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OMG St. Mark's Pizza was the best!!! That place was so good my SO and I were literally devastated when it closed. I don't undertsand how those guys didn't open up someplace else. I've searched for their return for years now :(

I agree as well. Getting in the hour early was great but then it became too chaotic. I felt like I was at a frat party gone bad. I loved the event but probably won't return because of how crowded it got.

Every year I try to go somewhere new and have had pretty great meals albeit once. This year I went to Aureole for lunch and had a fantastic meal with a wonderful entree and dessert (pics and full review below). I think that it is a good deal for lunch but not always for dinner. Now a lot of places have cheap lunch options all the time. You have to seek out what's really going to be worth the price tag and have a place that embraces it service wise.

http://nyctastes.blogspot.com/2010/01/restaurant-week-at-aureole_27.html

Yum! A beet cupcake! I swear I never used to like beets but I think they are growing on me. I'm checking that out immediately.

Bone in NY Strip Steak

Happy Birthday!! You guys rock!!! This may be my favorite food site of all time. I have gotten so many great ideas from you guys over the past 3 years. Kepp it up and Congrats!

Wow! I am very surprised they were pouring the Westy 12! That beer is almost impossible to come by and very expensive. I was luckly enough to score two bottles a few months ago. Just as you said- having a Chimay after the westy (or any beer by that matter) just will fall flat. The Westy has such an intense, complex yet smooth flavor it is truly one of the best beers ever.

I've been to Resto a bunch of times for but never for a beer dinner. Thanks- I will keep in on my list now to check out.