2012 NYC Restaurant Week

[SingingChef]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week#1

Posted: 1/26/12 at 2:47pm

Ok, foodies, the 2012 NYC Restaurant week is here.
Where do you recommend I go?
http://www.nycgo.com/restaurantweek

[SonofRobbieJ]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #2

Posted: 1/26/12 at 2:48pm

I ate at Toloache last night, which is pretty delicious.

I'm indulging in Butter tomorrow night, and I can't tell you how excited that makes me!

[SingingChef]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #2

Posted: 1/26/12 at 2:49pm

I've been dying to go to BUTTER. I love Alex Guarneschelli.

[AC126748]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #3

Posted: 1/26/12 at 2:55pm

I had lunch at Red Rooster Harlem last week and their restaurant week menu is probably the best deal in town, considering dinner reservations are booked solid for weeks in advance. Highly recommended.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[madbrian]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #4

Posted: 1/26/12 at 3:19pm

Not familiar with too much on that list, but I did enjoy Les Halles downtown. I was underwhelmed by B Smith's.

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

[SonofRobbieJ]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #5

Posted: 1/26/12 at 3:19pm

My friend made the reservation for Butter yesterday. It was either 6pm tomorrow or not until 10pm all next week! And the menu looks so very delicious!

[AC126748]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #6

Posted: 1/26/12 at 3:24pm

I had the same experience with Butter, Robbie. 5:30 or 9:30 pretty much every day. (Ironically, the only night this week that had a 7:00 reservation for two this week was Saturday, which you'd think would be booked solid; unfortunately, it's also the night when RW menus don't apply). I settled for a 9:00 reservation on Tuesday night. Excited to try it, and their RW menu looks a bit more expansive than most, which I appreciate.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[theatreguy]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #7

Posted: 1/26/12 at 3:27pm

Another vote for Red Rooster, also One If By Land, Two If By Sea. Visited both for the first time last week and had great meals.

[wexy]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #8

Posted: 1/26/12 at 4:28pm

We went to Il Giglio in Tribeca yesterday for lunch. Good but not to die for.

'Take me out tonight where's there's music and there's people and they're young and alive.'

Updated On: 1/26/12 at 04:28 PM

[thetinymagic2]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #9

Posted: 1/26/12 at 7:09pm

FISH TAG!

Branzino.
Shrimp Brushetta.

[ActualReality2]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #10

Posted: 1/27/12 at 12:31pm

China Grill!

You have to try to the crackling calamari salad and the lobster pancakes.

There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself. -Anthony Rapp-

[D2]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #11

Posted: 1/27/12 at 12:53pm

Dovetail.

Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)

[themysteriousgrowl]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #12

Posted: 1/27/12 at 2:09pm

OMG This is so exciting, and I can't wait to go through the menus. I just booked through next Wednesday, and I had no idea it was Restaurant Week!

CHURCH DOOR TOUCAN GAY MARKETING PUPPIES MUSICAL THEATER STAPLES PERIOD OIL BITCHY SNARK HOLES

[thetinymagic2]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #13

Posted: 1/29/12 at 2:31am

Any other places you guys went to this wk? I can't make up my mind. Looking for a lunch deal with a decent menu...

[SingingChef]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #14

Posted: 1/29/12 at 1:35pm

Anybody here ever been to 'The Place' off of W4?

[Marianne2]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #15

Posted: 1/29/12 at 2:19pm

I went to Thalia on 8th & 50th before. It was good, from what I remember. Good place to go if you are in the theater district.

"I don't want the pretty lights to come and get me."-Homecoming 2005 "You can't pray away the gay."-Callie Torres on Grey's Anatomy. Ignored Users: suestorm, N2N Nate., Owen22, master bates

[nealb1]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #16

Posted: 1/31/12 at 4:02pm

I've got reservations at The Russian Tea room for next Friday night, before seeing Elaine Paige in concert at The Allen Room.

I ate there quite a few years ago, and the food was delicious - and we sat right across from the booth that was used in "Tootsie."

[AC126748]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #17

Posted: 1/31/12 at 4:06pm

Looking forward to my late dinner at Butter tonight.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[nealb1]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #18

Posted: 1/31/12 at 4:11pm

Have fun!

[AC126748]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #19

Posted: 1/31/12 at 4:13pm

Thanks! And enjoy The Russian Tea Room.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[SonofRobbieJ]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #20

Posted: 1/31/12 at 4:17pm

Enjoy, AC!

The Cavatappi pasta with spicy lamb sausage (they're not kidding about the spice) is absolutely sensational. My date had the salad, which was amazingly fresh and the roasted grape dressing was a delight. I had the pork chop and ordered a side of potatos. Even though they were delicious, we didn't need the potatos as the chop came with a beautifully creamy polenta. Date had the ravioli and was kvelling. For desert, he got the sticky toffee pudding and I had the dark chocolate pound cake and then we shared. The cake was terrific. I highly recommend it. But the sticky toffee pudding is essential. Just magnificent. The whipped sour cream cut the sweetness perfectly. Such a friggin delight!

OH...and if you're a drinker, try the Butter martini (it's pomegranite flavor).

[AC126748]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #21

Posted: 1/31/12 at 4:22pm

That Cavatappi is what I've had my eye on since I looked at the RW menu. And I'll probably do the duck for my entree. The friend who I'm going with is a vegetarian, so it was nice to see that they have a few non-meat options, as well. And we'll probably both go in for the sticky toffee pudding.

I'm a cocktail lover, so of course I checked out the drinks menu ahead of time. I'm psyched to try the Brown Derby (I'm a bit obsessed with Bulleit Bourbon as of late) and the sidecar.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[SonofRobbieJ]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #22

Posted: 1/31/12 at 4:25pm

There was major sturm und drang over to duck or not to duck. But you can't go wrong with any choice.

Tell your friend that the ravioli comes with (strangely) VERY thinly sliced potatos. It's not listed in the description...but it was very, very delicious.

The date had the Brown Derby. I'm not a bourbon guy, but it was so tasty, curl up with it and make sweet lovin.

[SingingChef]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #23

Posted: 2/3/12 at 1:56pm

Glad you enjoyed Butter so much. :)

[SonofRobbieJ]

2012 NYC Restaurant Week #24

Posted: 2/3/12 at 1:59pm

I'll be honest...it's up very high on my favorite NYC meals list. I think number will probably always be Babbo. But Butter was really magnificent.