244268 Wed Oct 20 18:28:53 -0700 2004 5 19 Outer Boroughs 0 1297295 Does anyone have recommendations on where to eat around Yankee Stadium? Anything worthwhile? Thank you Wed Oct 20 18:28:53 -0700 2004 0 Jan 1 1297299 robertos- arthur ave- short drive Wed Oct 20 19:04:26 -0700 2004 1297295 0 doc 2 1297315 "Short drive..." Hmmm. As a Bronx native I consider Arthur Avenue to be as far from the Stadium as Baghdad. It's like saying go to Luger's on the way to to see the Mets. Try this: Located across the bridge from Yankee Stadium, the Flash Inn is "where Harlem's present meets its past." Jessica Harris samples their Italian menu for the Village Voice, starting with fried calamari, zucchini batonnets, and "toothsome" duck breast on mesclun with hoisin-based sauce. Mains were lamb chops ("six fork-tender pink riblets with just enough crisp fat"), surf and turf ("lacked wow"), penne puttanesca, and garlic-infused pork loin. (107 Macombs Pl.; 283-8605; dishes mentioned: apps $6.50-9, mains $13.50-22.50) Thu Oct 21 07:59:07 -0700 2004 1297299 0 John Gallagher 3 1297400 John, you just went off-topic, recommending a Manhattan restaurant (-: This is actually an excellent point, what's "near" in the boroughs, and in NYC in general, relates more to where the subways and major roads go than to a borough border. Fri Oct 22 12:54:54 -0700 2004 1297315 0 JanetG 3 1297419 ive been going to arthur ave and yankee stadium since the 1960's...yr analogy anint working for me... Fri Oct 22 17:32:40 -0700 2004 1297315 0 doc 3 1297420 flash inn- still in biz?? or oob ?? Fri Oct 22 17:33:53 -0700 2004 1297315 0 doc