New York Restaurants

does anyone want to get dinner before the fake accents show in the LES? it has been forever since i've been down that way.

YES bc going home is pointless as i will be there for like 20 min and turn around and leave again.

any good ideas for restaurants near the cake shop?

excellent question! what kind of mood you in?

anything! except, nothing too pricey. maybe something asian?

i could def enjoy some asian.

There's a narrow little Thai place on...1st and 1st? It's next to that really obnoxious "Irish"y bar. I like it there.

hmm.. i could also eat tacos.

aahhhh anything but san loco!

eeesh! there is that place on rivington next to magician. but we can look for asian too if you're really feeling that.

yah i'm not sure if i'm 100% feeling mexicans today.

http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/kuma-inn/

and while i'm at it, cheepeets08

What is good for awesome japanese in the city?

yeah i have the print ed of that ny cheap eats and i forgot to bring with today!

kuma inn sounds interesting!

el maguey y la tuna in the LES is best mexican in area, i think

kuma inn BYOB. i'll have to remember that.

What is good for awesome japanese in the city?

-- Ed, Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:00 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
what kind of japanese are you looking for?
i really liked yakatori toto, for all kinds of grilled chicken parts. the best thing was actually the fresh tofu, made at your table. the same owners also have a soba restaurant i think.

http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/yakitori-totto/

also very delicious was the pig feet paradise hakata tonton
http://events.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/dining/reviews/23unde.html

ed: what kind of food (sushi? grill?) and price range?

nam son (vietnamese) on grand st isn't more than a 15 min walk from cake shop. very cheap and tasty, although i don't know if the pho is any good because pho is like, the one asian food i'm not obsessed with.

I'm kind of over pho for the moment!

i think 15 minutes is a little farther than i am thinking...i'm hoping for something in a 5 block radius. i am craving something noodley/doughy i think...not soup though, really.

pho is really a winter thing for me!

i've never had the pho there. for whatever reason, it doesn't interest me that much. i like the grilled pork chop/shredded pork/crab patty over rice, the caramel fish casserole, and the beef stew with baguette.

kuma inn is dope, I've been there three times

gotta go early though, it's really small

what time are you guys going to dinner? I'm gonna grab a bite before cakeshop but I'm supposed to be there by 8

kuma inn BYOB. i'll have to remember that.

pretty sure they're not byob. how old is that review

good ? re: time. when's good for you bl?

hm i dunno i was thinking 8ish and getting to the show around 9? earlier?

what time is the show?

I emailed you

doors are 8 and there are djs so i assume bands wont go on til 9ish
FAs are 2nds to last but i want to see ian & dmr dj (ian isnt getting there til 9 i think)

bump

does anyone want to have dinner at 8?

japanese I guess grill, I have been cooking from the fantastic Izakaya cookbook recently, so I'd like to try some more of that kind of stuff. I guess mid to high end, with some good cocktails a bonus.

Ed:

Totto or Torys (same owners, Torys is a little easier to get into)
Sakagura
Aburiya Kinnosuke
Suibi (I'm pretty sure the only Okinawan-style izakaya in the mainland USA).

Ta, muchly

Sakagura has the largest sake selection of any restaurant outside of Japan.

Ed, for good J- I recommend: the 9th street cluster: Sobaya (soba), Hasaki (sushi), Rai Rai Ken (ramen), Otafuku (fried octopus), and Yokocho (itzakaya). I still haven't tried Sakagura so if you want sake + Japanese pub food please contact asap.

what is the name of awesome thai place in woodside? i'm dog sitting in sunnyside next week and would like to go if anyone is interested!

sripraphai

yes. that one.

ok help pls. wburg brunch: where to go? i haven't been in ages and ages so i don't know what's good these days.

i like Aurora for Brunch. they have a nice'ish garden area too. I generally despise brunch, but aurora has nice non-egg dishes too. For more traditional stuff, EGG on Bedford/N5th is REALLY good - like southern'ish style food. Might be a bit of a wait since its small. It's the old Egg/Sparky's Hot Dogs space... Not as nice atmosphere as Aurora but def cheaper

T., I'll eat Thai with you in Woodside. I was just thinking I had to go back there.

Oh, what is good to order at the outdoor cafes on the boardwalk in Brighton Beach? I got the seafood salad at Volna and it was pretty nasty. Luckily I had a Russian beer to wash it down with.

yay! my queens sojourn is thurs-sat if any of those evenings is good for you.

aurora looks nice. the food doesn't look toooo expensive.

re. Williamsburg brunch: last month I went to an anonymous sort of diner at the corner of Graham Avenue and Union Avenue, opposite the Graham Avenue subway in fact. I have just tried to find it on the Google map and been quite thrilled by how the program swoops akll the way in from a view of the whole continent to a view of this very intersection. It's breathtaking. ... and I think the place is the COFFEE SHOP AND RESTAURANT that you can see at around 336 Graham Avenue, between the health food store and the cleaner's.

Well, this joint is likely of no real interest to someone who wants a classy or high-end sort of brunch scenario, but it kind of proves how good a brunch or breakfast you can get at the most average NYC places, cos what I had was fabulous: bagels, eggs and more eggs, incredibly meaty pork sausages, home fries (whatever they are), infinite coffee, and oldsters telling me about their WWII experience in London. I was awed by the nosh and thought that you could not get the equivalent for the same price in England, where the sausage would be bog-standard and just out of the freezer, not this juicy delight.

pictorial proof of the amazing sausages:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9107386@N06/2633038071/in/set-72157605951008710/

there is no intersection of graham and union - i think you mean metropolitan, but i see the name of the place in the window of your other pic - daniella. i have walked past there many times since i live at that stop :)

also ty for suggestion... i'm torn between someplace around me that i know is good and someplace near bedford bc i want to go shoe shopping afterwards. at any rate, i must be off to the greenmarket now before it's too late.