Nation's Restaurant News reports the Danny Meyer folks have agreed to open three new locations in and around the Conrad Hotel at battery Park City's North End Avenue.
Plans call for a Shake Shack, a branch of Blue Smoke, and a "fine dining" establishment.
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Battery Park City dining options expand
Started by Rail Paul, Aug 02 2010 12:02 PM
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Posted 02 August 2010 - 12:02 PM
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Posted 02 August 2010 - 05:07 PM
Somebody should open a kosher restaurant there. It would clean up.
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Posted 02 August 2010 - 11:12 PM
There's actually a kosher cafe in the Museum of Jewish Heritage which is at the southern end of BPC.
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Posted 03 August 2010 - 12:15 AM
For all the ill one might say of Shake Shack, it beats the other lunch options in the area handily. Assuming the lines aren't too bad, anyway. And a fine-dining-ish place that's a few blocks closer can't hurt either.
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Posted 03 August 2010 - 12:16 AM
well, you know what it's gonna be like on opening dayFor all the ill one might say of Shake Shack, it beats the other lunch options in the area handily. Assuming the lines aren't too bad, anyway. And a fine-dining-ish place that's a few blocks closer can't hurt either.
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Posted 03 August 2010 - 12:21 AM
Still, it's helpful to be in that area all day long.well, you know what it's gonna be like on opening day
For all the ill one might say of Shake Shack, it beats the other lunch options in the area handily. Assuming the lines aren't too bad, anyway. And a fine-dining-ish place that's a few blocks closer can't hurt either.
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Posted 03 August 2010 - 12:51 AM
Still, it's helpful to be in that area all day long.
well, you know what it's gonna be like on opening day
For all the ill one might say of Shake Shack, it beats the other lunch options in the area handily. Assuming the lines aren't too bad, anyway. And a fine-dining-ish place that's a few blocks closer can't hurt either.
Battery Park City is an affluent area that could certainly support more dining options, that's for sure.
"Peter Kiewit looked for three things in hiring people. He looked for integrity, intelligence and energy. And he said if a person didn’t have the first…that the latter two would kill him. Because if they don’t have integrity, you want ‘em dumb and lazy. You don’t want ‘em smart and energetic.”
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Posted 03 August 2010 - 01:40 AM
And yet "long-term area resident[s]" still complain. Because apparently DSW will be sorely missed or something. And it's not like Whole Foods isn't a block away or anything, or the Amish Market another 2 or 3 blocks down, for those asking for a supermarket.
Still, it's helpful to be in that area all day long.
well, you know what it's gonna be like on opening day
For all the ill one might say of Shake Shack, it beats the other lunch options in the area handily. Assuming the lines aren't too bad, anyway. And a fine-dining-ish place that's a few blocks closer can't hurt either.
Battery Park City is an affluent area that could certainly support more dining options, that's for sure.
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Posted 03 August 2010 - 04:53 PM
People in BPC hate to have to cross West Street for anything -- not that I blame them; it can be very difficult. Even just getting across to go to Palm is a hassle. So getting to the Whole Foods or Amish Market is a major schlep for them. And the groceries (I hesitate to call them supermarkets) that have always been there do indeed suck.
But they will always complain. People hate change, even if it doesn't really affect them.
But they will always complain. People hate change, even if it doesn't really affect them.
[M]ost of the pastas hover around $25. This ought to be enough to buy bucatini that is cooked on both ends. -- Pete Wells on Caravaggio ( * review)
Tonight, there was a dessert of coconut, rhubarb, and black olive. Obvious in its execution how innovation and experiment, when introduced for their own sake, are annoying. --irnscrabblechf52, May 9, 2013
notorious stickler -- NY Times
deeply annoying and nitpicking -- Molly O'Neill, One Big Table
