It’s a heavy day in New York Metropolis following information of the taking pictures at a subway station in Sundown Park, Brooklyn. I’m protecting the victims in my ideas, and I hope you’ll, too.
In my very first dispatch, I mentioned that if the New York Metropolis eating scene had an F.A.Q., the place to eat on Mondays can be close to the highest of that checklist. However in line with roughly a dozen emails within the The place to Eat inbox, essentially the most urgent query is an age-old one: The place can I eat within the theater district?
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If You Have a Few Hours to Spare
Just lately, an extended dinner left me watching the primary act of “Madama Butterfly” inside a tiny theater jail for latecomers on the Met Opera. Don’t be like me. I like to recommend giving your self ample time earlier than any efficiency: a minimum of two hours to dine and one other half-hour to get to the theater and settle into your seats. All hail the 5:30 p.m. reservation!
For an old-school vibe, peruse the traditional chophouse menu at Gallaghers Steakhouse (don’t sleep on the stuffed jumbo shrimp). However I’m keen on the distinctly “The Godfather: Half 2” power at Victor’s Café, the place the ropa vieja is known for a cause and the waiters transfer like they know you will have someplace to be.
Youngsters in tow? Attempt the Japanese barbecue restaurant Gyu-Kaku. My buddy and fellow meals author Regan Stephens mentioned her daughters liked the meals, particularly the s’mores you get on the finish of the meal.
Or there’s Toloache, the place recent tortillas, octopus tostadas and soul-affirming birria abound. For one thing extra intimate: Korean small plates at crowd-favorite Danji — suppose black cod poached in soy sauce, and completely fried tofu in a wealthy ginger-scallion dressing.
And whilst you could also be inclined to go to the longtime standbys Joe Allen or Orso, their sister establishment Bar Centrale is the ticket. My colleague and frequent theatergoer Priya Krishna’s typical order: chickpea fries, shrimp and mushroom dumplings, and a Negroni. “They’re the proper factor to fill you up earlier than a present.”
If You’re Reserving It
Typically an extended dinner is unimaginable, which is why I thank the gods for the Shake Shack at eighth Avenue and West forty fourth Road.
Equally fast bites will be had at Margon (matinee solely), the place Cubano sandwiches and octopus salad have been the specialty since 1970, and at Los Tacos No. 1, which is standing room solely. (The tacos gained’t final lengthy anyway, particularly if you happen to get the adobada.)
Lastly, Warkop NYC is a wonderful new pre-theater choice. You may select from three forms of goreng (Indonesian stir-fried noodles); add your toppings of alternative, like popcorn rooster, darkish greens, egg or cheese; and get a aspect of corn fritters or fried tofu with a sticky-sweet sauce. Even higher, it’s additionally a espresso store: Order the kopi susu, espresso with condensed milk, and thank me later.
And if You Need a Memorable Nightcap
For a cheeky post-show drink, enterprise contained in the 1 prepare subway station at fiftieth and Broadway, and also you’ll discover Nothing Actually Issues, a brand new bar that payments itself as “the best cocktail bar within the universe.” (Factors for confidence, I assume?)
Or elbow your approach into the second-floor cocktail lounge at Pebble Bar, an extension of the Decrease East Aspect scorching spot Ray’s.
For those who don’t need the music to ever cease — dinner and a present and a present — there’s stay music each evening of the week at the Rum Home contained in the Lodge Edison till simply after midnight. Or head over to the Aliz Lodge and take the elevator to Expensive Irving on Hudson on the fortieth flooring for unbelievable views of the town and top-tier cocktails (three phrases: the Northern Spy).
In Different Information …
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4 years after closing for renovations, El Quijote, the almost 100-year-old restaurant contained in the Lodge Chelsea, has been revived with a much-improved menu of Spanish classics, Pete Wells writes, however the identical splendor and appeal stay.
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Openings: Casa Carmen, the primary restaurant exterior Mexico from the household behind the El Bajío eating places, opens on Thursday in TriBeCa; Mott Haven welcomes Mae Mae Café, a plant-based taco bar; Nino’s Seaside, a brand new Southern Italian restaurant with wood-fired pizza, has opened on the North Shore of Lengthy Island.
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Robert Simonson wrote about Tony Yoshida, the press-shy entrepreneur behind Dojo, Angel’s Share, Dawn Mart and different Japan-influenced ventures, that are disappearing from the Little Tokyo he constructed within the East Village.
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Mark Lander reported on Jeremy King, one among London’s high restaurateurs, who was pushed out of his Corbin & King empire (the Wolseley, the Delaunay, Bellanger and others).
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Tony Could, the restaurateur who helped usher in a brand new period of Italian high quality eating at his now-shuttered flagship restaurant, San Domenico, on Central Park South, has died at 84.
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