be easily talked into trying something new if you wanted a taste-tester! LOL!)

lynne

[Chiffonade]

My very favorite restaurant in NYC is called One If By Land Two If By Sea. It's at 17 Barrow Street in the Village. (I didn't have to look up that address...LOL.) It is one of the most romantic restaurants in existence. According to the Zagat guide: "If you can't score here, you're hopeless."

But seriously - the specialty of the house is an individual Beef Wellington that is not to be missed. And if you're lucky, something smooth, silky and sultry for dessert. To share.

[helios7]

I'm lost for choice. I can't imagine narrowing the field for only a couple days.

For more High End - Tabla is fantastic. Fusion Indian food. High class experience. And, if that seems to pricey check out the Table Bread Bar which is downstairs (ground level). I've done both, both are fantastic but just different levels of dining.

For Asian - I recommend Yama. Its a chain, but our favorite is on Carmine Street (West Village, just off Bleecker and 6th). The one on Houston is less enjoyable atmospherically.

Middle Eastern - Moustache. Very reasonably priced, there's a West Village location on Bedford and (Grove?) something, and then there's another in the East village. Don't take reservations, but if you go early (before 7) on most weekdays you could definitely get a table and probably seat a larger group.

Thai? Tangerine is really good - Hudson and 10th I think?

But a really good brunch - The Cupping Room on Broome and .... West Broadway I think. Definitely Broome. Yummy waffles! Also good, Cornelia St. Cafe - good prix fixe multi course brunch with free mimosa! (or other drink).

Okay that's my 2 cents.