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Restaurants with non-alcoholic pair tasting menu

post #1 of 9
7/31/08 at 12:16pm
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For members of my dining partymewho don't or can't drink, and want something beyond Pellegrino or Diet Coke, which Manhattan restaurants offer non-alcoholic beverage pairing tasting menu?

The only restaurants I have been with that offering are Per Se and Aquivat. Anywhere else?
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post #2 of 9
8/1/08 at 6:41pm
Gramercy Tavern offers some interesting non-alcoholic choices in this menu. Normandy apple and pear ciders may also work as they often only 2% or 3% alcohol content.
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post #3 of 9
8/2/08 at 1:29pm
Leave the kids at home. I don't want to see juice boxes on a table.
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post #4 of 9
8/3/08 at 4:16am
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Originally Posted by SoCal2NYC View Post
Leave the kids at home. I don't want to see juice boxes on a table.

What if they're upright Christian adults?
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post #5 of 9
8/3/08 at 5:19am
Any upscale restaurant will do something for you - but you need to request it in advance. Say you're mormon or something and they may even make the pairings good. For what it is worth, I had an EXCELLENT non alcoholic drink at Per Se last week: flat water with some type of fruit in it; made for an INCREDIBLE taste that went well with wine. (I did both non alcoholic drinks and a few half bottles of wine).
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post #6 of 9
8/3/08 at 5:30am
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Originally Posted by LabelKing View Post
What if they're uptight Christian adults?

fixed.


Also, restaurants want to sell expensive drinks, so they make pair tasting menus.
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post #7 of 9
8/3/08 at 9:48am
Navarro Vineyards makes excellent non-alcoholic "wines." They don't make a lot of it though; I know of several up-scale restaurants that buy them by the crates to ensure they're able to have some for diners.
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post #8 of 9
9/4/08 at 4:54pm
I ordered a batch of Navarros this summer. The Chardonnay Verjus is not to everyone's taste, but I and my daughter liked it a lot. (Wolffer on Long Island also sells a verjus that is quite good.) The gewurztraminer is a pretty good facsimile of real wine. On the sweet side, but not too much for the table. The Pinor Noir is weird. My housekeeper liked it, I didn't.

Verdict: at $10/bottle plus shipping, a very decent deal.
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post #9 of 9
9/4/08 at 5:03pm
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Originally Posted by savvyibd View Post
Any upscale restaurant will do something for you

At the Per Se level perhaps, but I would be that most would not.
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