Sorry, I been a bit too busy to think about this:
North side of 14th to south side of 34th - west side of 7th Avenue to the river.
Pete McManus is a good traditional pub. Chelsea Markets has a good wine store, and passable butchers. I am in two minds about the fishmonger. Oh, and there's that excellent Italian market too, and someone will remember the name. Bargain kitchen utensils and tableware in the back.
Okay, let me throw it open...
Best Mouthfuls: Chelsea
Started by Wilfrid1, Feb 15 2005 08:56 PM
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 08:56 PM
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 08:58 PM
La Bergamote - best French pastries
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 09:05 PM
Best take-out lunch: Bottino to Go
Best Chinese: Grand Sichuan
Best Bagels: Murrays (22nd?)
Bowery kitchen supply?
Best Chinese: Grand Sichuan
Best Bagels: Murrays (22nd?)
Bowery kitchen supply?
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 09:08 PM
Best hot dogs: F&B
Best beer (store): that place on 23rd Street west of 10th Avenue
Best Mexican groceries: Kitchen Market
Best American baked goods: Fat Witch Brownies, Billy's
I think the Italian place in Chelsea Market is Buon Italia.
Best beer (store): that place on 23rd Street west of 10th Avenue
Best Mexican groceries: Kitchen Market
Best American baked goods: Fat Witch Brownies, Billy's
I think the Italian place in Chelsea Market is Buon Italia.
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 09:15 PM
best burger: Chelsea Grill. Peter McManus not bad either
best specialty food shop: Kitchen Market
best wine bar: Bar Veloce
best tapas: Tia Pol
best cocktails: Red Cat, but hard sometimes to get a seat at the bar. Also, delicious appetizers available to soak up the cocktails
friendliest staff in a liquor store: Phillipe, which has a so-so selection of wines but will order cases of almost anything available if you ask nicely
best pizza: Global 33's margherita
best Chinese: Grand Sichuan
best oysters: Bongo. Plus, it's a fun bar
best small bistro with no pretensions: Le Singe Vert
The greengrocer in Chelsea Market is good, and has good prices
For fish and meat, I find myself making trips to the West Village for Citarella and and Jefferson Market
best specialty food shop: Kitchen Market
best wine bar: Bar Veloce
best tapas: Tia Pol
best cocktails: Red Cat, but hard sometimes to get a seat at the bar. Also, delicious appetizers available to soak up the cocktails
friendliest staff in a liquor store: Phillipe, which has a so-so selection of wines but will order cases of almost anything available if you ask nicely
best pizza: Global 33's margherita
best Chinese: Grand Sichuan
best oysters: Bongo. Plus, it's a fun bar
best small bistro with no pretensions: Le Singe Vert
The greengrocer in Chelsea Market is good, and has good prices
For fish and meat, I find myself making trips to the West Village for Citarella and and Jefferson Market
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 09:16 PM
I recall a nice bar that had a great outdoor and walled bier garden. Bar food. On 10th Ave or thereabouts? I think it may have been a gaybar but I never really thought too much about it.
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 09:19 PM
The Park? Not gay per se, just fashionable and fabulous. Or aspires to be. That could also be Bottino, which has much better food than The Park and a more colorful crowd.
Sardines aren't for sissies.---Frank Bruni
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 09:20 PM
If by "no pretensions" you mean "best place to get a salade verte with whole roaches tossed in for an accoutrement" then by all means: Le Singe Vertbest small bistro with no pretensions: Le Singe Vert
curb your god
If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities. (Voltaire)
One is often told that it is very wrong to attack religion because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have not noticed it. (Bertrand Russell)
Believing there is no god gives me more room for belief in family, people, love, truth, beauty, sex, Jell-O, and all things I can prove and that make this life the best life I will ever have. (Penn Jillette)
CERES GALLERY
If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities. (Voltaire)
One is often told that it is very wrong to attack religion because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have not noticed it. (Bertrand Russell)
Believing there is no god gives me more room for belief in family, people, love, truth, beauty, sex, Jell-O, and all things I can prove and that make this life the best life I will ever have. (Penn Jillette)
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 09:21 PM
Visually I love The Park. I've never had any food there.
curb your god
If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities. (Voltaire)
One is often told that it is very wrong to attack religion because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have not noticed it. (Bertrand Russell)
Believing there is no god gives me more room for belief in family, people, love, truth, beauty, sex, Jell-O, and all things I can prove and that make this life the best life I will ever have. (Penn Jillette)
CERES GALLERY
If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities. (Voltaire)
One is often told that it is very wrong to attack religion because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have not noticed it. (Bertrand Russell)
Believing there is no god gives me more room for belief in family, people, love, truth, beauty, sex, Jell-O, and all things I can prove and that make this life the best life I will ever have. (Penn Jillette)
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 09:22 PM
Ewwh. You do know, now that you have told me that, that I will never be able to cross their threshold again?If by "no pretensions" you mean "best place to get a salade verte with whole roaches tossed in for an accoutrement" then by all means: Le Singe Vert
best small bistro with no pretensions: Le Singe Vert
Sardines aren't for sissies.---Frank Bruni
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The mistake one makes is to react to what people post rather than to what they mean.---Dr. Johnson
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I want to be the girl with the most cake.
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The mistake one makes is to react to what people post rather than to what they mean.---Dr. Johnson
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I want to be the girl with the most cake.
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 09:23 PM
me tooEwwh. You do know, now that you have told me that, that I will never be able to cross their threshold again?
If by "no pretensions" you mean "best place to get a salade verte with whole roaches tossed in for an accoutrement" then by all means: Le Singe Vert
best small bistro with no pretensions: Le Singe Vert
curb your god
If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities. (Voltaire)
One is often told that it is very wrong to attack religion because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have not noticed it. (Bertrand Russell)
Believing there is no god gives me more room for belief in family, people, love, truth, beauty, sex, Jell-O, and all things I can prove and that make this life the best life I will ever have. (Penn Jillette)
CERES GALLERY
If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities. (Voltaire)
One is often told that it is very wrong to attack religion because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have not noticed it. (Bertrand Russell)
Believing there is no god gives me more room for belief in family, people, love, truth, beauty, sex, Jell-O, and all things I can prove and that make this life the best life I will ever have. (Penn Jillette)
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 09:24 PM
Do you think Tia Pol is better than El Cid?
curb your god
If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities. (Voltaire)
One is often told that it is very wrong to attack religion because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have not noticed it. (Bertrand Russell)
Believing there is no god gives me more room for belief in family, people, love, truth, beauty, sex, Jell-O, and all things I can prove and that make this life the best life I will ever have. (Penn Jillette)
CERES GALLERY
If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities. (Voltaire)
One is often told that it is very wrong to attack religion because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have not noticed it. (Bertrand Russell)
Believing there is no god gives me more room for belief in family, people, love, truth, beauty, sex, Jell-O, and all things I can prove and that make this life the best life I will ever have. (Penn Jillette)
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 09:29 PM
I have not been to El Cid in such a long time that I cannot offer a comparison. I went off El Cid for a while for a number of reasons.Do you think Tia Pol is better than El Cid?
I like Tia Pol, though.
Sardines aren't for sissies.---Frank Bruni
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The mistake one makes is to react to what people post rather than to what they mean.---Dr. Johnson
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I want to be the girl with the most cake.
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The mistake one makes is to react to what people post rather than to what they mean.---Dr. Johnson
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I want to be the girl with the most cake.
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Posted 15 February 2005 - 10:34 PM
I've had very nice (although thoroughly inauthentic, I'm sure) fish & chips at The Half King.
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Posted 16 February 2005 - 10:47 AM
Consistently better-than-competent meals - the Red Cat
Best tea and japanese non-sushi lunches - Wild Lily Tea Room
Best Vietnamese - O Mai
Best tea and japanese non-sushi lunches - Wild Lily Tea Room
Best Vietnamese - O Mai
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