After theater suggestions

[rockpile]

My wife and I would like to go for dessert and coffee only, after an evening performance in the Times Square area. Then, we would like to go for a cocktail (or two) in a place that is quiet. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

[kathryn]

For dessert and coffee, I'd recommend the Bar Room at the Modern. They have a decent cocktail list. It's not super quiet, though. Maybe a (very) high end restaurant's bar like Le Bernardin or Jean George would be quiet enough?

What day of the week is this? When are you coming?

For cocktails, there has been a recent resurgence of downtown mixologists doing hotel and other midtown bars. However, it's often difficult to find a quiet bar anywhere in Manhattan especially on a Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.

Some ideas:

44 at the Royalton Hotel with a list done by famous bartenders from all over -- Richard Boccato (Dutch Kills, Painkiller), John Lermayer (Florida Room, South Beach; Woodward, Boston), Simon Ford, Willy Shine, Misty Kalkofen (Drink, Boston), and Eric Alperin (Varnish, LA)

Lamb's Club has drinks by Sasha Petraske but they are much pricier than comparable places nearby

Lantern's Keep in the Iroquois Hotel by Meghan from Raines Law Room

Rum House by the Ward III folks though it most likely won't be quiet at all, and they usually have live jazz

Bar Downstairs (cellar bar) at the Andaz by Toby Maloney of the Violet Hour in Chicago

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Jean Georges
1 Central Park W, New York, NY 10023

Le Bernardin
155 W. 51st St., New York, NY 10019

The Modern
9 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019

Raines Law Room
48 W 17th St, New York, NY 10011

Ward III
111 Reade St, New York, NY 10013

Rum House
228 W 47th St, New York, NY 10036

The Lambs Club
132 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036

Forty Four
44 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036

Lantern's Keep
49 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036

The Bar Downstairs
485 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018