<p>I"ll be in NYC this weekend - so loving this list.</p>
<p>My favourite is Grilled Cheese NYC at 168 Ludlow Street. Mozz, spinach, tomatoes on French bread - does life get any better?</p>
<p>Patient, I think that the Jeckyl & Hyde near NYU is a pub and not the theme restaurant. Maybe, someone else knows for certain.</p>
<p>A few favorite uptown restaurants. These are all student friendly places – cozy, unpretentious, good food, large portions, medium (by NY standards) prices.</p>
<p>Pomodoro
Columbus @71st
Italian, no reservations</p>
<p>Rosa Mexicano
First Ave @ 58th
Mexican (sort of)
They also have a place near Lincoln Center, but I like the original better</p>
<p>Quattorze
East 79th @2nd
French bistro</p>
<p>Docks
Boradway between 89/90
Seafood</p>
<p>The Barking Dog
Third @ 94th
Burgers, American food</p>
<p>Serafina
Madison and I think 76th
Pizza, Italian</p>
<p>Flor De Mayo </p>
<p>Neighborhood: Upper West Side
2651 Broadway (W 100th St. & W 101st St.)
Subway: 1,2,3,9 @ 96 St; 1,9 @ 103 St
212-663-5520
Description: Not all rotisserie chicken is created equal, and Flor De Mayo does theirs particularly well. Get half a moist, tender chicken for only about $7, and they’ll even throw in rice or plantains for the bargain. This place serves an unusual combination of Chinese and Peruvian food. We like the Peruvian selections better, although some of the Chinese is worth checking out.</p>
<p>Not sure if the reports are still timely but here they are:</p>
<p>Of late, the mussel-worshipers are lining up at Markt on West 14th Street and 9th Avenue, an area fast becoming known as Little Belgium. The 1930s-style brasserie is really the hot spot in town, where you can bump into Mel Brooks, Michelle Pfeifer, Catherine Zeta Jones, Ralph Lauren, or Lou Reed, just to name a few. In New York, lovers of moules frite and Stella Artois head to Belgian eatery Markt on West 14th Street and 9th Avenue an area fast becoming known as Little Belgium. </p>
<p>or </p>
<p>See the mussel-worshipers lining up for Belgian soul food at tiny Petite Abeille on West 14th Street and Ninth Avenue, the cobblestone crossroads of an area fast becoming known as Little Belgium. On the opposite corner, theyre clamoring for admission to Markt, an elegant 30s-style bistro whose name means market in Flemish. Two blocks away is Cafe de Bruxelles, a lace-curtained neighborhood institution on Greenwich Avenue, as popular as ever after 17 years. A short stroll to the south? Waterloo Brasserie on Charles Street, with its hard-edged Eurospace and trendy clientele. To the east, on Lafayette Street: Belgo Nieuw-York, the industrial-strength Bauhaus brauhaus. </p>
<p>I had no idea this neighborhood would become a Belgian village, said Yves Jadot, 31, the Brussels-born president of Petite Abeille, which established its beachhead in the meatpacking district a year ago. Mr. Jadotwho with his brothers, David and Christopher, operates two other Petite Abeille cafes, one on West 18th Street and another on Hudson Streetticked off two Belgian-style frites spots and two more Belgian restaurants south of 14th Street. At least three more are on the way, including a couple of Petite Abeille outposts and a SoHo branch of Le Pain Quotidien, the homey Belgian bakery-cum-cafe on Madison Avenue.</p>
<p>portabella in the west village</p>
<p>Docks was once our ‘local’ momrath, in the days when we lived in stroller heaven.
Faves:
$$$$$ Le Bernardin
At this internationally renowned French seafood restaurantone of the city’s top restaurantseven chef Eric Ripert’s version of the baked potato is straight from the sea: its a savory mash of dill-scented smoked salmon, potato crème fraîche, and Osetra caviar.<br>
155 W. 51st St., between Sixth and Seventh Aves., 212-554-1515, le-bernardin.com
$$$$ But Open All Hours–Brasserie
French</p>
<p>100 E 53rd St, New York 10022
Btwn Park & Lexington Ave
Phone: 212-751-4840
$$$$ Haute Indian. Believe it.
Dawat ($$$$)
Haute Cuisine of India
Indian</p>
<p>210 E 58th St, New York 10022
Btwn 2nd & 3rd Ave </p>
<p>Phone: 212-355-7555
Fax: 212-355-1735
Menus
The food here is absolutely delicious. It is the best Indian food I have ever tasted in my life and I have eaten Indian food around the world! It’s a little pricey, but well worth it. The staff is meticulous and prompt. The mango martini is great, but a little strong. I recommend the chicken tikka, malai kofta, and paneer masala. Yumm… </p>
<p>Which plays are you going to see? We’re going in afew weeks and I haven’t perused the New Yorker reviews yet…</p>
<p>Have fun!</p>
<p>Serendipity is actually in grnwch village and serendipity, near Bloomingdales</p>
<p>For the best Chinese food, upscale, Shun Lee Palace, 55th St., between 3rd and Lexington. Outstanding, inventive, expensive. Reservations needed.
Restaurant Jean Georges in the Trump International hotel in Columbus Circle (Broadway and 59th St.) Superb, expensive, reservations needed.</p>
<p>Here are links to two other threads on NYC that I started when I took, first my son and then my daughters, on their first trips to New York last year. They all loved everything!!</p>
<p>Cheers, I am going in late March to visit my friends and they got tickets to Bernarda Alba at the Lincoln Center Theater. Hasn’t opened yet so can’t tell you whether or not it’s good!</p>
<p>Unsoccermom, you’re probably right–I saw it, didn’t go in–just that my daughters’ NYC-dwelling friends highly recommended J/H but didn’t specify which one…</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=96626[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=96626</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=85184[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=85184</a></p>
<p>Expensive:</p>
<p>Onera – 222 W79th St, between Amsterdam and Broadway, is about the best upscale restaurant on the Upper West Side. It’s Greek, but unusual and innovative. Specializes in wild game. Small dining room.</p>
<p>We were told about a French bistro called Aix, but never got there.</p>
<p>Shun Lee Palace, while good, will not float your boat if you’re from the West Coast. Very expensive (we saw the star of Constant Gardener there) and good but not amazing if you’re from somewhere with a lot of outstanding Chinese food.</p>
<p>For lunches or coffee, I’m a sucker for museum cafes. At MOMA, we sat overlooking the street – felt like the perfect NYC setting. Also had good food and fun at the Met, where we sat at a long table and fell into a discussion with a couple we were elbow-to-elbow with. </p>
<p>Also, deli takeout from Zabars. And, if it’s still in business, for something fun in the taekout dessert category, Rice to Riches just north of Little Italy (I think they call the area Nola), which serves nothing but varieties of rice pudding.</p>
<p>patient, you’re not crazy. There is indeed a Jekyll & Hyde in the west Village in the 7th Ave and Bleecker area. We ate there years ago and have walked by it several times since when out exploring. I don’t know if it’s exactly the same as the one in midtown but it’s definitely a themed restaurant.</p>
<p>Some of our favorites are :</p>
<p>Foley’s at the Renaissance on 7th Ave. Fabulous food, great service, and the most spectacular view of Times Square of any restaurant in the area. We always stay at the Renaissance and Foley’s is a must-do, several times each visit! </p>
<p>Westway Diner on 9th Ave. The REAL Seinfeld diner where he and Larry David dreamed up the show.</p>
<p>John’s Pizza on W. 44th.</p>
<p>Lattanzi on W. 46th.</p>
<p>Serendipity is kind of fun. Once. The food is not bad but the wait, even with a reservation, is crazy. Try the frozen hot chocolate, which is what they’re famous for. </p>
<p>Cupcakes from Magnolia Bakery </p>
<p>Hotdogs and/or soft pretzels from a street vendor then sitting on a bench just outside the Central Park Zoo is always fun.</p>
<p>Angus McIndoe on W. 44th is also very good. </p>
<p>So many choices in the city and so little time! :)</p>
<p>Well, as a West Coaster I’ll split the difference with Sac: I thought Shun Lee Palace was pretty good but not as spectacular as hour hostess thought. Alas, the best Chinese restaurant near us…only four blocks away…just closed. Best Szechuan-style lobster I’ve had since the Empress on Connecticut Ave. in D.C. some 30 years ago. (And that’s long gone too.)</p>
<p>yeah the area around the Empress has changed a bit. Uptown theater is still the best screen in DC…</p>
<p>Our fav on 7th Street in Chinatown is long gone too, part of the gentrification of the MCI…</p>
<p>Any votes on best pizza? I also love Sylvin harlem for their fried chicken and waffles. Sounds weird but oh so goodf And the best cornbread…</p>
<p>Patient,</p>
<p>You are not going crazy, were right :)</p>
<p>J/H down is not a pub/bar but a second location of the for the same restaurant (I’ve been to both locations.</p>
<p>As for resturants:</p>
<p>try </p>
<p>Sosa Borella </p>
<p>in tribeca at</p>
<p>460 Greenwich St, New York 10013
Btwn Watts & Desbrosses St</p>
<p>If you’re on the Upper West Side try Calle Ocho. Fun restaurant. Also Rain for Asian food. Nobu is excellent but very expensive. Ditto Pastis as a place to see and be seen.</p>
<p>well, I was kind of disoriented on Bloomingdales–I did write 39th when it should have been 59th and I am afraid it was not just a typo :). But thanks for the kindness!</p>
<p>btw, I did not like Serendipity either, but my girls did, quite a bit. It was an experience, even waiting in line…</p>
<p>I’ve always wanted to visit the real Soup Nazi (from Seinfeld), but every time I’m in NY, he’s traveling and the place is closed :(</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.soupkitchenintl.com/[/url]”>http://www.soupkitchenintl.com/</a></p>
<p>If you like the Broadway tourist scene (we love it)… we really enjoyed Ellen’s Stardust Diner - Broadway and 50th. Singing waitstaff - really great singing talent. Fun 50’s diner atmosphere and entertaining too!</p>
<p><a href=“http://ellenstardust.com/page/o9hg/Home_Page.html[/url]”>http://ellenstardust.com/page/o9hg/Home_Page.html</a></p>