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Big Apple: Restaurant List

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Over the two weeks we were in the Big Apple, we ate at several different places.  This is a bare bones review of all the restaurants in one post.  More in depth reviews and pictures are in the individual posts linked below.

AMERICAN
   Savoy – 70 Prince St, New York, NY 10012
      Rating:  4/5
      Price:  $$$$

BAR WITH FOOD
   Blind Pig – 233 E 14th St, New York, NY 10003
      Rating:  3/5
      Price:  $

   Cassidy’s Pub – 65 W 55th St, New York, NY 10019
      Rating:  3/5
      Price:  $

BAR WITHOUT FOOD
   Barcade – 388 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
      Rating:   3/5
      Price:  $

   Blind Tiger- 281 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014
      Rating:  3/5
      Price:  $

   Grisly Pear – 107 MacDougal St, New York, NY 10012
      Rating:  4/5
      Price:  $

BELGIAN
   Markt – 676 Sixth Ave, New York, NY 10010
      Rating:  3/5
      Price:  $$$

BURGERS
   Shake Shack – SE corner of Madison Square Park (Madison Ave and E 23rd St) New York, NY
      Rating:  5/5
      Price:  $

   White Castle – 525 8th Ave, New York, NY 10018
      Rating:  1/5
      Price:  $

CHINESE
   Joe’s Shanghai- 9 Pell St, New York, NY 10013
      Rating:  3/5
      Price:  $

DESSERT
   Creperie- 135 Ludlow St, New York, NY 10002
      Rating:  3/5
      Price: $$

   Junior’s Cheesecake – 1515 Broadway (45th St between Broadway & 8th Ave), New York, NY 10036
      Rating:  5/5
      Price: $$

JAPANESE
   Ippudo – 65 Fourth Ave, New York, NY 10003
      Rating:  4/5
      Price:  $$

   Izumi Sushi – 139 W 28th St, New York, NY 10001
      Rating:  3/5
      Price:  $

   Minca – 536 E Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10009
      Rating:  4/5
      Price:  $

KOREAN
   Seoul Garden – 34 W 32nd St, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001
      Rating:  3/5
      Price:  $

PIZZA
   Grimaldi’s Pizzeria – 19 Old Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
      Rating: 4/5
      Price:  $

   John’s Pizzeria- 278 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014
      Rating:  4/5
      Price:  $

VENEZULEAN
   Caracas Arepas Bar – 93 1/2 7th St, New York, NY 10009
      Rating:  5/5
      Price:  $$

Happy eating in New York!  If you have additional suggestions, please comment so that other people can benefit from good eats as well.

Previous posts in the Big Apple series:
Getting There
Sleep and Eat
J’s Birthday
Weekend
Weather and More Eats

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Big Apple: Sleep and Eat

Friday, February 5th, 2010

The trip to New York was a work trip for both Hubby and I.  Hubby went into the office, while I worked from our room at the Hilton Garden Inn, Chelsea.  The hotel was in a great location; it was really close to lots of restaurants, shops, and the Red (1,2,3) and Yellow (N,R,W) subway lines.  Since it was a business trip, we did not do much sight seeing.  But, we ate…and ate…and ate!

Day 2, Hubby had a team dinner/social.  So, I tried the sushi place on the same block as the hotel.  I ordered a California Roll from Izumi for $4.25.

When Hubby got home, I was dying for some Junior’s Cheesecake.  We headed to Times Square, picked up our whole cheesecake with strawberry topping, and enjoyed a quarter of it in our room.  6″ round for $19.95.  Their cheesecake is so incredibly delicious with the cake instead of crust bottom and yummy strawberry topping.  Just thinking about it right now is making my mouth water!

Day 3, we grabbed dinner with some of Hubby’s co-workers at Joe’s Shanghai.  We were late, so I was not able to take pictures.  The soup dumplings (xiao long bao) were really good – flavorful and filled with lots of soup.  The wrapping was not too thick, but I prefer thinner wrapping.  We also tried the crab meat and pork meat dumplings, but they were kind of fishy tasting.  $4.65 for 8 pork dumplings and $6.65 for crab meat with pork meat dumplings.

Day 4, dinner was with more of Hubby’s co-workers at Minca.  We both ordered the Basic, which is pork broth with salt and roast garlic flavor, with thin noodles.  The noodles were cooked to a great texture…not too soft, not too hard.  The soup base was tasty and not overwhelmingly salty.  $9.50 and satisfying!

So far, we have had pizza, sushi, cheesecake, soup dumplings, and ramen.  More to come!

Izumi Sushi – 139 W 28th St, New York, NY 10001
Junior’s Cheesecake – 1515 Broadway (45th St between Broadway & 8th Ave), New York, NY 10036
Joe’s Shanghai- 9 Pell St, New York, NY 10013
Minca – 536 E Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10009

Previous posts in the Big Apple series:
Getting There

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