UWS restaurants - which?

Posted by baruch, December 9, 2006 at 5:26 PM

list of restaurants on the UWS that go to regularly - pros & cons:
part of steve hansen's empire: isabella's, ruby foo's, ocean - cookie cutter, but reliable (?);
dock's - decent; shun lee - 1 of nyc's best chinese!
french: café du soleil - can't make up my mind whether like or not;
café des artistes - overpriced, but still enjoyable;
alouette??; metisse - have to try?

by all means, not a complete list, but for me, the UWS is STILL a wasteland, seems like all the good fun restaurants are below 14th, or the "hated" e. side :) :
café luxembourg - overpriced, bad service, mediocre food, owner just uses as cash cow - just WHY do people still go????????? & go, they do!!!!???
nice matin - ridiculous layout, another faux-french, just what the UWS needs; same with
bistro cassis/citron: another brazilian-owned, faux-french themed. owner lives in great neck & has multiple-themed restaurants, ex. mexican, italian, etc.... just open - "they will come" theory!

left off many others due to another posting, ex. celeste, etc ... as well as the huge number of places that all seem as "1 & the same", i.e., those on amsterdam bet 78th - 88th......

look forward to additions, subtractions, observations, criticisms, critiques, etc....

also, still looking for COQ AU VIN recs - since this site does NOT "jump" topics to the top when receive more recent comments, they are left to die a slow death, forgotten & lost within the postings - reminding those that are reading this of that earlier topic - maybe someone at "serious eats" is reading????????????

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