Five Points

One Sunday morning, I met up with FS for brunch and shopping – the recipe for a perfect Sunday, in my opinion. I always enjoy Five Points and it was apparently on her list, and because they take reservations it was the perfect choice. I went with my standard choice, Smoked Salmon Benedict – made slightly different here, using a cheddar biscuit as the base, topped with sauteed rapini before adding the smoked salmon, poached eggs and hollandaise. The hollandaise was lemony and tangy, without overwhelming and instead just enhancing the salty goodness of the smoked salmon… the poached eggs [...]

10 Downing

As mentioned in yesterday’s post, I had a birthday dinner to attend – at 10 Downing. This unfortunately is a case of awkward service nearly completely ruining a perfectly tasty meal – I’m being generous with my description, because I was incredibly upset that night with our service (and I wasn’t alone). Our server was perfectly pleasant – when she’d bother to pay attention to us. We were a table of 10, so her gratuity was included… but that is never an excuse for her to just completely ignore us. It took forever for her to take our order – [...]

Craft Bar: Restaurant Week, Winter 2011

My BFF recently asked if I wanted to have lunch and gave me a list of ideas where we could go.  (Ironically, perhaps, when I eat with friends, I generally refuse to pick a place because I feel responsible if the place sucks.)  One of the ideas she mentioned was Restaurant Week.  I mention this every time I write about Restaurant Week: I never make a point of going each time it rolls around, but someone inevitably asks me to hang out during that time and suggests it.  I’m agreeable so I tend to wind up going to at least [...]

Michael’s

Michael’s, long a tenant of Midtown and a business-lunch (and dinner) spot to envy, unveiled their new menu last month, and invited along the Feisty Foodie family. I attended with TT and Feisty Foodie, and we managed to rope in Gary of Foodie Call. Together we were among fifteen or so guests that enjoyed a three-course dinner that, among the four of us, managed to cross off a big chunk of the dinner choices. Since 1989, Michael McCarty’s Manhattan restaurant has been hosting business lunches and dinners, as well as serving those out for a special occasion. The Feisty Foodie [...]

Landmarc – TWC

After what seemed like the longest semester EVER, I caught up with an old friend I hadn’t seen in ages over dinner at Landmarc in the Time Warner Center.  I’d been to the location down in TriBeCa – twice – although looking at those reviews, what was I drinking when I wrote them?  I bash everything and then say I like the place.  Haha I guess I’m a lot pickier now – in any case, I didn’t re-read those first, I just remembered writing positively about those experiences and enjoying my food.  Plus Blackboard Eats had a special deal that [...]

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