Restaurants and Bars with Matchbooks

[R_Bananna]

Hi all,

I collect matchbooks (have since I was 15). I was wondering if you could let me know of any bars or restauarants in the city where you have notcied them. It makes a big difference to me if a place has a matchbook, it's a special way for me to remember the meal and the night.

Thanks for your help!

[R_Bananna]

Thanks everyone! Check out the blog if you have a chance:

http://matchgirlonfire.blogspot.com/

[truedog]

Do the matchbooks have to actually have matches? We just finished eating at Allegretti. They have "matchbooks" but when you open them up, they are tiny notepads. Too cute!

[linusnyc]

All the avroko-designed restos have match books - Public, Double Crown, Quality Meats, Park Avenue

[kikicoelacanth]

Maya on the UES has nice ones.

[jfr]

My recent finds were Peter Lugar in Brooklyn and, in the Union Square area, Heartland Brewery, Republic, and Old Town Bar. Matchbooktraveler.com is a good resource for matchbooks. Glad to see others collect matchbooks, too.

[Rmis32]

Churrascaria Plataforma, Gottino, Stanton Social, Butter

[RCC]

I just spotted 3 in my office drawer:
Lupa
Peasant
Blue Smoke

[smallfrog]

I picked up a pretty one last week at La Fonda del Sol. It's a tiny matchbox with their gold circle on either side.

[guttergourmet]

Stand on 12th street, the burger joint, has a space on their matchbooks to write down the number of the girl you met there. I collect 'em too. How do you keep them? I have a huge glass olive oil jar I throw them in but its overflowing. Afraid I'm gonna burn the house down. Also collect restaurant cards (by default) that I keep in looseleaf binders in baseball card plastic sheets and, of course, menus.

[hungrycomposer]

Chinatown Brasserie

[noot]

Penelope

[susan robin]

Lavagna. Also Almond

[pacz]

Bar Americain

[egit]

A few others not listed above: Peasant, Frankies Spuntino (bkln), Toad Hall, Eleven Madison Park, Walkers, Remi, Royale and Simone. That was in no particular order, by the way.

[sam920]

I collect them too! Extra Virgin, Crispo, DB Bistro Moderne, Angelo of Mulberry...

[CalorieBurner]

The Harrison

[david sprague]

i also have a batch.

brasserie ruhlmann has a cute twist....a matchbook doppelganger, proper size and shape, that holds a tiny note pad.

[stephaniec25]

Market Table, 21 Club, Keen's, Del Posto

[ashea9167]

Nobu's are cute the match tops are lime green

[scout1]

the otheroom, another room, the room.

[malibu]

Rue 57, Pravda

[ConOrama]

Got one from Sobe-ya over the weekend.

[Redhead1442]

Megu, Crispo

[elderberry]

Scarpetta has them.

[jennifr4]

I collect them too...

Duke's, Big Daddy's, City Crab, TAO (nice ones), almost all the Union Sq. Hospitality Group restaurants, 5Ninth, Angelo Maxie's Steakhouse, Indochine, Rosa Mexicano...

[drmoze]

I think Duke's has them; not positive though.

[villager21]

Aquagrill

[scarsdalesurprise]

Aurora (Brooklyn and Soho) has them.

[CalorieBurner]

Del Posto, Gramercy Tavern, Union Square

[MinhLikesFood]

Oh yeah you gotta keep busy. I collect matchbooks from glamorous nightclubs. It's amazing - if you just write to them and ask them nicely...

[scarsdalesurprise]

I had too google this reference - I knew I'd heard it somewhere before!

[cavafan]

Lupa

[emilie01]

Perilla has them

[esyle]

Keens and A Voce. I still collect them too, got a lot tougher once smoking ceased in restaurants.

[whitneybee]

I picked them up at Ocean Grill and Craftbar, and I thought the ones at the latter were really nice.

[LNG212]

2 recent dinners where we picked up matchbooks: Trattoria Trecolori and Nino's Tuscany.

[LeahBaila]

Toloache, Employee's Only

www.thelunchbelle.com