Upper West Side (Lower) Refined Place For Date

[StevenInBrooklyn]

Greetings. I am looking for a some place, not too far up on the Upper West Side (for Jews in Idaho, that would be Manhattan...) for a date tomorrow night. I suspect there aren't may options; but refined+casual is my hope; the more of a downtown feel the better....THANKS.

[DeisCane]

Clubhouse Cafe.

[cheesecake17]

I've been to Abigael's a few times for lunch and it was actually pretty good. I've only gotten the salads and sushi. But I've heard that the entrees aren't great.

[StevenInBrooklyn]

Well, for what it's worth, we went to Abigails. I think I can cook better. Much better.

[LoveKosherEats]

Abigails is pretty blah.

[StevenInBrooklyn]

Lo tov.

[StevenInBrooklyn]

<i>Pretty</> blah? <i>Pretty</i> How do you say <i>worst nightmare</i> in Evrit?

[craigcep]

the food or the girl?

I'm sorry, that's probably not nice.

[StevenInBrooklyn]

The girl, aka woman, is great.

I have been becoming more observant; culinary clueless amongst observant Jews doesn't help my trip; I refuse to believe I've partaken of forbidden fruit (e.g., non-kosher steak), and cannot be happy on the other side...sigh.

[tomby]

I think the closest you'll get to treif steak is probably at Le Marais. And i've been there.

[berel]

you might want to rephrase that, lol

[vallevin]

Le Marais is a very safe choice, reliable good cuts of meat.

[UWSFoodie]

Steve-
My husband and I have both been in your shoes! We know what its like. We have found kosher dining in NYC to be disappointing. Mike's Bistro and Prime Grill are just about the only places we feel comfortable taking our non-religious-foodie relatives. and they hate kosher dining, except those two places. Unfortunately we have not found a casual restaurant that we approve of...yet.
Good luck with everything!
UWS Foodie and Co.

[mcfish]

If you have to stay in the UWS, I would recommend Darna on Columbus and about 87th. If you can head further south, Abigails (Broadway and about 47th, I think) would also be very nice, but a little pricier.

[LoveKosherEats]

Ozu at 87th.