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January 19th 2008 by travelswithdan
We were lucky enough this weekend to meet up with friends from a while back, when Barb taught at MAST Academy on Key Biscayne in Miami. Lavetta and Lynn still teach there and were in New York with some of their seniors for a mock United Nations conference at Columbia University. They were all staying at a nice hotel not too far from us named "On the Avenue," where the photo of them and a few of their students was taken. The kids all went off for a day of chaperoned UN activities and the four of us went to Sarabeth's for brunch! We all shared our food, so I ended up with lemon pancakes, French toast, and a Farmer's omlet on my plate, in addition to some wonderful hash brown potatoes and coffee. A GREAT way to start a slow Saturday. We then went to the Jewish Museum for exhibits on the cartoonist (and 'Shrek' creator) William Steig and on the only Jewish Impressionist painter, Claude Pissarro (and this must be one of the few times their names are mentioned in the same sentence....) before returning to their hotel. They were taking the kids ice skating at Rockefeller Center and then to Chinatown, while we (having significantly less energy--we're old retired folks, you know) came home and watched a DVD of 'Zodiac.' In addition to everything else there is to do here, we have a 2-movie subscription to NetFlicks!
Thought I'd include a few more shots of food (I must be hungry)--the pizza was from Grimaldi's, just under the Brooklyn Bridge (on the other side of the East River in Brooklyn). OK, I only have a 2006 Zagat Survey, not the most recent one, but their food score in this edition is 26!! How high is that? The top two rated restaurants for 2006 and 2005 were Gramercy Tavern (Zagat food score of 28) and the Union Square Cafe (Zagat food score of 27). Zagat says an average meal at Gramercy Tavern is $73, at the Union Square Cafe is $62, and at Grimaldi's it's $19. Do the math...
The Thai food in the last photo (a curry dish in the foreground, Pad Thai in the background) is from Wondee Siam II (Zagat food score of 24) on 9th Avenue a few blocks south of us. That part of 9th Ave, just south of where it
03--The food at Sarabeth's
We all shared our brunch, so this is a little of everything--omlet, French toast, and lemon pancakes!
04--Grimaldi's pizza!
The place under the Brooklyn Bridge, on the Brooklyn side, that always has a line--and a Zagat rating of 26!
05--Thai dinners
Wondee Siam II, on 9th Ave has a Zagat rating of 24--that's a curry stew below and Pad Thai above.
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January 25th 2008 - Miri Garaway: boy, can I ever relate to all that food!
I was visualizing all that wonderful food. Yum - o - la.
For some reason, the photos did not come out. Just black.
For a BIG splurge, though, Gramercy Tavern is DIVINE. They also
serve a much less expensive lunch in the front bistro (but no reservations for that one).
January 28th 2008 - ilona: speaking of pizza
Another 'only 5 boroughs NYers' (and those from New Jersey) know about restaurant that was in our old east side neighborhood is Il Vagabondo - complete w/ bocce lane to either work off the red sauce pasta meal you just ate or kill time til your table is ready... It's a funky NY bar! It's a butcher! It's an open kitchen restaurant! It's a private upstairs dining room for guests from downtown 'little Italy' ! It's a long narrow room w/ tables for two and bocce lane -- It has great steaks from their own meat/butcher store adjacent! It has my favorite veal parmesan w/ a side of very garlicky sauteed spinach -- Have no idea if Zagat likes it or if it's even in Zagat (let me know if it does) -- but it was a favorite for wonderfully red sauce Neopolitan/NY Italian food...
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