402 West 43rd Street off Ninth Avenue 212/564.7272 about $700 for four, with a lot of drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Some friends I met while traveling in Ireland were in town. Remembering how much we all liked our seafood while we were traveling, I booked a table for four at Esca. At least ...
110 Waverly Place between MacDougal and Sixth 212/777.0303 about $200 for two, with a few drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Our first time at Babbo, we went all out, asked questions about never-heard words written on the menu (braciole! francobolli! scottadita!) and picked out a bottle of red wine to match. I started ...
20 Elizabeth Street between Canal and Bayard 212/964.5256 about $60 for two, without drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ You can’t miss Jing Fong with its shopping mall-style escalators. Sunday is the best day to go for dim sum to experience just one Chinese tradition in the middle of Elizabeth Street. There’s a lady at the ...
53 West 35th Street between Fifth and Sixth 212/629.5588 about $30 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ If you tell any New Yorker Korean that you like Hanbat, they’ll tell you that it’s “peasant food” because their vegetables are traditionally from the mountains of Korea. I love the bibimbap, or mixed ...
142 Mercer Street on Prince 212/431.7676 about $150 for two, with two drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ There are nights in New York City when you become thankful for the people you know. I was very thankful this one summer night when the manager and sommelier of Lure invited a friend of mine to ...