Brought to you by the fine folks at Tasting Table and Thrillist – Martini Week is calling all sophisticated yet frugal drinkers. Visit top bars as they offer $10 martini cocktails, featuring premium vodka and gin, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. nightly. Check out the list of participating places here!
Victor’s Cafe
236 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
212-586-7714
www.victorscafe.com
I look forward to Restaurant Week, as it gives me the opportunity to sample some of New York City’s finest restaurants with a prix-fixe menu. For this excursion, some friends and I visited Victor’s Cafe, a Cuban hot spot that has been serving the theater district since 1963. Although we had not seen a show, I did notice that Victor’s had a very reasonable after theater menu.
Upon entering Victor’s, our coats were taken, and we met the rest of our party at the bar, where they were enjoying some red sangria and fried plantains. We were led right to our table, which was nestled between a semi circular couch and a few chairs. The decor, featuring colorful artwork and bamboo accents, projected the pre-embargo Cuba one might see in an old movie, possibly because the restaurant was only opened a year after the embargo went into effect. Our waiter quickly procured another pitcher of sangria for the table, and I enjoyed a tasty cocktail while browsing the menu. (more…)
It’s that time of year again to hunker down in the winter wind and make your way to your favorite restaurant (or one that is normally above the usual price range.) NYC Restaurant Week will be starting out of the gate on January 25th and you can be sure that you’ll have plenty of company at these three course, prix-fixe meals. Reservations go quickly, so head on over to their site now to make reservations and to browse through the menus.
Luxist is reporting that a chic new bar / lounge will be opening up on the ground floor of the Empire State Building. Occupying a space that was formerly a Post Office, the establishment will be helmed by Mark Grossich, a well-known restaurateur with other successful ventures. Art-deco will await you when they are scheduled to open in November.
[Duncan Quinn via Luxist]
October and November enjoy discounted Cotes du Rhone selections at participating Patina Restaurants.
Glasses from $6 and bottles from $24.
Just in time for harvest season, Greenmarket and Edible magazines present the first annual Edible Eat • Drink • Local Week to celebrate the farmers, artisans and chefs who fill our bellies, green our region and enrich our lives.
All week long, partner restaurants in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and on the East End will showcase the mouthwatering bounty of local food and drink–as a prix fixe, a special entrée, a dessert, or a pairing with a wine, beer, or spirit made in New York State. At the end of the week, they will make voluntary contributions to Greenmarket, a program of the Council on the Environment of New York City, to benefit its Youth Education Project, which works to teach and nurture the eaters of tomorrow.
653 11th Avenue
(48th Street)
New York, NY 10036
212-757-0088
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While the restaurants at ink48 aren’t open just yet, those who stay in the newly opened Kimpton Hotel will surely be able to partake in some room service during their stay. With two separate restaurants opening up on the ground level, this is destined to be a new dining destination in Midtown West. In addition to this great room service, occupants of the hotel will also be able to indulge in the nighlty weekday wine receptions from 5pm-7pm (a Kimpton standard).
Since we’ve discussed the bottom floor, let’s talk a bit about the rooftop lounge that will be in place. Overlooking the beautiful island of Manhattan and the Hudson River, you’ll be sipping on some of your favorite drinks, taking in the sights and enjoying your choice of breakfast, lunch or dinner.
We’ll keep our eyes peeled for the opening of these two fine dining establishments and will let you know as soon as they are accepting reservations.
Michael Jordan’s Steak House N.Y.C.
Grand Central Terminal
23 Vanderbilt Avenue
New York, NY 10017
212.655.2300
Through the end of September you can “Eat Like Mike” did prior to all of his games with the Pre Game Ritual Dinner featuring the Delmonico steak served with a baked potato and broccoli for $39. When dining a la Mike, be sure to raise the dinner’s complimentary glass of Champagne to celebrate his induction!
If one steak just won’t due, check out 9 other great NY steakhouses!
Enjoy 10 wines for $10
Wines are served with existing lunch menus at the following Fourth Wall Restaurants September 21-25.
Smith &Wollensky
201 East 49th St
New York, NY 10022
(212) 753-1530
Park Avenue Autumn
100 E 63RD St
New York, NY 10065-7310
(212) 644-0251
Maloney & Porcelli
37 E 50th St
New York, NY 10022-6820
(212) 750-2233
Quality Meats
57 W 58th St # 1
New York, NY 10019-1630
(212) 371-7777
Post House
28 E 63rd St
New York, NY 10065-8027
(212) 935-2888
We’re proud to be a media sponsor of the 2009 Wine and Food Festival being held in NYC on October 8th-11th. If you’ve never been to this event before, it’s exactly as it sounds; a wine and food festival featuring some of the best foods and drinks in this part of the land. Food Network is a title host and it is not surprising that a slew of programming stars are set to take the stage this year to host portions of the event. We went to this event last year and had a blast.
You can also take great pride in attending these events as it is organized by and for Food Bank For NYC a non-profit determined to eradicate Food Poverty. To learn more about the event or to simply donate, click on through to their website to find out how you can help.
