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Best places to eat in NYC?
Posted on 8/29/08 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 8/29/08 at 3:35 pm
going to NY for a few days in September. never been. anyone have any good restaurant recommendations they'd like to pass along?
Posted on 8/29/08 at 3:42 pm to theduderoberts
Lombardi's Pizza
Peter Lugers
Ray's Pizza
Papaya King
well I had one with meat in there.
Peter Lugers
Ray's Pizza
Papaya King
well I had one with meat in there.
Posted on 8/29/08 at 3:49 pm to theduderoberts
Bobby Van's Steak House
Megu
Tao
Asia De Cuba
Carmine's
Megu
Tao
Asia De Cuba
Carmine's
Posted on 8/29/08 at 6:33 pm to theduderoberts
Where are you staying, how long will you be there, how much do you want to spend?
Posted on 8/30/08 at 7:52 am to theduderoberts
Posted on 9/2/08 at 4:15 pm to Ric Flair
Go to John's Pizza after WD-50, that's a freaking joke recomendation to give to someone wanting advice on NY restaurants.
It is an avant-garde experimental restaurant that has some great hits and misses.
For fancy- Bouley
For pizza- John's on Bleeker
For hot dogs- Who cares, any Grays Papaya
For steaks - Peter Luger
imo
It is an avant-garde experimental restaurant that has some great hits and misses.
For fancy- Bouley
For pizza- John's on Bleeker
For hot dogs- Who cares, any Grays Papaya
For steaks - Peter Luger
imo
Posted on 9/2/08 at 7:53 pm to beezerboy76
Loaded question.
There are so many variations of right answers.
You need to decided if you want to eat at some hole-in-the-wall restaurants, some famous ones, some owned and run by celebrity chefs, memorable ones with great views, what kind of budget etc.
Pizza is simple plain and great by the slice all over town.
Craft was great.
Le Cirque is amazing.
Rainbow Room at the top of Rockefeller center was very memorable.
So many others to name but one of my favorites was in Little Italy just walking the street and stopped in a complete dive. Great food at a great price.
There are so many variations of right answers.
You need to decided if you want to eat at some hole-in-the-wall restaurants, some famous ones, some owned and run by celebrity chefs, memorable ones with great views, what kind of budget etc.
Pizza is simple plain and great by the slice all over town.
Craft was great.
Le Cirque is amazing.
Rainbow Room at the top of Rockefeller center was very memorable.
So many others to name but one of my favorites was in Little Italy just walking the street and stopped in a complete dive. Great food at a great price.
This post was edited on 9/2/08 at 7:55 pm
Posted on 9/2/08 at 10:19 pm to Helo
All terrrrrrrrrrible. What year are you talking about. What part of little italy, errr, chinatown are you talking about.
Stop it.
Stop it.
Posted on 9/3/08 at 7:36 am to beezerboy76
quote:Really you moron? The great food and great meal I ate was terrible? How the hell would you know? I am more qualified to judge what was good to me than you.
All terrrrrrrrrrible.
The place in Little Italy I ate at was around the corner from Old St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Posted on 9/3/08 at 9:11 am to theduderoberts
Expensive:
Gramercy Tavern--great food and incredible service.
Peter Lugers (bring cash, they don't take credit cards)
Cheaper options for lunch/dinners you don't want to spend alot of money:
Gray's papaya
Joe's pizza for slices (around bleeker and 6th ave)
John's pizza on bleeker
Corner Bistro for burgers and McSorley's beer
Les Halles--steak frites for 20 bucks
Korean BBQ on 32nd street
Gramercy Tavern--great food and incredible service.
Peter Lugers (bring cash, they don't take credit cards)
Cheaper options for lunch/dinners you don't want to spend alot of money:
Gray's papaya
Joe's pizza for slices (around bleeker and 6th ave)
John's pizza on bleeker
Corner Bistro for burgers and McSorley's beer
Les Halles--steak frites for 20 bucks
Korean BBQ on 32nd street
Posted on 9/3/08 at 11:45 am to Helo
Really you moron? The great food and great meal I ate was terrible? How the hell would you know? I am more qualified to judge what was good to me than you.
The place in Little Italy I ate at was around the corner from Old St. Patrick's Cathedral.
I can't argue the fact that you liked these tourist traps, but the places you named are all poorly rated by every review service I have ever read. It is just annoying to me when someone asks for advice in a thread, and someone who obviously hasn't spent any real time in NYC recommends restaurants that NO New Yorker would ever recommend.
The place in Little Italy I ate at was around the corner from Old St. Patrick's Cathedral.
I can't argue the fact that you liked these tourist traps, but the places you named are all poorly rated by every review service I have ever read. It is just annoying to me when someone asks for advice in a thread, and someone who obviously hasn't spent any real time in NYC recommends restaurants that NO New Yorker would ever recommend.
Posted on 9/3/08 at 12:02 pm to beezerboy76
quote:I didn't mention a pizza place by name because pretty much everyplace I tried it in the city was excellent. I'm sure you have your own personal recommendation. The Rainbow room was a special occasion and the restaurant fit perfectly. A good friend of mine was the Sous Chef at Craft at the time I ate there and yes he is a life long New Yorker. Since I was up there visiting friends, they happened to recommend that a group of us go to Le Cirque. Again they are born and raised in NYC and wanted to take us there since they themselves enjoy it. It was great, no doubt.
NO New Yorker would ever recommend.
And that bring me to my hole-in-the-wall restaurant in Little Italy. You fail to explain yourself why you call it "italy, errr, chinatown" since it most certainly wasn't run by Chinese and definitely wasn't in an area that looked like Chinatown. My recommendation was to find these type of places if time permits because they usually are hidden gems which this was.
New York is just like New Orleans in the fact that everyone has their favorites. Not everyone agrees and in both cities, you could spend years eating at restaurants and not eat at all of them.
Sorry you are annoyed but it is probably because you are an annoying person. I stated my opinion based on my experiences and stand by them. I also stand by my statement that you are a moron.
Posted on 9/3/08 at 12:07 pm to Helo
quote:
You fail to explain yourself why you call it "italy, errr, chinatown"
Probably because (the neighborhood of) Little Italy has been taken over by an ever expanding Chinatown. The only thing left is Mulberry Street, which is very touristy (not that there's anything wrong with that).
Posted on 9/3/08 at 3:28 pm to Ric Flair
Craft is a good restaurant, my mistake.
Rainbow Room has a great interior, bad food. You liked it because of your "special" occasion.
Hot dogs are similar everywhere, pizza is not. John's and Joe's pizza is memorable and way better than the average place.
Those crappy restaurants on Mott are expensive and awful, and Little Italy has been overrun by Chinatown. Not fun.
I am neither annoying or moronic (wife and mother agree), but I only give advice on things I know about.
Just relax and tell us where to eat at Disneyworld. Does Emeril have a new Gumboland roller coaster restaurant.
Rainbow Room has a great interior, bad food. You liked it because of your "special" occasion.
Hot dogs are similar everywhere, pizza is not. John's and Joe's pizza is memorable and way better than the average place.
Those crappy restaurants on Mott are expensive and awful, and Little Italy has been overrun by Chinatown. Not fun.
I am neither annoying or moronic (wife and mother agree), but I only give advice on things I know about.
Just relax and tell us where to eat at Disneyworld. Does Emeril have a new Gumboland roller coaster restaurant.
Posted on 9/3/08 at 4:24 pm to beezerboy76
Sorry, last post was a little unfair I guess, its just easy to get territorial and opinionated when you live in a big food city. Same thing with New Orleans and the like.
Posted on 9/3/08 at 9:33 pm to beezerboy76
Listen, you squabbling primadonnas. As TigerChef (not self-dubbed but granted to me from Mike VI himself) I am the final arbitrator on this debate. Helo: you sound like a nice guy and are trying hard but you live in Sprawlsville USA. Unless it is a new Outback, you have no domain. The only thing you'd know about New York would be what you heard from the transplanted snowbirds in Kissimmee. Beezerboy76: We know you know stuff about your adopted town. Nice. Does the smug gravy go atop the braised self-love? Now that the debate is over we can get back to cheering on those Tigers. Let's go.
Posted on 9/4/08 at 12:12 am to Martini
quote:
Peter Lugers
+1
quote:
Ray's Pizza
which one? Brush up on your Rays history..
I highly recommend Tao beat asian fusion and coolest place ever!!!
best pizza in NY
best fish & chips
This post was edited on 9/4/08 at 12:15 am
Posted on 9/4/08 at 1:10 am to geauxlsu07
Just saw A Salt & Battery on a FoodNetwork show....looked REALLY good!!
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