Styleforum › Forums › Lifestyle › Social Life, Food & Drink, Travel › Please recommend a restaurant in NYC that meets my ridiculous criteria
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Please recommend a restaurant in NYC that meets my ridiculous criteria - Page 2

post #16 of 29
3/23/11 at 12:51pm
Douglas-san,

I'm going to recommend North Square, a hidden gem located underneath a small tourist hotel on the northwest corner of Washington Square Park (Babbo is just down the block). Very good food, in a quiet, elegant but totally non-fussy enviroment. You should easily be able to get an early reservation, and the food is uniformly topnotch. Nothing molecular, but will satisfy those yearning for something a little more cuttin edge. Your dad will enjoy it, as will everyone else. Non-trendy deliciousness, in very civilized surroundings.

http://www.northsquareny.com/
Reply
Reply
post #17 of 29
3/23/11 at 12:51pm
Dbgb
Reply
Reply
post #18 of 29
3/23/11 at 12:53pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by ryansmith View Post
Dbgb

DBGB with a 2 year old? Sorry, that's just a bad idea.
Reply
Reply
post #19 of 29
3/23/11 at 1:01pm
I think DBGB would be fine. Anybody who makes a 6 PM reservation knows it's restaurant family hour, and DBGB is at least loud enough inside to drown out most baby noises. Also, their booths are fairly well enclosed. I ate there around the same time a few months ago (I was with some old people hence the early time) and there was a good number of families.
Reply
Reply
post #20 of 29
3/23/11 at 2:19pm
I'll leave it at that but DBGB on a Saturday at 6pm is beer and bangers time, very loud, upscale-ish pub concept with a downtown crowd. I would never take my 2 year-old there (and I leave across the street)
Reply
Reply
post #21 of 29
3/23/11 at 2:19pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by gdl203 View Post
I'll leave it at that but DBGB on a Saturday at 6pm is beer and bangers time, very loud, upscale-ish pub concept with a downtown crowd. I would never take my 2 year-old there (and I leave across the street)

Closing in on 25k! You're almost elite!!!!!
Reply
Reply
post #22 of 29
3/23/11 at 2:21pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by kwilkinson View Post
Closing in on 25k! You're almost elite!!!!!

23 to go and I can retire voxy style
Reply
Reply
post #23 of 29
3/23/11 at 3:26pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Huntsman View Post
Oh man, am I gonna get beat up for this. Back in the day my standby restaurant (that is, straight up American influenced French cuisine) was a place called Rive Gauche, but they're gone. These days, it is <ducking> Les Halles. I think it would fit. Google for the menu, but I'm always happy (plus I can have a glass of d'Yquem).

~ H

Les Halles serves Chateau d'Yquem by the glass?
Reply
Reply
post #24 of 29
3/23/11 at 7:00pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by changy View Post
Les Halles serves Chateau d'Yquem by the glass?
Yep. Amazing, isn't it? Not the best years (but hey, if d'Yquem is declaring a vintage it's not bad) and of course it might not always be the freshest, but still, that's a decadent glass. ~ H
Reply
Reply
post #25 of 29
3/24/11 at 2:36am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Huntsman View Post
Yep. Amazing, isn't it? Not the best years (but hey, if d'Yquem is declaring a vintage it's not bad) and of course it might not always be the freshest, but still, that's a decadent glass.

~ H

Hmm, I don't see it on the menu. I imagine it's ~$100 for a glass? I won't be ordering it anytime soon, but I'm curious.
Reply
Reply
post #26 of 29
3/24/11 at 9:53am
it's consistently on the menu at Eleven Madison for like $80 a glass
Reply
Reply
post #27 of 29
3/24/11 at 1:31pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by changy View Post
Hmm, I don't see it on the menu. I imagine it's ~$100 for a glass? I won't be ordering it anytime soon, but I'm curious.
Wow, I just downloaded the dessert menu and it is gone. I've had it there three times now -- the only reason I've ever had d'Yquem, in fact. The first time was two years ago, and it was $35/glass (I kid you not), the last time it was $40, I think -- went there with my father, in fact. We had the d'Yquem and then the crepes. It was a good time.
Quote:
Originally Posted by gomestar View Post
it's consistently on the menu at Eleven Madison for like $80 a glass
I know that wine at restaurants is consistently a rip-off, but that's a pretty major ripoff, considering the size of a portion of Sauternes (well, not if it's a good year, but I'm sure it isn't -- I'd drop $80 on a glass of '01). Wait, I just looked at their menu to see what year; it's not on there. I have also found that I must take back anything I've said that might reflect poorly on EMP; that wine/spirits list has just beggared me. ~ H
Reply
Reply
post #28 of 29
3/24/11 at 1:51pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Huntsman View Post
I know that wine at restaurants is consistently a rip-off, but that's a pretty major ripoff, considering the size of a portion of Sauternes (well, not if it's a good year, but I'm sure it isn't -- I'd drop $80 on a glass of '01). Wait, I just looked at their menu to see what year; it's not on there. I have also found that I must take back anything I've said that might reflect poorly on EMP; that wine/spirits list has just beggared me.

~ H

it's on page 4 of the wine list, 1999 is the current offering for $85

In general, their wine list is not to shabby for price. There's plenty of expensive stuff, granted, but it's also easy to go in with $100 and drink very well with a glass of something to start and then a bottle of something else.
Reply
Reply
post #29 of 29
4/5/11 at 3:12pm
Just out of curiosity, where did you end up going?
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
Styleforum › Forums › Lifestyle › Social Life, Food & Drink, Travel › Please recommend a restaurant in NYC that meets my ridiculous criteria