Django

480 Lexington Avenue(212) 871-6600websiteReservations Recommended
So last night, I finally got to meet someone who’d been subbed to my personal Xanga since May ‘02.  We’d chatted and traded comments a bit here and there, and finally the timing just went right so we chose to have dinner together last night, also for Restaurant Week, at Django. 
Although I’d made reservations and requested an outside table, the hostess politely informed me that as we were late for our reservation, they’d given our table away to someone else.  We were 5 minutes late, and while it worked out better in the end because [...]

Casablanca Tea Room

If you are one of those people who crosses the street to avoid the vendors selling incense, do not go to this place.
I am just such a person. 
The heavy odor of incense hung in the air around us when we entered.  We were led to the table directly to the right as you entered, which was cozy and private since we’d ascended a flight of stairs to enter, and the window was blocked off.  Three of us sat on a couch with very Moroccan? genie-in-the-lamp-ish cushions, while two of us sat on chairs that I swear were too tall [...]