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1)Pizza Fresca has great thin crustnpizza on 20th street.
2)Tamarind Tea room, an offshoot of the upscale Tamarind, is great for cheap lunch takeout (they aren't open at dinner).
3)Mizu, Yama and Haru have great sushiAnd, I love Les Halles and have never had a service issue there.
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If you like seafood, you might try Shaffer City (21st, just west of Fifth Ave)...you could get a nice glass of wine, a big salad, and some oysters or other seafood appetizer for a reasonable price...quiet and friendly...
i second the Tavern Room at Gramercy Tavern...upscale but very pleasant and tasty...
one more idea: this is further downtown, but Borgo Antico (13th St, near University Place) is quiet and serves reasonably priced rustic Italian food...fits your criteria nicely, and they have good wine by the glass, salads, and game specialties...
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You could go to Campanile (29th street between Madison and Park avenue south)" Really good Italian food and the owner chats with you if you sit at the bar. This is a really nice place.
There is Les Halles also.
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re: Simon
If you have an early dinner, it is not too loud. About the service, it depends on the waiter because the first time I went there the waiter offered me a glass of port after dinner, on the house, because it was a slow night and we spoke in French (he was from France and me from Quebec) and he was glad to speak French with someone. I had the steak and it was quite okay. It was not the best, but more than passing grade. When I went to NY this summer, I had breakfast there with my boyfriend and it was really good, and less expensive than the restaurant Country at our hotel the Carlton, and once again the waiter was super nice. However, the girl at the door was not on her best day!
If you want good take out, that's what I do sometimes when I feel like staying in my hotel room watching good american TV(!), I go to Pax. It is at the corner of 23rd and Park avenue south. The quality of the food is excellent. You get good salads, sandwiches and soups. You choose the ingredients for your salad and they do it right in front of you.
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dkstar1
Aug 31, 2006 09:04 PM
I think dining at EMP, with the new menu, would be a bit odd. It was a great place to solo dine when Terry was manning the kitchen. That being said, it is an excellent restaurant - even better than before.
I'd go to the Tavern room at Gramercy Tavern or perhaps Veritas. A solo dinner at Fleur de Sel (no offense to my friend RGR) would bore me to tears.
It's a bit more lively, but sitting at the bar at The Red Cat in Chelsea can be really nice. I've done that with great success.
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re: dkstar1
Hey, dk*1, No offense taken. :-) But the o.p. did say she wanted a "quiet place," and Fleur de Sel does fit that description. Actually, now that she has posted that she's not anxious to spend a lot of money and would be happy with a salad and a glass of wine (see her answer to anjones9 above), I think upscale places like EMP, Veritas and Fleur de Sel would not be particularly good choices.
Btw, EMP's previous chef was Kerry Heffernan.
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re: xavier
I think the food at L'Express has gone downhill over the years and is now just so-so. Plus, it's hardly the quiet environment the o.p. is seeking.
So many way better options in the area. Two of my favorites, Veritas and EMP, have already been mentioned. I would add another favorite, Fleur de Sel. Also, I've not been to Tocqueville since they moved into their new space, but the food has always been excellent.
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