70 West 71st Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West212/579.8751about $100 for two, with two drinks, without tip After a half bottle of Moillard, we just couldn’t shake off the idea of lamb for dinner. Fortunately, Pasha was around the corner of the wine bar we were in. Even with the coat-check girl’s attitude, ...
100 West Houston Street, off Thompson212/254.7000about $100 for two, with two drinks, without tip We needed a table for six during peak dinner hour and Jane called us from a taxi cab on Houston. Seated in the back booth next to the kitchen, we were able to make noise that was way above the hushed ...
171 Grand Street on Baxter 212/343.0090 about $25 for two, without drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ Perhaps the only Korean restaurant near Chinatown, Li Hua attracts a lunch crowd willing to pay $9 for a lunch box of bulgogi, fried zucchini, salad and rice. For us coming from an office in SoHo, $9 isn’t bad; ...
113 West 116th Street between Lenox and Adam Clayton212/280.8779about $60 for two, without drinks, without tip Chef Carl Redding opened the restaurant a year after his grandmother, Amy Ruth, passed away. They’re not kidding when they say that they offer home-style cooking because you can taste the love in their collard greens and in the ...
118 West 57th Street between Sixth and Seventh212/245.5000about $25 for two, with two drinks, without tip Behind the heavy curtains next to the front desk of Le Parker Meridien hotel is a hole-in-the-wall burger joint that serves no-nonsense burgers, French fries, milkshakes, beer and soda. They proudly declare that “If you don’t see it, we ...