Restaurant Week Again
The last week in January is Restaurant Week, where participating restaurants around the city serve $20.04 prix fixe lunches and $30.04 dinners. I'm not a huge fan of prix fixe to begin with, and I've had some not-so-good Restaurant Week lunches. Maybe it's the places I've chosen. I know I had a great meal at Molyvos, but it wouldn't have cost me a whole lot more to just pay the a la carte prices. Are there good meals to be had during Restaurant Week? Are there places you can go where you don't feel like a schmuck for order the prix fixe? Is it too late to get a reservation at said places?
A lot of times the dishes just seem kind of assembly line to me, more so than usual. I've gotten so I don't even participate anymore. The winter Restaurant Week usually happens just before my birthday, and I tend to view that as a hassle; I have this idea that reservations are more difficult to get because of it.
The tricky thing about restaurant week is that some places just go through the motions while others really try to put something special together.
I have to say that I've never been disappointed at Gramercy Tavern...
I've always wanted to eat at Gramercy Tavern anyway. Maybe I'll try to get in there.
Good luck getting in... the only advice I can give is show up early...
Hey now. It's not nice to get a girl's hopes up and then dash them like that. (Although we are early eaters, or used to be.)
I've discovered I'm kind of ambivalent about Gramercy and Union Square Cafe, anyway. They're held up at these dining pinnacles, and I can't imagine the experience could possibly live up to my expectation. Maybe I'll just admire them from afar, allowing myself to still imagine that there are places where the food is always transporting, the waitstaff always courteous and helpful.