West Midtown Recommendations
I will be in New York on business and would love some restaurant recommendations. I will be staying in the west 50s and am looking for places around there - I will be putting in very long days and won't want to stray too far from the hotel.
I will eat anything but sushi, I will be by myself, I will be dressed casually, I have a moderate expense budget, and I will definitely want a glass or two of wine with my meal. I will also be pretty tired, so I like places that are relaxed and easy going.
I've looked at some reviews on the Times website and a few places look promising: Viceversa, Park Blue, The Bar Room, Puttanesca, and Molyvas. Am I on the right track?
Any advice will be so appreciated!
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6 Comments:
Landmarc in the Time Warner Center. Relaxed, good food, EXCELLENT wine list, though they do not offer wine by the glass. They have an extensive list of wines by the half bottle though, and their whole shtick is that they have the lowest markup on wine of any restaurant I know of. So definitely worth checking out.
simon at 1:56PM on 08/15/08
@simon: OK, I just looked at Landmarc's menu online and it totally up my alley. Half bottle wines are great - I really wish more restaurants did this. Thank you so much!
Tellicherry at 2:19PM on 08/15/08
You're quite welcome! All the food is good, but the burger there is especially top notch.
simon at 3:29PM on 08/15/08
Try Taboon -- wonderful classy middle eastern food . It's on 10th Avenue in the West 50s. Two Italian theatre district classics are Becco and Lattanzi, both best visited after 8 PM. Also try Marseille -- lovely south-of-France cuisine. Also Trattoria del Arte. Enjoy!
Pfossil at 8:39PM on 08/18/08
Hey, Pfossil! I wish I had seen your recs before I left for New York. I would have loved to try Marseille.
Simon, Landmarc was dead on. I can not thank you enough. I had the hangar steak with green peppercorn sauce. Then I offered to bear the grill guy's babies. Absolutely incredible.
I unexpectedly found myself in Greenwich, so I checked out Otto. House cured olives, goat cheese and swiss chard pizza, followed with bufalo ricotta gelato with figs and lemon curd. Amazing and delicious; I could not stop eating. I was so stuffed I walked from 8th St all the way to 53rd!
Tellicherry at 12:45PM on 08/21/08
tellicherry, if you say greenwich, people 'round these here parts will think you're referring to connecticut. to sound like a local, refer to it as "the village".
cybercita at 1:14PM on 08/21/08