Posted: 6/11/15 at 11:33am
I love the yum yum restaurants on 9th. They aren't expensive, the food is delicious, and they are FAST.
Posted: 6/11/15 at 11:38am
44th and X
BEA
Delta Grill
Joe Allen's
Hourglass Tavern
Brickyard Gastropub
Vynl
Posted: 6/11/15 at 11:44am
Posted: 6/11/15 at 11:57am
I tried BEA'S a few weeks ago, noisy, but upbeat, creative. Very yummy.
Posted: 6/11/15 at 12:13pm
Joe Allen's
Bare Burger
Five Napkin Burger
Juniors has really good deli fare and cheesecake if you don't mind the mobs of tourists.
Rosa Mexicana if you're going to Lincoln Center.
Cafe Angus. (great meat pies! Sat next to Michael Musto last time I was there. He had his shoes wrapped with big wool scarves like he was some kind of muppet.)
Posted: 6/11/15 at 12:21pm
Tony Di Napoli on 43 street.
Wonderful. And I hate to share this cause its getting awfully popular and i need a table.
Posted: 6/11/15 at 2:04pm
Why, Le Bernardin of course. For those days when you find an extra $300 in your jacket pocket.
But it really is worth the splurge if you can manage it.
Posted: 6/11/15 at 2:27pm
SHAKE SHACK!!!!!!!!
Posted: 6/11/15 at 3:10pm
I'd also recommend Joe Allen's. It's the perfect setting before or after the theatre not only because of its convenient location but because of all those wonderful flop theatre posters hung on the walls. Besides the food being good, the servers are extremely pleasant (not to mention attractive too). I was there recently and was surprised at how reasonable the prices still are....especially for a restaurant in the Times Square theatre district.
Posted: 6/11/15 at 3:16pm
My default is Thalia, 50th and 8th. Great food, moderate prices, great ambiance.
Posted: 6/11/15 at 10:06pm
Angus' and Tony diNapoli's.
Posted: 6/12/15 at 2:29pm
Joe Allen is definitely my favorite for AFTER evening theatre, which is when I really prefer to eat in the evenings.
Before a Wednesday matinee I love the Indian buffet at UTSAV. But not on Saturday or Sunday when they cut it down from the busy businessman patrons during the week, and I think even charge more.
For really casual there are so many good places on 9th Avenue -- Room Service is my favorite for Thai. By the way, I think Delta Grill is gone as is the Film Center Cafe which I really liked.
I like Latannzi, but it's really pretty overpriced, even though the decor, space, and service are really worth it. I've never understood the attraction of Becco, which so many seem to love -- especially the "all you want of three of the most tasteless pastas you'll ever have" special.
Posted: 6/12/15 at 2:37pm
Delta Grill is still around -- Film Center Cafe is gone, though, sadly.
Becco is fine if you order off the regular menu. The pasta specials taste like Midwestern chafing dish fare.
That said, La Masseria is my go-to for Italian. I also really like Scarlatto, which is across from the Barrymore on 47th Street.
Pongsri is my go-to for Thai.
I like 44 and X but it gets pretty crowded, especially on weekends.
I used to go to Angus fairly regularly, but the last few times I was there, the bloom seemed to be off the rose. Lousy food at high prices, and lots and lots of tourists.
Updated On: 6/12/15 at 02:37 PM
Posted: 6/12/15 at 2:53pm
BEA the green pasta w/ shrimp is delish
Posted: 6/12/15 at 4:06pm
Sardis all the way! It's the only place that is a MUST on each trip!
Posted: 6/12/15 at 4:07pm
Sardis all the way! It's the only place that is a MUST on each trip!
Posted: 6/13/15 at 1:06am
I like Pio Pio (peruvian) in Hell's Kitchen, but the noise level is insane in the main dining room.
Posted: 6/13/15 at 9:00am
Agreed. Pio Pio makes the best ceviche I've ever had, but the experience would've been 100x better if I'd been alone or we'd all been fluent in sign language.
Posted: 6/13/15 at 2:06pm
Ditto thumbs-up for Smith's, Trattoria Trecolori and Pure Thai. But my usual casual, go-to places are the recently reopened Westway Diner (9th near 44th) and the Times Square Grill (8th near 49th). The latter is especially good if you don't like being rushed, and the food is very fresh and well prepared. But oh, how I miss Cafe Edison's soups!
Posted: 6/13/15 at 2:31pm
"I tried BEA'S a few weeks ago, noisy, but upbeat, creative. Very yummy."
I went there this week before seeing disenchanted. I enjoyed the food there, I got a grilled chicken ceaser salad and my girlfriend got a personal sized pizza. Nice atmosphere there too with the old movies being played on the walls. I would go back.
Posted: 6/13/15 at 10:57pm
Brooklyn Diner -- either 57th or 43rd
