NOLA hound needs recs for NYC this weekend
Arriving this Friday 7pm, and need a rec for dinner Midtown East. We are very adventurous eaters and prefer to eat what we can't find or cook at home. Because of a hectic travel day, we want to stay close to the hotel that night.
Saturday and Sunday, we plan to eat our way thru Manhattan and looking for recs in any neighborhood and any type of food. Wine shops, Farmers' Markets, food stores, dives, hidden gems...
Lastly, celebrating a 50th Bday on Sunday, so what would be a not to miss experience? brunch or dinner? Not looking to spend $200 a head or for anything overly formal or touristy, as this is a laid back trip. Just want to eat like a local and explore.
So, if you had 2 days, 3 nights and were going to the chair on Monday, where would you eat? And yes, I've searched this board extensively, but would appreciate any input.
Thanks!
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> Arriving this Friday 7pm, and need a rec for dinner Midtown East. We are very adventurous eaters and prefer to eat what we can't find or cook at home. Because of a hectic travel day, we want to stay close to the hotel that night.
Depends exactly where you are in Midtown East, but some ideas:
Cafe China
Tulsi
2nd Ave Deli - this is an NY style deli w/ chicken in a pot with matzoh balls, pastrami sandwiches, etc.
Aquavit
Hunan Manor> Saturday and Sunday, we plan to eat our way thru Manhattan and looking for recs in any neighborhood and any type of food. Wine shops, Farmers' Markets, food stores, dives, hidden gems...
The Union Square Farmers Market fits into your schedule. The Union Square Greenmarket is open year round, 8 a.m. thru 6 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. You would be able to go Saturday but not Sunday.
However, it's not very large and impressive right now since it is still winter. Take a look at this what's-in-season list and decide if it's worth a stop:
http://www.grownyc.org/files/gmkt/unsqlist.txtI highly recommend RGR's self guided Lower East Side Gustatory tour but sub in Pickle Guys for Guss' Pickles and note that Economy Candy's address is incorrect:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/493333Maybe scoopG's self guided Chinatown tour:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/711661#5661425A West Village food crawl. Here's a similar food tour I put together for the West Village:
https://foursquare.com/kathrynyu/list/greenwich-and-west-villageish-walking-tourThe possible stops are:
Washington Square Park
Mille-Feuille Bakery for croissants
Third Rail Coffee
South Brooklyn Pizza on Bleecker
Blue Ribbon Bakery Market for their housemade matzoh
Victory Garden for goat milk soft serve
Famous Joe's for a slice
Grom for gelato
Rocco's for freshly filled cannoli
Amy's Bread
Murray's Cheese
Faicco's Pork Store
Bosie Tea Parlor for cookies/macarons
Blind Tiger for beer
Joe the Art of Coffee
Jeffrey's Grocery for oysters and beer
Taim for falafel
Magnolia Bakery for ice box cake
dell'anima for a Negroni Sbagliato cocktail
Chelsea Market
The High LineAn East Village food crawl, too, perhaps?
Porchetta, Butter Lane, Luke's Lobster, Caracas Arepa Bar, the Big Gay Ice Cream shop, the Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream shop...then when you're done you can hit up PDT, Death & Co, or Mayahuel right when they open.
For food stores: I like Chelsea Market, Despana (Spanish), Union Sq Greenmarket, Kalustyan's (for spices), Murray's Cheese/Meats.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/831071> Lastly, celebrating a 50th Bday on Sunday, so what would be a not to miss experience? brunch or dinner? Not looking to spend $200 a head or for anything overly formal or touristy, as this is a laid back trip. Just want to eat like a local and explore.
I'd do nice NYC brunch. For the best brunch in town, purely based on food:
Breslin - lamb burger with thrice fried fries, deep fried PB&J, full English breakfast, grilled 3-cheese sandwich (with cheese on the outside), excellent bacon, great pastries
Clinton St Baking Co - blueberry pancakes with warm maple butter, biscuit sandwich with cheddar, egg, tomato jam, and bacon
Prune - dutch baby, deep fried monte cristo, "prune juice" (lemon, orange, lime, and grapefruit
)Shopsin's - sliders, sneaky pete, mac and cheese pancakes, maple glazed donuts, blisters on my sisters, slutty cakes, swine blues pancakes (blueberry bacon), orange julius, milkshakes
Minetta Tavern - black label burger, ham baked in hay, shirred eggs with morels or truffles, latkes with poached eggs, brioche french toast, duck hash
Locanda Verde - "tre-stelle" juice (pomegranate, blood oranges and valencia oranges), sheep's milk ricotta with truffle honey and burnt orange toast, pastries, poached eggs with cotechino hash, spinach and tomato hollandaise, shaved porchetta sandwich
Of the list I provided, Minetta Tavern & Locanda Verde take reservations, the others don't.
Shopsin's also doesn't take parties larger than 4, everyone must order a meal, no allergies/substitutions, but they do have some vegetarian options on the menu. Cash only.
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After your brunch, the rest of the day exploring and walking around, working up a big appetite.
Then go get in line for a seat at Babbo around 4:30pm right when the bar opens.
After dinner, go to Pegu Club. Drink lots of cocktails.
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Murray's Cheese
254 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014Faicco's
260 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014Kalustyan's
123 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10016Joe the Art of Coffee
141 Waverly Pl, New York, NY 10014Aquavit
65 E 55th St, New York, NY 10022Taim
222 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10014Union Square Greenmarket
Broadway and E 17th St, New York, NY 10003Rocco's Pastry Shop
243 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014Despana
408 Broome St, New York, NY 10013Shopsin's General Store
120 Essex St, New York, NY 10002Magnolia Bakery
401 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014Minetta Tavern
113 MacDougal St, New York, NY 10012Caracas Arepa Bar
93 1/2 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009Second Avenue Deli
162 E 33rd St, New York, NY 10016Amy's Bread
250 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014Blind Tiger
281 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014Joe's Pizza
7 Carmine St, New York, NY 10014Please Don't Tell
113 St Marks Pl, New York, NY 10009Dell'Anima
38 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10003Prune
54 E 1st St, New York, NY 10003Grom
233 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014Death & Co.
433 E 6th St, New York, NY 10009Porchetta
110 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009Butter Lane
123 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009Mayahuel
304 E 6th St, New York, NY 10003Locanda Verde
377 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10013Third Rail Coffee
240 Sullivan St, New York, NY 10012Clinton Street Baking Co.
4 Clinton St, New York, NY 10002Luke's Lobster
93 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009The Breslin
20 W 29th St, New York, NY 10001Bosie Tea Parlor
10 Morton St, New York, NY 10014Tulsi
211 E 46th St, New York, NY 10017Jeffrey's Grocery
172 Waverly Pl, New York, NY 10014Mille-feuille
552 LaGuardia Pl, New York, NY 10012Big Gay Ice Cream Shop
125 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009Victory Garden
31 Carmine St, New York, NY 10014Blue Ribbon Bakery Market
14 Bedford St, New York, NY 10014Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream
48 E 7th St, New York, NY 10003Hunan Manor
339 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10016Cafe China
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Try Sakagura for that first evening, ec -a nice, adventurous place to go, not too heavy & close to where you're staying, I suppose.
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Sakagura
211 East 43rd Street, New York, NY 10017›1 Reply -
Marea for your 50th birthday.
"So, if you had 2 days, 3 nights and were going to the chair on Monday, where would you eat"
Corton
Lincoln
Picholine
Minetta Tavern
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15 East 15th Street, New York, NY 10003Minetta Tavern
113 MacDougal St, New York, NY 10012Picholine
35 West 64th St., New York, NY 10023Corton
239 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013Lincoln
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