Dinner and a show

Hi folks!

This might be a bit of an OT so I apologize and will move it it necessary. I'm planning a really nice night out after thanksgiving to see White Christmas. I would love to go to a really nice restaurant. I was considering The View, but I heard it was over rated. I don't mind paying up to $150 for dinner for two...not counting liquor. Does anyone know of a really nice place, great food, great view, great atmosphere?

Thank you!

BICE
http://www.bicenewyork.com/bice/html/index2.htm

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Bice, I agree, very nice, Per Se , ultra expensive , Nobu, but are they open? on Thanksgiving? Not many restaurants are, except the ****ty ones like TAVERN, etc.

CAFE DES ARTISTE! A gorgeous, romantic, landmark joint that is quite impressive in food and especially decor and in the best neighborhood.
Our family went there one year. Fabulous time. check it out.

Eating Out on Thanksgiving
Café des Artistes in New York City dishes up its special Thanksgiving menu. Plus, four more holiday menus around the country.
Settle in for a cozy holiday at Cafe des Artistes, beneath the restaurant's famed wood-nymph murals, by Howard Chandler Christy.
PHOTO: Ericka McConnell
Restaurantgoers in Manhattan are spoiled for choice. That is, of course, unless it happens to be Thanksgiving, one of the few days of the year when many city restaurants remain closed and reservation lines go unanswered. However, this November, on West 67th Street, just off Central Park, Café des Artistes will continue its thirty-two-year tradition of staying open and serving a special menu.

Designed by chef Joseph Paulino, who stepped into the national spotlight earlier this year as a contestant on Bravo's Top Chef, the meal options will include starters such as sweet-potato bisque with roasted apples and pears and pomegranate reduction; entrées such as Maine lobster with basil mashed potatoes, grilled pencil asparagus and orange-rosemary beurre blanc; and, of course, traditional turkey with gravy, cranberries, stuffing, mashed yams and spinach.

Since the restaurant is located just ten blocks from the beginning of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, patrons can catch the festivities (which kick off at 9:00 a.m.) and have more than enough time to get to Café des Artistes for an early supper. A word to the wise, though: make sure to allow an extra few minutes for getting around the city that day, as Paulino learned firsthand last year. Only after showing his business card and explaining the situation to some gracious NYPD officers was he able to cross the parade route and make it to the restaurant in time to start cooking. Service from noon to 9:00 p.m. $78 per person. 1 West 67th Street; 212-877-3500; cafenyc.com.
I would call ASAP. It's Sept. Already!

LA MASSERIA IS VERY NICE, ALSO ON WEST 48TH I BELIEVE.
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Updated On: 9/9/08 at 06:00 AM

Per Se is spectacular, but it is a very difficult reservation to get and it will cost you $275 per person, not including drinks. (It's a pre-set tasting menu - they do make substitutions for food allergies, however.)

Thalia, on 8th Avenue and 50th, is a very nice restaurant that will fit into your price range, and traveling a little further from the theater district, Artisanal on 32nd and Park Avenue is a terrific French bistro with a Fromagerie on premises. Rosa Mexicano offers the best Mexican food in the city. It's not the usual gloppy cheese and taco type place and there are several locations in the city, the closest to the theater district being near Lincoln Center on Columbus and 62nd.

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Great view and good dining rarely go to together except for the really expensive places like Per Se.

My suggestion is Sea Grill. Don't fret that it is right at Rockefeller Center --it really isn't tacky/touristy at all. Great food, and you can request a table overlooking the skating rink. What could be better after White Christmas?

And it should fit within your budget. Here's a website, click Menu, then dinner to see if it appeals.


Sea Grill website

My favorite NICE, non-touristy restaurant immediately outside Times Square
Thalia

The River Cafe in Brooklyn (just off the Bklyn Bridge) is fabulous for great atmosphere, wonderful food, terrific service and breathtaking views of Manhattan. Its not hard to get to at all ... just a cab ride away, and well worth the trip. Its sister restaurant, The Water Club on the East River is also wonderful, but River Cafe is special. And you may dine next to a Broadway celebrity, rock star or well-known politician.