Restaurants Perfect For Birthdays
our suggestions
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Blue Ribbon Sushi Izakaya
187 Orchard St., Lower East Side, NYOur admiration for Blue Ribbon is well documented. Despite a fast and furious expansion plan that could have easily doomed the brand, it seems that each new opening from this group brings a positive new angle to the growing empire. They seem to really understand that the most important factor is the food, which is [...]
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Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
700 W. 125th Street, Harlem, NYIf you’ve spent any real time in Central New York, you probably have fond memories of Dinosaur BBQ. If not, just ask one of the 200 people you know who went to Syracuse – they’ll tell you all about it. Back in my Ithaca College days, we’d drive up to ‘Cuse for three reasons: the [...]
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Quality Meats
57 W. 58th Street, Midtown, NYEven though it’s in Midtown, this multi-level meat market serves up one of our favorite steaks in town, and it’s not what you might expect from a steakhouse in the area.
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Hill Country
30 W 26th St, Flatiron, NYLove getting dirty on some BBQ? You’ll love Hill Country. This is downtown Manhattan’s biggest and baddest Texas style meat market.
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Dressler
149 Broadway, Brooklyn, NYDressler offers Williamsburg locals a legitimate downtown Manhattan-esque dining option without having to travel over the bridge. Prices are a bit steep, and portions on the skimpy side.
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The Smith Midtown
956 2nd Ave., Midtown East, NYThere’s something happening, and I’m not sure that any of us are ready for it. Slowly but surely, new and successful restaurants are opening in the East 50′s. Some people call this area Turtle Bay, and some people call it Midtown East. But almost nobody calls it a great part of town for dinner. So [...]
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Morandi
211 Waverly Pl., West Village, NYLooking for a cheap, quiet dinner in the West Village? Then you are going to f**king hate this place. But if you are female, and planning to gather with other females for dinner, we’re betting Morandi got mentioned more than a few times in the two days worth of emails that it took to plan [...]
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The Smith
53 3rd Ave., East Village, NYA go-to restaurant with consistent food, decent prices, and a lively bar. Order the gnocchi.
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Pylos
128 E. 7th St., East Village, NYA great Greek restaurant with communal seating and a cozy vibe. Pylos got the seal of approval from our Greek friend, who’s a real snob when it comes to food from the homeland.
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Tiny’s
135 W. Broadway, Tribeca, NYTribeca is really f*cking cool. Just ask anyone who lives there, including Jay Z and imaginary Stang. When it comes to eating, that Tribeca coolness can be both a good thing and a bad thing. It’s a good thing when guys like Marco Canroa and Paul Grieco take their East Village wine bar Terroir and [...]
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