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  <id>225797</id>
  <title>Place w/ great food And a hot singles scene for two 35 y-o women.....</title>
  <published_at>Wed Aug 24 00:53:29 -0700 2005</published_at>
  <post_count>7</post_count>
  <board>
    <id>18</id>
    <name>Manhattan</name>
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        <level>0</level>
        <id>1200805</id>
        <content>Have liked Bar Amercain, the Four Seasons (too overtly pick-upish), Opia (really bad food), Lever House (rather dismal food)....  Any better options?  Obviously Midtown preferred, or slightly DT or UT.</content>
        <published_at>Wed Aug 24 00:53:29 -0700 2005</published_at>
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        <user>
          <id>0</id>
          <name>HipFoodie</name>
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    <post>
      <level>1</level>
      <id>1200811</id>
      <content>where in the four seasons?</content>
      <published_at>Wed Aug 24 07:35:08 -0700 2005</published_at>
      <parent_id>1200805</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>0</id>
        <name>James</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>2</level>
      <id>1200833</id>
      <content>i think she's talking about 57 57 at the HOTEL, not the restaurant.  It is full of call girls.</content>
      <published_at>Wed Aug 24 10:16:14 -0700 2005</published_at>
      <parent_id>1200811</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>0</id>
        <name>chowgal</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>3</level>
      <id>1201171</id>
      <content>EXPENSIVE call girls. When their conversation opens with "so, what do you do?", LOOK OUT !! lol</content>
      <published_at>Thu Aug 25 16:49:00 -0700 2005</published_at>
      <parent_id>1200833</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>0</id>
        <name>Dagmar</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>1</level>
      <id>1200836</id>
      <content>Go contrarian a bit and grab drinks and a bite at one of the midtown steakhouses.  (Much better guy/girl ratio than a hip bar.)  Sparks, Keen's, Bobby Vans, Patroon, BLT Steak, and even Morton's.
 
Keen's has two bar-like options: the bar and the pub room, right off the bar.  Both are informal settings (where guys can send over drinks, sit down with you, etc.) and both serve the fabulous steak hash.</content>
      <published_at>Wed Aug 24 10:25:01 -0700 2005</published_at>
      <parent_id>1200805</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>0</id>
        <name>NativeNewYorker</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>2</level>
      <id>1201018</id>
      <content>Agreed. If you want to be where the men are, go where men like to eat.  I'm not a steak person, but I have to admit that, even though I don't tend to chose restaurants based on availablility of hot guys, when I do happen to be out at a place like Strip House or Wolfgangs or even Angelo and Maxies, the "pickings" as it were, are substantially better than at the boites that may be "hot," but estrogen magnets.  Also, even though I don't eat steaks, I like Strip House.  Good vibe.</content>
      <published_at>Wed Aug 24 19:35:12 -0700 2005</published_at>
      <parent_id>1200836</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>0</id>
        <name>skigirl</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>2</level>
      <id>1201066</id>
      <content>Keen's - while a truly great steakhouse - is not a HOT scene.  Nor are the men.  I know I am inviting nasty replies, but IMO it attracts gramentos working in the neighborhood, or total scotch geeks who tend to be a bit awkard and not so 'slick' in attire and look.  If these women are looking at 4 seasons, and other upscale IBanker hangouts, I don't think Keen's is their type of place.  Sorry!</content>
      <published_at>Thu Aug 25 09:22:59 -0700 2005</published_at>
      <parent_id>1200836</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>0</id>
        <name>chowgal</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>1</level>
      <id>1200846</id>
      <content>Maybe too far downtown for your needs but Della Rovere has pretty good food (nice apps and 100 wines by the glass) and the bar scene was crawling with attractive people checking each other out.</content>
      <published_at>Wed Aug 24 10:55:17 -0700 2005</published_at>
      <parent_id>1200805</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>0</id>
        <name>dwntwn</name>
      </user>
    </post>
  </posts>
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