Birthday Dinner THIS FRIDAY!
Ok, I know this is so last minute, and might have difficulty getting a reservation, but our birthday plans for Friday night fell through and now we have to find somewhere else. Need a party of 2, around 7:00 PM. Any type of cuisine is good, but looking for something a bit more special, as this is a birthday dinner. We are both foodie types, and eat anything except raw fish(no sushi bars). We would like to keep it around $130-150 for 2 for dinner, tax and tip all included. we dont drink, and so will not be ordering wine or cocktails. if we really have to we can go up to $200 total, but it would have to be really perfect.
So fire away with your favorite birthday spots!
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sgordon
May 4, 2011 10:18 AM
$150 and $200 is a big difference in terms of what you can get
$150 before tax/tip = about $58/pp for food. $200 = $77/pp, opens up the options siginificantly.
Based on Opentable.com openings around 7:00 on Friday, my $150 choices would be:
Telepan ($59 prix fixe for four courses)
Hearth
Prune (not on Opentable, but worth calling to check)
Public
Vandaag
Apiary
Devi
Cookshop
The Orchard
Momofuku Ssam Bar (no rezzies, just go a little early and expect a wait)My $200 choices would be:
Cafe Boulud
WD-50 (nothing on Opentable, but hey have walk-in bar seating that should be fairly open at 7:00)
Falai
Wallse
Colicchio & Sons
Tocqueville
Blue HillFor lunch, the options open up considerably, since lunch is generally cheaper. In addition to most of the above, you could do:
Ai Fiori (3 savory courses - a real "Full Italian" meal - would still come in under budget for lunch)
Picholine (put together your own "tasting" at $14/course, you could really go all out)
A Voce...and many others. Just note that some places don't do "lunch" on the weekends but "brunch" with significantly different menus.
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WD-50
50 Clinton Street, New York, NY 10002Cafe Boulud
20 East 76th St., New York, NY 10021Momofuku Ssam Bar
207 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003Blue Hill
75 Washington Place, New York, NY 10011Devi
8 East 18th Street, New York, NY 10003Tocqueville
1 East 15th Street, New York, NY 10003Wallse
344 W. 11th St., New York, NY 10014The Orchard
162 Orchard St., New York, NY 10002Hearth
403 East 12th Street, New York, NY 10009Cookshop
156 10th Avenue, New York, NY 10011A Voce
41 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10010Telepan
72 W. 69th Street, New York, NY 10023Picholine
35 West 64th St., New York, NY 10023Falai
68 Clinton St, New York, NY 10002Public
210 Elizabeth Street, New York, NY 10012Prune
54 E 1st St, New York, NY 10003Apiary
60 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10003A Voce
10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019Colicchio & Sons
85 10th Ave, New York, NY 10011Vandaag
103 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003Ai Fiori
400 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018›2 Replies -
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Usually, SHO Shaun Hergatt has space on Friday nights; the FiDi tends to clear out after work on that day. Great food, service and eye popping decor. Since you don't drink, you will make your budget easily. Your other idea of a casual dinner and a fancier lunch on Sat is a very good one: The flexible hours make it alot easier to get in.
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SHO Shaun Hergatt
40 Broad St, New York, NY 10004 -
Another possibility is to have a quite casual dinner on the actual day(friday), and then go for a fancy lunch on saturday. I think this may be more in our budget, but not sure if we could get a reservation for anywhere nice on saturday.
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re: sesasheep
Also try Jean Georges, Tocqueville or Picholine for lunch on Saturday.
For Friday dinner, you have quite a few options since you don't drink. Do you want a great neighborhood spot like Perilla or Telepan, or something edgier like Ma Peche, or something fairly traditional like DB Bistro Moderne, or perhaps small plates like the Modern Bar Room?
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Perilla
9 Jones Street, New York, NY 10014Jean Georges
1 Central Park W, New York, NY 10023Tocqueville
1 East 15th Street, New York, NY 10003DB Bistro Moderne
55 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036Telepan
72 W. 69th Street, New York, NY 10023Picholine
35 West 64th St., New York, NY 10023Ma Peche
15 W 56th St, New York, NY 10019-
re: peter j
We like something a little bit newer and more edgy. Small plates are a +, but not required. We have a tenative reservation at bar room for friday night but wondering what else migth be out there that we dont know about.
Also, does anyone have any experience with Bouley for lunch? The $45 lunch menu looks like a great menu and wonderful value. there are currently no tables avalible, but hoping for a last minute cancellation.
I am guessing there are no other tasting menus on saturday lunch that would fit out budget?
Thanks for all of your help so far.
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Bouley
163 Duane St, New York, NY 10013-
re: sesasheep
Bouley has a great lunch tasting menu and perfect for a celebration. You could also look into Lincoln for lunch on Saturday.
For something newer and edgier for Friday dinner:
- Hotel Griffou has a new chef, David Santos, who has elevated the food by several notches. The menu is modern Portuguese like Aldea (which is another good option).
- Kin Shop for Thai inspired small plates; Empellon for Mexican small plates. Nuela for Latin food (the arroz con pato is great).
- I've also heard good things about Vandaag (Scandinavian small plates), Graffit (Spanish small plates with a whiff of molecular gastronomy), and The Dutch (Andrew Carmellini's new restaurant in Soho) but have not tried them yet,
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Aldea
31 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011Hotel Griffou
21 W 9th St, New York, NY 10011Nuela
43 W 24th St, New York, NY 10010Vandaag
103 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003Kin Shop
469 6th Ave, New York, NY 10011Lincoln
142 W 65th St, New York, NY 10023The Dutch
131 Sullivan St, New York, NY 10012Empellon Taqueria
230 W 4th St, New York, NY 10014Gastroarte
141 W 69th St, New York, NY 10023
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