So we're in Manhattan...where should we eat lunch?

No...seriously. We are. :D

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if you like deli...I warn you, anything you order will be enough for 3 people!Have a dozen pickles on me!!!!!

pan-asian vegetarian food try Zen Palate on the east side of Union Square Park (16 street). They are famous for 100% vegetiarian/vegan food that meat-eaters love too.

we're going to stay in midtown for lunch, but that might be great for dinner or for tomorrow. thanks for the excellent suggestion! :hi:

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You should be embarrassed ... Everyone knows TGIFriday's is MUCH better.

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it's a very nice hotel. :)

restaurants in that area.

We were just hoping someone might have a real favorite lesser-known amazing place we could check out.

sushi, italian, continental?

BTW, there is a Godiva Chocolatier shop in there also!!

My wife would make that her place to eat!!!!

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Thai, Brazilian, French, anything very good will do. (And this is MisU responding, as I am now abducting progmom to go get a recommendation from the concierge.)

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or Katz's Deli. Old old New York deli.

Like on Houston?

God, the pastrami.

Or maybe KFC.

I'm sure he'd love it really. :eyes:

(he's even cuter in person, you know!) :bounce:

I can tell. :grr:

Hope you do get to meet him, and you all have a great time. :bounce:

:(

If you ever do make it to NY, you do realize we will make a trip in to meet you, right? :D

and a definite reason for me to cross the pond.

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I just took them somewhere good to eat

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have you eaten there? any food recommendations?

I've eaten there with my mom and brother, we had a great time. It's similar to Metzger's on Zeeb road but better atmosphere (Metzger's hasn't been the same since it moved out of downtown).

Here's the website http://www.zumschneider.com/

The Kaesespaetzle looks good.


Now some would say "Why eat at a German place in NYC", my reply is that good German places are fairly scarce and should be treasured when found.

(ok...did I forget you had Ann Arbor ties? you don't live there now, do you?)

often as kids because of football games.
From what I've heard the family running Metzger's was nearly bankrupted by the slowdown in business caused by the long-lasting rennovation of the parking garage nearby. It's a real shame too, because they'd finally bought out the corner next door that used to be an army surplus store and had set up a really nice bar too. The food and drink at the new Metzger's is as good as before, but even with the beergarden they've added, it's not the same. I've been in AA a few times in the last 4 years and I must confess that the town isn't what it used to be. Chains have taken over way too much. Drakes---> Brueggers, the used book store---> potbelly sandwich shop, Hobby shop--> apparently gone, Metzger's---> sports bar, the town where as a small child I wondered "Who are these people smoking small cigarettes that smell funny and reciting poetry about an episode of Tom and Jerry?" has become the town of "Why does everything on this street smell of fried food and garlic?"

I now live in the home town of the big ten's most offensive mascot :-)

Same family as Metzgers but we liked the food there better.

Too bad Drakes didn't hold out longer (I have a wonderful old photo from the 1920s) but nobody was interested in carrying on after the owners retired. Chains are creeping into A2 proper but there are still many more locally-owned restaurants and businesses than a lot of places.

I want to be there :(


You can't find a McDonalds? :evilgrin:

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...and flights were so cheap, MisU decided to tag along. It's a gorgeous hotel...very nice mid-week getaway. :D

:-)

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Enjoy New York. I really envy you.

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Eat healthy ;)

go to the westway diner on 9th ave @ 43rd st. it's good, cheap, and has some history to it...it's the diner that larry david and jerry seinfeld used to go to all the time and it's the place they came up with the idea for the show.

P.S. HIIIIII progmom i've been out traveling around hobo style but i'm back for a short while to recover from a traveling sustained injury...good to see yer still around

I'm in Manhattan too!

I say Katz's Deli!

We'd almost gotten the flames out!! For dawg's sakes just make a sandwich and back out of this thread slowly.

and I was going to suggest Oli....

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whenever I post in a progmom thread, it makes progmom go away? :cry:

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Just north of Houston. If it's not in the Lower East Side, it's very close to it.

It's an Italian joint. Specifically a pizza joint that makes those Old World thin-crust pizzas in a wood-burning oven.

Excellent pizza. Probably the best I had in Manhattan when I was there and I was on a mission to find the best. Now the name of this place escapes me now but it's somebody's name.

Maybe Vince's or Frankie's or something like that. I think it's Frankie's, but I'm not sure.

But if you're in the mood for Italian, but don't want pizza, I recommend Lupa, which is in Greenwich Village, I believe. It's a little expensive but it's amazing. My friend who took me there said it's owned by Mario (forgot his last name) that famous chef.

In fact, I have the matchbox right in front of me. The address is: 170 Thompson Street, Ny, NY 10012.

Phone number is 212-982-5089

Thanks for the Luba suggestion. I might try that this weekend.

Is that the first pizzeria in NY? The one that's in Little Italy? I tried that, but I thought the other one was better.

Maybe I'm thinking of Grimaldi's, but I know for sure this place wasn't Lombardi's because if it's not that one place in Little Italy, then it's one I meant to try but never got around to trying

It's first and first.

I've got lots of suggestions. I guess it depends on what neighborhood I end up in when I'm hungry, if I don't have reservations.

Can't be beat.

If you don't go to Dojo's, I will CRY. It's not that it's even that great of a place... I'm just into it for some illogical reason. And you don't want to get me upset, because then you'll feel really guilty, and you'll have to buy me icecream, and I'll be reaaaaaaaaaalllllly picky about what flavor it is and from what brand and what store and what kind of a cone it's in.

Best precursor to a heart-attack you'll ever have in your life.

This assumes you're talking about Manhattan, Kansas.

we head to restaurant row on W 46th St between 8th and 9th Aves. Da Rosina Restorante is one place we've been to often. The luncheon special is $16. If you're not into Italian there's Joshua Tree, La Ravista,The House of Brews,Broadway Joe's,Bangkok House, Les Sans Culottes and others, enjoy.