Yeah, I hear you, and there is something to be said about showing up in a jacket when it’s hot and humid outside…but, it’s worth the trouble if you get a table at Per Se, especially in the salon room as I suggested where you can have a great meal without breaking the bank 
Keep in mind that we are generally an uncouth, classless country full of gun-toting rednecks. As such, the washed few need some enclaves of civilization to remain sane.
Went there and really enjoyed it, great food if you can handle the hipster vibe. drink pairings were awesome too so I’d highly recommend the place.
on the flipside we had a really terrible experience at Spice Market, to be fair, I should have known as only tourists recommended it, no New Yorkers mentioned the place. Anyway, 30 minute wait for a table booked in advance despite a few chasers and a complaint to the manager. every single member of staff was extremely dismissive (“it will be ready when it’s ready, just sit in the bar”), totally up their own arses and I genuinely don’t think I’ve ever been spoken to with such disdain as by the prissy manager which was pretty surprising as I was pretty damn polite throughout the whole thing despite the provocation.
Do New Yorkers really not see an issue with waiting around for up to an hour for a table they’ve pre-booked? Do these ‘treat em mean’ places last?
The same thing happened elsewhere but in that place it was only 15 mins and the staff were apologetic about it and actually seemed to be trying to do something about it. the hostesses at Spice Market were just plain arrogant, they weren’t even really that hot.
^ It seems you had more than your fair share of unpleasant experiences in the greater NYC area on your trip.
Probably because some of us, New Yorkers, have never heard of this place
Thanks to everyone for all their dining suggestions. Sadly, the Mrs. prefered to just walk around the city after the show and we grabbed a quick bite at a Hale and Hearty (she doesn’t get to the city much and still finds it interesting to just walk around). The show was excellent though. We saw Bullets Over Broadway and recommend it highly.
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^To be honest, Higgs, I’ve only been to NYC once. But if I lived just a couple of hours away from it, I’d go there a few times a year, simply because of the many things to do. Do people who live that close to NYC really never go there?
hehe, with the exception of the communication issues at Newark and the nonsense at the tourist trap restaurant we had an amazing time in NYC. I might be moving there at somepoint soon so it was good to scope the place out. I don’t think anyone would turn down the chance to live there for a few years.
I go there about once a month for work, so the scale of everything no longer impresses me. I don’t like to stroll either, it bores me. So, walking in NYC is very aggravating to me because it is too crowded and I’m constantly getting stuck behind slow people. My wife loves to walk through Times Square because of all the people, while I avoid it like the plague (which you probably could contract if you stayed there long enough) because of all the people. If I lived or worked in NYC and had to walk through TS on a regular basis, I would probably get arrested for beating the crap out of one of the cheesy fake Disney characters who wants $5 to take a picture with them, never mind the fact that they take their masks off right infront of little kids.
In fairness, I never have need to be in the more residential areas, only midtown and FIDI and FIDI is not that bad.
I’ve been here 20 years and I still like to stroll in the city. It’s basically I kind of sociological safari. You see all kinds of human wildlife, all shapes and sizes and colors, all levels of bonkers.
We’ve had an amazing summer, with barely any of the usual hot sticky grossness that usually coats the city from July to the end of August. Almost makes me yearn for those unemployed days… (almost!)
^ it was great weather when we were there so I suppose we were lucky. many many people wanted us off going in July
I get why other people like it, just not my thing.
TS is the WORST place to stroll through. The WORSTplace in the city, period. And Fidi is just… blah…
If I were you, I’d jump on the orange/blue subway line to west village. Eat and walk around there, and then go to a Hudson river promenade to watch the sunset.
Or if you want a little more “edgy” atmosphere, take F to LES. Tons of hole in the wall places to eat there too…
^ On our next trip, we’ll be going to Chinatown because my wife’s aunt wants a high-quality counterfeit purse. I understand Canal Street in C-Town is the place to go for that.
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Flushing Queens is better.
I was watching Law & Order SVU the other day (which is based in Manhattan) and one of the characters was complaining about “it’s been over 90 degrees for ten straight days”.
I thought to myself, “Dang. If it was only 90 degrees here, that would be really nice.” The last summer I spent in San Antonio was a record summer. It was 100 degrees for 100 days.
The next summer I lived in Midland, and it was a record summer. The high on June 17th hit 110, and it stayed over 100 until almost September.
You are right, but it’s a treck to get there.
After the hectic Chinatown, he at least has a chance to recuperate in Tribeca or WV.
If you’re in Chinatown go to the Golden Unicorn Higgs. I second krnyc that the west village is the anti-timesquare. It’s a neighborhood with tree lined streets, brownstones, babies/strollers/dogs and nice places to eat.