Suggestions for Soho fun dinner spot and lunch/brunch ideas

[lifeistooshorttoeatbadfood]

We will be spending Labor Day Weekend in NYC staying at the Mondrian Soho. We have reservations for Corton on Friday night and Bar Bolud (pre-theatre) on Saturday so we have the great food higher end options looked after. We are looking for something more relaxed and interesting/funky that we can walk to on Thursday night when we arrive and also for lunches if we happen to be in the area. Any suggestions? We will have 18 and 14-year old daughters with us -- they happily eat anything at any hour but meat market bar scene is probably not ideal. The only real constraint is I have a nut allergy so Vietnamese or Malaysian food is not ideal.

Thanks!

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Corton
239 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013

[iheartbacon]

you're close to a lot of great cheap eats in chinatown. shanghai cafe has my favorite soup dumplings in manhattan and could be a fun casual first dinner spot.

lunches: xian famous foods, saigon banh mi, torrisi italian specialties

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Saigon Banh Mi 1
369 Broome St, New York, NY 10013

Shanghai Cafe
100 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

Torrisi Italian Specialties
250 Mulberry St, New York, NY 10012

Xi'an Famous Foods
67 Bayard St, New York, NY 10013

[iluvcookies]

All of these places will be within a short walk from your hotel:
Arturo's Pizza on Houston St
Lombardi's Pizza on Spring St
Cafe Select on Lafayette st
Cafe Dante on Macdougal st
Torrisi Italian Specialties on Mulberry St

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Lombardi's
32 Spring St, New York, NY 10012

Dante
79 MacDougal St, New York, NY 10012

Cafe Select
212 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10012

Arturo's Pizza
1610 York Ave, New York, NY 10028

Torrisi Italian Specialties
250 Mulberry St, New York, NY 10012