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tylerc · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:39 pm Post subject: NYC Restaurants

I will be in Long Island next week visiting my girlfriend. On Friday, I am taking her to see Regina Spektor at McCarren Park in Brooklyn, and we are staying at a Hilton in Newark Friday night. The concert is at 5pm Friday, so I'm thinking it will be over around 8-8:30. Afterward, I want to take her out to a nice dinner. I'm looking to spend no more than $100 on dinner, including tip. I would prefer a traditional restaurant, maybe a steak house of some sorts.

I know several of you are from the area, or have experience in this area, so any help is greatly appreciated.

TryinToGetPaid · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject: Re: NYC Restaurants

Ask your neighbor you ass!

J4320 · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:42 pm Post subject:

Ask your neighbor, lol.

TravMan162 · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject:

My buddy just had to go to NYC to fix a refrigerated case for our work and if what he said is true, you don't stand a snowball's chance in hell in getting a steakhouse meal + tip for $75.

What is the Hilton costing you? That's got to be almost 5 bills, no?

CollidgeGraduit · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:49 pm Post subject:

My work put me up at a Hilton in Manhattan for 5 days.. I think it was around $300 a night

tylerc · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject:

J4320 · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:27 pm Post subject:

Then you should probably take your neighbor along with you too, lol.

mcal44 · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:54 pm Post subject:

Last time I was in NYC, I had dinner at the Charlie Palmer restaurant in the top balcony area of Grand Central. I didn't have a time to go anywhere else, but it's a cool atmosphere especially if your girlfriend likes people watching.

I had a great steak there, which was probably around $30 or so.

dmorris68 · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject:

I'd say $75 for a nice steak dinner for two in NYC is pretty unlikely unless you go to a common chain restaurant. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Around here the wife and I can pretty easily pay $50-$60 for a nice dinner, and that's not at an exclusive restaurant either.

tylerc · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I think I was being a little unrealistic. A nice dinner around here is $50-60 too.

Anything under $100 is fine, any suggestions now?

hehehhehe · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:15 pm Post subject:

It' hard to find a nice steak dinner for under $40 a person (pre-tax and tip).

However, I took a quick look at a website that lets you see a bunch of menus in NYC and found this:
http://www.menupages.com/restaurantdetails.asp?areaid=0&restaurantid=3851&neighborhoodid=0&cuisineid=61&home=Y

I've never been there but the reviews are pretty good. Check out the menu. If you just get a steak and a drink you can probably squeak by with $40 a person. Not too far from Penn station if you're going back to NJ. Maybe browse the site a bit and see if there's something better.

You can also go to a place that serves nice burgers. You would be able to go under $40/person that way.

Iloveipods2 · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:56 pm Post subject:

all you can eat steak. This is a famous restaurant too(the only other one that rivals it, in the US, is Porcao in Miami).

http://www.churrascariaplataforma.com/

(personal opinion/I eat a lot of steak)

EDIT: It'd be over $100, well worth it though.

dmorris68 · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:22 pm Post subject:

gafdpc · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject:

I've been to Porcao a few times (Miami). It is amazing. End of story.

tylerc · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject:

I got us reservations at Mark Joseph Steakhouse in Manhattan.

http://www.markjosephsteakhouse.com/index2.htm

samz465 · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:50 pm Post subject:

Get at me. I'm from (and in) Long Island.

tylerc · Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:41 pm Post subject:

O RLY?

Where in LI?

samz465 · Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:02 pm Post subject: