08-18-2003, 03:01 AM
Thanks, I'll have to try that one out.
There are literally several thousand restaurants in the city, so it's impossible to know them all unless you're a food critic. :)
For the record, the ones I alluded to earlier are:
Sushi: Well, I work at 8th Ave and 50th. For moderately high-end Sushi around there, there are a number of places, I've been to Ruby Foos, Sushi Den, and some place I can't remember the name that was supposed to be good but wasn't really. For $4 california rolls, there's a joint called Go Sushi right around the corner. And the best sushi I've had in the city (not surprisingly) is at Nobu down on Wall Street. Nobu is supposed to be the best sushi in the country (outside of Cali and Hawaii). I certainly liked it. :D
Soup: The Soup Nazi himself is up on 55th. There are a number of other little soup holes in midtown that work nicely. The best Yankee Bean I've had, though, was at a little deli called Clark's in Brooklyn Heights.
Black-and-white shake: Pick a diner in midtown, they all work very well. :D
Italian: My wife and I are hooked on a not-too-high-end-but-not-too-cheap-either (i.e. $10-15 for an entree, likely to go to $40 for two people) Italian joint called Bocca. Very yummy bread, good pasta, I often get their tortellini with alfredo sauce and prosciutto and other good stuff. Also in the area is Remi which unfortunately no longer has a certain baby-artichoke dish that my wife really loved. (She is a major artichoke fan).
Bagel: Pick a place. Just within a block or two are Carnegie Deli; B & H; a restaurant actually called "Pick a Bagel", and so on. New York is certainly the bagel capital of the world. :) Before coming here, I though bagels were round, overly chewy or hard little annoyances. (Think the Arnold's supermarket brand). Since coming here, I am a convert to the religion of bagel.
And the best part is, they all deliver. At work, if I work past 8 (which, alas, happens with some frequency), I can order in delivery up to $30 and expense it. Doc review or motion practice at midnight is never very fun, but it's a little less of a drag when you have free dinner.
There are literally several thousand restaurants in the city, so it's impossible to know them all unless you're a food critic. :)
For the record, the ones I alluded to earlier are:
Sushi: Well, I work at 8th Ave and 50th. For moderately high-end Sushi around there, there are a number of places, I've been to Ruby Foos, Sushi Den, and some place I can't remember the name that was supposed to be good but wasn't really. For $4 california rolls, there's a joint called Go Sushi right around the corner. And the best sushi I've had in the city (not surprisingly) is at Nobu down on Wall Street. Nobu is supposed to be the best sushi in the country (outside of Cali and Hawaii). I certainly liked it. :D
Soup: The Soup Nazi himself is up on 55th. There are a number of other little soup holes in midtown that work nicely. The best Yankee Bean I've had, though, was at a little deli called Clark's in Brooklyn Heights.
Black-and-white shake: Pick a diner in midtown, they all work very well. :D
Italian: My wife and I are hooked on a not-too-high-end-but-not-too-cheap-either (i.e. $10-15 for an entree, likely to go to $40 for two people) Italian joint called Bocca. Very yummy bread, good pasta, I often get their tortellini with alfredo sauce and prosciutto and other good stuff. Also in the area is Remi which unfortunately no longer has a certain baby-artichoke dish that my wife really loved. (She is a major artichoke fan).
Bagel: Pick a place. Just within a block or two are Carnegie Deli; B & H; a restaurant actually called "Pick a Bagel", and so on. New York is certainly the bagel capital of the world. :) Before coming here, I though bagels were round, overly chewy or hard little annoyances. (Think the Arnold's supermarket brand). Since coming here, I am a convert to the religion of bagel.
And the best part is, they all deliver. At work, if I work past 8 (which, alas, happens with some frequency), I can order in delivery up to $30 and expense it. Doc review or motion practice at midnight is never very fun, but it's a little less of a drag when you have free dinner.