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17 Comments:
Chipotle, and now I'm waiting the requisite three days before following up with a call.
Any 80s NY'ers out there? First date was at Cadillac Bar and Grill, in the Flatiron District. Might have been just slightly underaged. Might've gone there after a HS dance, not sure (was walking distance). Might've tried no more than two "tequila shooters", made with much fanfare tableside (the waitresses carried shot glasses in leather carriers strapped across their torsos, and pounded the glasses down when ready). Still recall their very fine nachos starter, which consisted of a round flat dish, individual triangular-shaped tortilla chips arranged individually and neatly (not stacked or piled on each other), with the perfect assemblage of nachos ingredientes tipicas on each chip (guac, pico, frijoles, jalapeno slice, you get it). Great 80s place from a great time in this great city.
Sandro at 10:47AM on 01/11/07
My first dinner "date" I was 16 and went to Red Robin in Portland, Oregon. I remember ordering some of their fat steak fries and only eating a few because I was so nervous!
Stacy at 10:51AM on 01/11/07
My 2nd Date with my husband was at Markt, where he pretended not to be grossed out by the large bowl of mussles I devoured....our first date was drinks only, and we went to Botanika on Houston, then to Library Bar.
NYkittyNY at 11:47AM on 01/11/07
Stacy: The one on Northeast Grand?
Adam Kuban at 12:26PM on 01/11/07
adam: that's the one!
Stacy at 1:24PM on 01/11/07
Cambridge Common, a bar/grill right next to my school. Don't remember what I had, but I do remember that my now-wife and I randomly invited some school acquaintance to join us as we were on our way. 'twas quite awkward; we laugh about it to this day.
99paa at 8:09PM on 01/11/07
I was 16, just got my driver's license and took my girlfriend to Skyline Chili in Clifton (Cincinnati) Ohio for a 4-way and cheese Coney's. God, it was great!
Livetotravel at 10:51PM on 01/11/07
The Sanctuary in Iowa City. Minimal atmosphere, lousy food, pretentious piano player--that was '75 and we're still together.
jscheck at 11:51PM on 01/11/07
Sandro--OMG! My first date in HS in the 80s was also at Cadillac Bar & Grill, but the one in Houston. I had no idea there was one once here as well. Those tequila ladies were FIERCE! We tried to convince them we were 21, but no go. We had to drink iced tea instead.
homesicktexan at 9:43AM on 01/12/07
homesicktexan, yep, same place. I did a little digging after the fact and discovered the brand was actually called just Cadillac Bar, which makes sense since the place was tex-mex and not a bar & grill. Being Texas, I'm certain your fallback iced tea was served in a very large glass with free refills, so that had its benefits too!
Sandro at 10:00AM on 01/12/07
Mike's Pizza in Panorama City, Calif. They had the best garic rolls. That was a long time ago. I don't think they are still around.
Vermont at 12:10PM on 01/12/07
Lundy's; I think I was eleven or twelve. It was, of course, during the day . I think we rode their on our bikes. All I remember are those wonderful little biscuits, and the smell of the ocean, still the most thrilling one in the world to me.
First date with husband of 25 years--Katz's. He later told me that he took women there to see if they'd be intimidated by the staff/clientele. I passed the test as, unbeknownst to him, I grew up going to a similarly raucous establishment on Kings HIghway, in Brooklyn. My friend and I used to try to get older guys to place bets for us at the OTB next door; our Catholic school uniforms kinda gave it away that we were underage.
Barbara Hanson at 12:47PM on 01/12/07
YIKES. There, not their. I should be thrown out of the editors' guild for that one!
Barbara Hanson at 12:57PM on 01/12/07
A fabulous sushi place in Mechanicsburg, PA (near Harrisburg) - Sapporo East. It was my first sushi experience (my now-husband is Japanese), and now I'm addicted!
altosaxchica at 11:24PM on 01/12/07
My first date was dinner at a long closed Italian restaurant called Petrocelli's. Good pasta and a great salad bar. Hey, a good salad bar was all important in (oh god, i can't believe i'm actually saying this, but...) the 70s.
After dinner we went to the big movie everyone at school was going to see. It was a horror movie called, "Phantasm." The movie was truly dreadful. Still, I think it's really funny that we were so young my mother had to drive us and get us into the movie.
One more thing, my date? He turned out to be gay. It was a *great* introduction to dating. At least I can laugh about it now, nearly 30 years later.
Calichef at 3:59AM on 01/13/07
Ti-Couz in the Mission in San Francisco. I don't know if it was a date; more the first meal where I ever successfully persuaded someone I liked to eat a meal with me. Now I sound like a crazy crazy stalker. I was 16! Life was more intense then.
NYminknit at 11:48AM on 01/15/07
My first real dinner date I was 17 and took her to a now defunct restaurant in New Hope, Pa. called The Canal House. I think it cost me around $30 which was a fortune in those days of a dollar an hour minimum wage. It paid off, though.
grampart at 6:34PM on 01/16/07