Recommend me a trendy NYC restaurant

SField · Jun 4, 2011

Breslin

StephenHero · Jun 4, 2011

Balthazar

I'm skeptical of people trying to show up small-towners with big-city extravagence. In all likelihood they probably don't care about whatever spectacle you've got planned for them. Give them a good atmosphere.

imageWIS · Jun 4, 2011

http://www.ilgattopardonyc.com/

Great food, always packed (does that define 'trendy'?).

howbah · Jun 4, 2011

JS1357 · Jun 4, 2011

Peels

scientific · Jun 5, 2011

Originally Posted by StephenHero

Balthazar

I'm skeptical of people trying to show up small-towners with big-city extravagence. In all likelihood they probably don't care about whatever spectacle you've got planned for them. Give them a good atmosphere.

yea i see your point. Balthazar is probably my favorite place in the city, it's just so ******* classic. the menu is kind of tough for my guests, but you're making me reconsider. actually Tao and Balthazar were the first two places i went to in New York in my youth, and clearly they both made a good impression. (i had good hosts and want to return the favor in some way...)

thx for all the ideas guys, i will have a lot to meditate on. all the stuff i'm missing living out in the burbs ...

MikeDT · Jun 5, 2011

White Castle.

poorsod · Jun 5, 2011

Originally Posted by scientific

ok let me try a different tack - any good chilled out rooftop spots worth considering? possibly in soho or somewhere thereabouts, or wherever. doesn't have to be as scene-y. that have heat lamps in case it gets chilly like tonight? alright.
http://www.230-fifth.com/ Gaansevort hotel has a good rooftop deck that looks into Soho House Soho House if you know a member.

mrbateman · Jun 6, 2011

top of the standard is a beautiful rooftop bar -
take them to the new soho mondrian for dinner

patrickBOOTH · Jun 6, 2011

Commerce. The Lion. Morandi. Any Keith Mcnally, or J-G.

untilted · Jun 7, 2011

for the real cliche, nobu.

erictheobscure · Jun 8, 2011

Originally Posted by SField

Breslin

You actually like this place or did you recommend it because it fit his criteria? I was a bit disappointed when I tried it. Food wasn't bad at all but I expected more from a Michelin-starred place. I also found the British pub kitsch a bit too much, and the service was slow.

lawyerdad · Jun 8, 2011

Panera

Fuuma · Jun 8, 2011

Going to restaurants isn't trendy, can you guys purge together?

SField · Jun 8, 2011

Originally Posted by erictheobscure

You actually like this place or did you recommend it because it fit his criteria? I was a bit disappointed when I tried it. Food wasn't bad at all but I expected more from a Michelin-starred place. I also found the British pub kitsch a bit too much, and the service was slow.

I like it and I think that it serves finely prepared food that people not used to michelin style dining would find accessible. I think it's the type of place that acts as a great gateway to better food. Far from the only place like this... would also recommend Barbuto.

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