Thanks. Looks delicious!
For Mexican I would check out Cosme. For steak I do not do Steakhouses. Foul Witch has an amazing steak on the menu at the moment it is a 60-Day Dry-Aged Rib Steak.
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Oxomoco in Greenpoint is fantastic.
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quique is too small and too hard to get in for my likes, although i love the food
iām a big fan of the bar at cosme. the service is always on point, altho sometimes i find the menu limiting ie at brunch
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Thanks! All great adds:
Corima
Cosme
Oxomoco (Greenpoint)
Foul Witch
Canāt wait for your report. I worked that day, but it wouldāve been worth the trip from Virginia!
It was a lot of fun. In retrospect it was probably not a great idea to put a wine list together with so many bottles that they only had 1-3 bottles of for the first time I have ever worked as a sommelier! We were running of bottles fast. I would say close to 10 top NYC somms came and lots of other friends came so I was very busy! We sold through a lot of the wine. Not surprisingly we sold a lot of riesling!
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I have 3 7pm curtains next month - even the show on Friday is 7pm. Makes dining tough.
One day, weāll shoot for a 4pm at Via Carota. The other two Iām looking for fast food in Times Square area. All will be with my vegetarian wife (who prefers lunch and sits out dinner).
Is Urban Hawker Mall have good options? We loved the Hawker Mallās in Singapore (eater mentions Hainan Jones).
Anyone go to Taam Tov in the diamond district? I fallafel plate is right up my wifeās alley, and itās close to the theater.
Is service at Aldo Sohm wine bar quick enough that we could be in and out in 75 minutes?
Any other really quick places between Carnegie Hall and 42nd street?
I think you could do a 5:00 resy at Naro in Rockefeller Center and as long as you donāt want to have a big meal you could be out in 60-75 minutes. They usually have good BTG options.
You could also do Frenchette, they have a 3-5 mid day menu and start dinner at 5:00:
I personally prefer the food at Naro but Frenchette could work well for this situation.
That looks great! Perfect for me, perfect for my vegetarian wife, and perfect location.
I think you would like Naro.
Also I just realized I said Frenchette but I was actually thinking of Le Rock their sister restaurant in Rock Center that is open all day.
Iām very much in the camp that says Via Carota isnāt very good. Iāve said for years that I have a love/hate relationship with VC. The setting is great as are the cocktails but the food is meh at best.
My youngest went with friends the other day and called me to ask why I let her eat there.
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disagree. depends on your times and experience but my wife and i go for weekday lunchā¦arrive at 1155am and are usually seated in 10 minutes. we get 2-3 vegetable dishes, a pasta to split and a main to split. we love it every time.
i can imagine dinner gets mobbed but for barryās 4pm time, that would be a great option.
some thoughts:
-sakaguraā¦still solid after all these yearsā¦43rd off 3rd ave. soba, vegetablesā¦lots to like.
-mala projectā¦casual but one of my favorites for a relaxed lunch. 46th bet 5th and 6th. make your own bowls with sichuan spices. lots of vegetable options.
-Sozaiā¦more izakaya but a great option in the theatre district.
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I get the appeal, believe me.
Last time we went the charred leeks, grilled artichokes, artichoke crudo, and cacio e pepe were borderline inedible. The bread with butter and anchovies was great but it was a massive amount of butter and I scraped off 85% of it.
I have my issues with Charlie Bird (service and hospitality related) but give me the food (especially the pasta) there any day of the week over VC
Good suggestion! Sakagura also has an excellent sake program - no surprise, given thatās its focus - a great many of which are available by the glass or the carafe, including coravined selections of some truly great sake. Not sure exactly how that works, since sake is usually under screwcap, but Iām sure they figure something out.
Disclosure, they carry several Kikuhime, including glasses of the superb BY Daiginjo 2002 (a favorite at our recent LA events) that is usually available only by the bottle.
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Would not be my first time to Via Carota. although inedible pasta is not good.
Coravin has a few different solutions for alternative closures. They have a screwcap with a proprietary membrane and a custom stopper that can be used with their Coravin systems
Cool! Thanks, didnāt know that.
Iāll tentatively wade into the VC debate. Had lunch there last week. Food was ok, but itās kinda gone past that. Itās a vibe spot.
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