164 West 75th Street on Amsterdam Avenue 212/787.6300 $280 for four people with eight glasses of drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Ah, the upper west side, you keep surprising me. ‘cesca has been on our list of places to eat for the past year because Cameron lives around the corner. After Telepan, I’m more ...
457 Court Street off 4th Place, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn 718/403.0033 about $150 for four, with a bottle of wine, without tip, cash only ♥ ♥ Update, February 2009: I had a lovely weekday lunch here with gnocchi and meatballs. Both were in tomato sauce that had their own tastes. (It wold have sucked if they ...
One Fifth Avenue on 8th Street 212/995.9559 $90 for three, with several drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ When a group of my friends and I just want a laid-back night with good food but can’t afford the other Batali establishments, we end up at Otto where we can eat thin-crust pizzas cooked on a flat-iron ...
110 Waverly Place between MacDougal and Sixth 212/777.0303 about $900 for six, with a lot of drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ For my annual pilgrimage, I was diligent and booked a table exactly thirty days from our dinner date to get a prime spot at 9pm for six people. It was to celebrate ...
85 Tenth Avenue on 16th Street212/497-8090$810 for six, with a few drinks, with tip♥ ♥ The latest from the Batali-Bastianich empire, Del Posto’s staircase, marble floors and plush seating all scream money. You walk past the valet (!) through the lobby and it’s like you’re in someone’s mansion outside of New York. Its 18,000-square-foot space ...