10th wedding anniversary, need to score a table in a week! *Please help*!
No, I did not wait until the last minute- I have had reservations at a place for months- a place which- when my wife found out about it- she nixed.
Anyway, any recommendations for a cute, not-super-expensive place with good food and a pretty room where we could actually score a table on what is admittedly very short notice? I know you're not maitre'Ds, so you can't guarantee anything- but at this point I'll take any and all suggestions and then do the legwork.....
Our budget is around $300 total (including everything), so we're obviously not looking for Le Bernardin....
Just someplace sweet, with good food and nice service. We're easy as far as cuisine goes- and neighborhood as well.
By twan55
on May 21, 2011 03:00 AM
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You can do the three course prix fixe at Corton or SHO Shaun Hergatt for less than $300 if you only have one or two drinks. Here are some other ideas for a last minute reservation, listed in descending order of formality:
Tocqueville
Dovetail
Oceana
Telepan
Aldea
Ouest
La Sillhouette
Perilla
Nuela
Millesime (can be noisy though if the band is playing)
Raoul's
Jean Claude
Shorty's .32
Perhaps Junoon, Annisa, and Marc Forgione, though I haven't been to these places yet.
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Perilla
9 Jones Street, New York, NY 10014
Tocqueville
1 East 15th Street, New York, NY 10003
Telepan
72 W. 69th Street, New York, NY 10023
Raoul's
180 Prince St., New York, NY 10012
Ouest
2315 Broadway, New York, NY 10024
Annisa
13 Barrow Street, New York, NY 10014
Jean Claude
137 Sullivan St, New York, NY 10012
Shorty's .32
199 Prince St, New York, NY 10012
Dovetail
103 West 77th Street, New York, NY 10024
Oceana
120 W 49th St, New York, NY 10020
Marc Forgione
134 Reade Street, New York, NY 10013
Corton
239 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013
Aldea
31 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011
SHO Shaun Hergatt
40 Broad St, New York, NY 10004
Nuela
43 W 24th St, New York, NY 10010
Millesime
92 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016
Junoon
27 W 24th St, New York, NY 10010
La Silhouette
362 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019
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Which place did she nix and why? That would help to know...
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Applewood in Brooklyn.
The reason: she wanted to try someplace new.
We live in Brooklyn but are willing to travel.
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For $300 you can do pretty well, all but the most expensive places. A quick opentable search shows a number of openings, my top choices of the ones that show up would be, in no particular order:
Cafe Boulud
Corton (might come close to your budget, sneak slightly over, depending how much you drink / what wine you order)
Hearth
SHO Shaun Hergatt
Soto
Tocqueville
Ai Fiori
Soto
Dovetail
Falai
Colicchio & Sons
Marea
Savoy
A number of restaurants hold tables from OT as well, so it wouldn't hurt calling a few others that might not be listed there, or places that might get last-minute cancellations: You could give WD-50, Babbo, Gramercy Tavern a call... Kanoyama or Kya Ya for Japanese... nice thing about doing it last minute is you can decide what kind of food you're in the mood for..
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WD-50
50 Clinton Street, New York, NY 10002
Cafe Boulud
20 East 76th St., New York, NY 10021
Soto
357 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10014
Gramercy Tavern
42 E 20th St, New York, NY 10003
Babbo
110 Waverly Pl, New York, NY 10011
Tocqueville
1 East 15th Street, New York, NY 10003
Hearth
403 East 12th Street, New York, NY 10009
Cookshop
156 10th Avenue, New York, NY 10011
Savoy
70 Prince Street, New York, NY 10012
Kanoyama
175 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003
Falai
68 Clinton St, New York, NY 10002
Kyo Ya
94 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009
Dovetail
103 West 77th Street, New York, NY 10024
Corton
239 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013
Marea
240 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019
SHO Shaun Hergatt
40 Broad St, New York, NY 10004
Colicchio & Sons
85 10th Ave, New York, NY 10011
Ai Fiori
400 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018
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Il Buco fits the bill for a place that is special enough for an anniversary and won't break the bank. In a former antique store on Bond Street in Noho, it is rustic Italian with excellent food and charming service. Romantic without trying too hard.
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Il Buco
47 Bond St., New York, NY 10012
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