This post is from a sticky note that I have with three restaurants written on it. I asked my co-workers one day where I could go for dinner with some friends and they suggested the following:
Calle Ocho
Cafetasia
Laut
Turns out my friends and I weren't able to get together so I have yet to go to any of these places, but now they are here and ready to be visited.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Digesting the Return
Why do we keep returning to restaurants and bars? When there are so
many establishments out there to try, why do we yearn for the
familiarity of that same booth in the corner or the same pasta dish that
fills our bellies to the perfect level?
Many shows set in NYC know about this. The cast of Friends had The Central Perk, Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer had Tom's Restaurant, and the cast of HIMYM (if you have to look it up, I pity you) have their bar, MacLaren's. Perhaps it was too expensive for the set designer to create a new restaurant, bar or coffee shop for each episode. But oh, how I envy them! To slide easily into your seat that always happens to be free and a friend of yours happens to be sitting there waiting for you with a beer. Because all of your friends happen to live in the same part of town and have the same schedule as you.
I have found this happening to me recently. No, my dear friends are not sitting at Five Leaves or Bareburger waiting for me to arrive and no, I don't know the servers by name and they don't know my name, but I keep going back. Every trip to Five Leaves is the same trip on repeat. First I get my cocktail. Then I get my fig, ricotta & honey appetizer. Then I get my Five Leaves burger. Then I leave and roll around McCarren Park in the hopes that I digest my burger one day. My only exploration of other menu items are from my dining partners, don't worry I practice safe dining. Then at Bareburger I get my beer. Then I get the fries and onion rings with extra chipotle mayo sauce. Then I get 1 of two burgers, the California or the Roasted Red Pepper burger, bison meat, medium-rare. Then perhaps there is a milkshake to share in my future.
Wait. I see a trend. BURGERS.
Don't worry. Like the characters of Sex and the City I do go to other restaurants and check out openings. Okay, maybe not trendy, Carrie-like openings where I wear some sheer shirt and long flowy skirt with my Manolo Blahniks and wink in a flirty fashion at the cute guy standing across the room. No, I'm the frumpster that shows up 6 months later trying the things that food critics told me to try while I wipe some fancy ketchup off my pants.
So in conclusion I'm on a mission to become regular. I mean a regular. Meh. B & A suggested that a bar would be the easiest the most advantageous place to become a regular. I will select my location. Pick my seat at the bar (not the corner, because that's just creepy). And start drinking.
They better have burgers.
Many shows set in NYC know about this. The cast of Friends had The Central Perk, Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer had Tom's Restaurant, and the cast of HIMYM (if you have to look it up, I pity you) have their bar, MacLaren's. Perhaps it was too expensive for the set designer to create a new restaurant, bar or coffee shop for each episode. But oh, how I envy them! To slide easily into your seat that always happens to be free and a friend of yours happens to be sitting there waiting for you with a beer. Because all of your friends happen to live in the same part of town and have the same schedule as you.
I have found this happening to me recently. No, my dear friends are not sitting at Five Leaves or Bareburger waiting for me to arrive and no, I don't know the servers by name and they don't know my name, but I keep going back. Every trip to Five Leaves is the same trip on repeat. First I get my cocktail. Then I get my fig, ricotta & honey appetizer. Then I get my Five Leaves burger. Then I leave and roll around McCarren Park in the hopes that I digest my burger one day. My only exploration of other menu items are from my dining partners, don't worry I practice safe dining. Then at Bareburger I get my beer. Then I get the fries and onion rings with extra chipotle mayo sauce. Then I get 1 of two burgers, the California or the Roasted Red Pepper burger, bison meat, medium-rare. Then perhaps there is a milkshake to share in my future.
Wait. I see a trend. BURGERS.
Don't worry. Like the characters of Sex and the City I do go to other restaurants and check out openings. Okay, maybe not trendy, Carrie-like openings where I wear some sheer shirt and long flowy skirt with my Manolo Blahniks and wink in a flirty fashion at the cute guy standing across the room. No, I'm the frumpster that shows up 6 months later trying the things that food critics told me to try while I wipe some fancy ketchup off my pants.
So in conclusion I'm on a mission to become regular. I mean a regular. Meh. B & A suggested that a bar would be the easiest the most advantageous place to become a regular. I will select my location. Pick my seat at the bar (not the corner, because that's just creepy). And start drinking.
They better have burgers.
Friday, October 5, 2012
Elsa
I went to this bar.
Elsa
They have a drink I love.
Invitation to a Beheading: Gin, Jasmine Green-Tea Syrup, Lemon, Orange Flower Water and Bitters.
ORANGE FLOWER WATER!!
It reminds me of my non-alcoholic drink at Gramercy Tavern
Sigh.
I'll be returning for more beheadings.
Elsa
They have a drink I love.
Invitation to a Beheading: Gin, Jasmine Green-Tea Syrup, Lemon, Orange Flower Water and Bitters.
ORANGE FLOWER WATER!!
It reminds me of my non-alcoholic drink at Gramercy Tavern
Sigh.
I'll be returning for more beheadings.
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