Bread Tribeca

301 Church Street corner of Walker212/334.8282about $60 for two, without drinks, without tip Craving for pasta and too far of a walk from Peppe Rosso now that I work in Chinatown, we went to Bread Tribeca. With lamb ragout With haricot vert and zucchini in pesto It hit the spot but I liked their interior ...

Hudson Cafeteria

2nd floor of the Hudson Hotel, 356 West 58th Street off Ninth Avenue212/554.6500about $150 for two, with two drinks, with tip We walked in at 4pm, way past brunch time for early risers like me, but we still enjoyed a civilized lunch with the afternoon sun seeping in at the Hudson Cafeteria. We ordered the ...

Bouchon Bakery

06. May 2006 American, Midtown 0
3rd floor of the Time Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle at 60th Street 212/823.9366 $64 for two, without drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ It’s in the mall, but it has Thomas Keller’s name on it, so how can anyone say no to Bouchon Bakery even though it’s just really a bunch of tables and ...

wd-50

05. May 2006 American, Lower East Side 0
50 Clinton Street between Stanton and Rivington Streets 212/477.2900 about $300 for two, with a bottle of wine, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Wylie Dufresne, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways… 1. Pickled beef tongue with fried mayonnaise and onion streusel. I loved the beef tongue carpaccio style; you can barely ...

Nomad

01. May 2006 African, East Village 0
78 Second Avenue at 4th Street 212/253.5410 about $200 for five, with two bottles of wine, without tip ♥ ♥ Three of us drank two bottles of Algerian red wine while waiting for the rest of our group. When the five of us were complete, we shared two lamb shanks that were so tender, the ...