ilili

236 Fifth Avenue between 27th and 28th Streets 212/683.2929 around $125 for 4, with drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ After thirteen days eating fresh seafood and vegetables in Dominica for both lunch and dinner, all I wanted to eat upon returning to New York was a bloody steak. It was godsend that Miriam was still ...

12 Chairs

15. November 2007 African, Mediterranean, SoHo 0
56 MacDougal Street between Houston and Prince 212/254.8640 about $120 for four, with drinks, with tip ♥ 12 Chairs tastes so much better from the outside than inside. We were famished, but another restaurant around the area couldn’t accommodate four people for at least another hour. We walked down one of my favorite streets in ...

Dani Restaurant

333 Hudson Street corner of Charlton 212/633.9333 $300 for fifteen without drinks, with tip ♥ Update, 2008: Dani is now closed and only available for special events. Dani looked promising as soon as we walked in. Its space on Hudson is so airy and spacious, it made me wonder why other restaurants just don’t move ...

Il Buco

21. February 2007 East Village, Italian, Mediterranean 0
47 Bond Street between Lafayette and Bowery 212/533.1932 $180 for four people with a bottle of wine, without tip ♥ We wanted to eat at Il Buco ever since we walked by one night and took a peek inside. Candles were lit that made the ambiance romantic and rustic at the same time. We just ...