New York Restaurants

also 3) recommendations for vietnamese

my roomie, per his foodblog, enjoyed la superior!

i need lunch around lincoln center. i think that is a lost cause, though.

midtown is generally a lost cause

yeah. that area is not even really midtown though. i mean, sort of. but really more upper west side-y. it's kind of horrible. just overpriced sit down places or really crap delis.

sometimes i walk down to col. circle for whole foods.

yeah i used to just do deli sammiches around there. there's a grays papaya nearish!

i found a couple of good delis wth those salad bar things

Yeah, I was gonna say the Whole Foods is the only place I tend to get lunch in that general vicinity. Best deal around there.

back when i was like not healthy i would get mcdondalds a lot :/

donalds. eww. although i need to reexplore their fries cuz they're cheap plentiful and wonderful

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=155+A+West+66th+Street,+New+York,+NY+(Balducci's)

1) what fancy restaurant should i go try to snag a bar seat at w/ my girlfriend for my birthday on wednesday

maybe dressler? gotham bar & grill?

2) good lunch places around city hall/wtc... go

this is my favorite but it's gotten kind of expensive, they keep raising prices
http://www.alfanoose.com/

if anyone knows good CHEAP places down there I'd like to know

used to go to this one mexican food cart all the time until one time my burrito contained a piece of the cart :/

i go to that balducci's a lot. it is v v small. i get salads. occasionally a sandwich. it's not very exciting.

1) what fancy restaurant should i go try to snag a bar seat at w/ my girlfriend for my birthday on wednesday

maybe dressler? gotham bar & grill?

OMG yes max go to dressler. bar A++++

3) vietnamese: the banh mi place on broome st.

ooh i pass cornershop cafe pretty much every day and have never tried it out. menu's pretty tite tho

2) good lunch places around city hall/wtc... go

Pakistan Tea House on Church and Reade (v. v. good Pakistani lunch place; cheap as anything, too)

Korean fried chicken at Bonbon on Chambers and Church.

maybe i'll check out dressler... How do you guys get to w'burg? Do you just take the g? Does it ever actually run or is it just a cruel joke? I feel like I spend hours of my life in hoyt schermerhorn.

G is usually fine on weekdays ... weekends it can be dicey

where are you coming from? from prospect heights I usually take the Q into manhattan and grab the L

dressler is s wburg, though - any way you can get the j?

I've taken the G a few times and it's worked out fine. Hopstop says to take the 4/5 to the L at Union Square, but there's something about having to go to Manhattan to get to Brooklyn that's psychologically frustrating.

i take the G a lot and it's totally fine. late night weekends are crappy but whatever. and yes going to manhattan to get to brooklyn is the worst!

but there's something about having to go to Manhattan to get to Brooklyn that's psychologically frustrating.

They're called people who live in manhattan and tourists.

I love the G train, but it won't get it you that close to dressler.

Yeah fuck that. My experience with the G is that it's as good as any other train! The cumulative hours spent over the last decade waiting for the F or the NR have perhaps jaded me, the only train I feel good about catching these days is the 123, for frequency.

Oh sorry xpostesses.

I guess the walk from the Broadway stop isn't too bad, but it feels long.

max, not sure how you feel about vegan food, but my friend (who is a meat-eater) loves little lad's basket. the salad bar is 3.99/lb. the address is 120 broadway, but i think it might be below street level or something weird like that.

for general vietnamese food, i like nam son, cong ly, and tu do. for bahn mi, nothing beats ba xuyen in sunset park. it's truly spectacular.

Why do people complain about the G train so much? Is it cause their only time using it is late nites and weekends going to williamsburg/greepoint

yeah the 2 3 was always good to me. someone was telling me it's really the C that has issues.

yeah i think that is why, miz.

nothing beats ba xuyen in sunset park
this is true. the best in chinatown, though, is the one in the back of the jewelry store on mott st.

once we got this thing at ba xuyen that was like a piece of french toast with a shrimp battered in to the bread. they've got some great finger foods in addition to the sandwiches.

When are they going to fit the indicators that say how long the train they will be to all lines?

im coming from stuyvesant ave in bed stuy--i usually take the A to/from manhattan and its pretty regular so maybe im spoiled (ive also never had issues with the C! altho the past few weekends theyve been rerouting the A to the F which makes getting home from downtown manhattan a pain). i can walk to the J but its a bit of a hike... i guess my anti-G prejudice is due to only taking it on the wknds and nights. i could also take the A to b'way junction (1 stop) and then transfer to the L but that seems like a loooong ride on the L.

actually you know i could just take the 46 bus from malcolm x

lol really i just want a train that goes from greenpoint to grand to myrtle to utica a/c to utica 3/4... i should start a thread "what nyc subway line to you wish existed"

oh - the bar/tavern room at gramercy tavern might be a good option for the birthday dinner.

What nyc subway line do you wish existed

wtc/wall st area lunch - pret, financier, klatch, alfanoose, tajin, the little bigger place, diwan-e-khaas, barbarini, ruben's empanadas, zaitzeff, zigolini's (long walk). in the wfc (and with take out): yushi, southwest ny (salads, quesadillas), johnney's fish grill (tuna sandwich).

The C has issues because it's a local train and serves a lot of kind of poor neighborhoods in BKlyn so no one gives a shit about it. I waited through MORE service problems in my 3-4 years on that train, than every other train for a decade combined. Stupid shit, like trains going out of service at rush hour because ONE DOOR somewhere on the train wouldn't close. Actually it was door problems a lot, which is prob also b/c people hold them open so much. But the C trains are old and crappy.

also (tho kinda out of the way), samantha's ny

max if you're taking the a to b'way junction you can just get on the j instead of the l -- it's less stops. of course, the j is the universe's worst train so you know it might just depend on whether you prefer to take forever while sitting inside a train, or take forever waiting outside for one to show up.

(seriously i think they've significantly increased service on the g, btw. i haven't had a problem with it since i moved)

went on a chinese binge in flushing yesterday

where'd you go? i am so overdue for a trip.

(i think you're right about the g, ally. still the same old shitty cars, but the service is a lot better.)

1st went to a mall and ate some kinda meh noodles from the food court then yummy soup dumplings and crispy rice cakes at place on prince then a scallion pancake from a window some banging bbq lamb from a street vendor bubble drinks which im not a huge fan of then too late for dim sum at perfect team corp tho we did receive the name the perfect team corp team then dungeness crab and sticky rice at this place on 138th at main

cant remember the names tho i could prob figure them out if anyone simply must know - i had some pretty good foods but nothing quite mind blowing - we really didnt prepare v well just sort of wandered around and went to different place than we planned on - totally fun tho

g has def improved btw - doesnt even seem to do the stop/transfer in bed stuy on weekend nites thing anymore

guys what about this place Sweetwater near Bedford or something?