Place to take my teenage sister tonight?

[StephInNYC]

Need a suggestion for a place downtown to take my 16-year old sister tonight who is visiting the city. Want a place where someone her age won't look particularly out of place, but will seem fun and "New York-y" to her. Trying to go no more than $35 a person without drinks. Would love to be able to walk in, so we're flexible on time.

Past hits with her and friends have included Frankie's Spuntino, Motorino.

Any thoughts?

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Frankies 17 Spuntino
17 Clinton St, New York, NY 10002

Motorino
349 E 12th St, New York, NY 10003

[AubWah]

I would go to Cantoon Garden

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South China Garden
22 Elizabeth St, New York, NY 10013

[ttoommyy]

Otto has a cool, young vibe and has good food in your price range.

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Otto
1 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003

[michelleats]

Right -- I was going to mention Otto, too. Also maybe the Artichoke Basille's in Chelsea. It's a nice place to sit and you can walk on the New York-y Highline before or after.

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Artichoke
114 10th Ave, New York, NY 10011

[hotsauce123]

Lil' Frankies 1st Ave and 1st Street.

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Lil' Frankie's
21 1st Ave, New York, NY 10003

[kathryn]

$35pp before drinks, and also before tax and tip?

If you can stand the wait, I'd try to walk into somewhere like maybe Spotted Pig or Lupa? New York-y + no reservations usually reads like a McNally, Chang, Bloomfield, Batali restarant request to me.

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Lupa
170 Thompson Street, New York, NY 10012

Spotted Pig
314 W 11th St, New York, NY 10014

[StephInNYC]

Before tax is tip is fine.

Would ideally not like to wait for a couple hours...

[H Manning]

How about Rubirosa?

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Rubirosa
235 Mulberry St, New York, NY 10012