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[marauder]

If you're all gonna come, sort of defeats the purpose...lol...

Maybe I'll do a boxed mac-n-cheese tasting instead?

[Sneakeater]

Oh, surely nux, Mr. nux, and I are better than 45 couples rushing to get home to their babysitters.

We certainly run up a bigger bar tab.

[Wilfrid]

I don't really blame the restaurants any more. Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, New Year - for bars, throw in Paddy's Day, Hallowe'en and the odd major sporting event. These are their days for siphoning as much money as possible from non-repeat customers. Makes up for all those dead, blizzard Mondays.

[Sneakeater]

I don't blame them either. They have their chance and they should take it.

I just don't understand what Bar Boulud was doing.

[Wilfrid]

Yes, that's odd.

[Suzanne F]

Maybe Bar Boulud just knows its client base well, and acted accordingly?

In any case, it is becoming my go-to place when I have LC tix. We had the cheapo well-priced brunch last Saturday before the opera, and I continue to marvel at how enjoyable it is. The kind of food I love to eat, with nary a disappointment. No surprises (good or bad), but that's okay.

[marauder]

Maybe Bar Boulud just knows its client base well, and acted accordingly?

In any case, it is becoming my go-to place when I have LC tix. We had the cheapo well-priced brunch last Saturday before the opera, and I continue to marvel at how enjoyable it is. The kind of food I love to eat, with nary a disappointment. No surprises (good or bad), but that's okay.

Experiences like this are music to my ears...or whatever the appropriate analogy is for my eyes. "no surprises (good or bad), but that's okay."

Scream it to the heavens, sister!!!

As long as I deliver what I promise in an enjoyable atmosphere at an agreeable price, let the circus or a magic show keep you guessing or wow your imagination...

jaded, who me? nah...

[Suzanne F]

Ya, you betcha!

It can be a bit boring going back to the same places that deliver a good experience every time. But they deliver a good experience every time!

[Sneakeater]

Right. I rarely get excited crossing the street to Bar Boulud. But I'm always very happy once I'm there and eating (and drinking).

[Sneakeater]

A really nice roast veal main dish has just been added to the menu.

It's served over polenta with fava beans (spring!) and maybe a wine reduction(?).

Not interesting or surprising. Just nice and satisfying.

Certainly not worth going out of your way for. But worth crossing the street from Lincoln Center for.

[Suzanne F]

This has become our go-to place for brunch with friends before the Saturday matinee at the Met Opera. I'll really need that little pain au chocolat tomorrow to get me ready for Wozzeck.

[Sneakeater]

The real question is where you're going to go for strong cocktails after that cheery ending.

[AaronS]

I really enjoyed that production of Wozzeck. My only prior exposure to the opera had been listening to an older Boulez recording and I found the music much more engaging under Levine. I've seen the Herzog movie which I guess is based on the same play so I knew what was coming story wise.

Some other thread told me that I have the same taste in opera in my thirties that Sneakeater did in his twenties.

[marauder]

Some other thread told me that I have the same taste in opera in my thirties that Sneakeater did in his twenties.

You'll know you have truly arrived in his rarefied air once you start receiving comped sides of sauteed spinach

[Anthony Bonner]

This has become our go-to place for brunch with friends before the Saturday matinee at the Met Opera. I'll really need that little pain au chocolat tomorrow to get me ready for Wozzeck.

what you don't enjoy a good German tragedy?

We went Wednesday and enjoyed it quite a bit.