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The Restaurant Thread
This thread is to replace the one that magically disappeared. I really liked the thread and it was really helpful for visitors an locals alike. This is a very diverse city with great food all over, so no matter how long you've lived here, there's always a place that you missed somehow, so let's use this thread for our advantage 
When you review a restaurant, please include the address, phone number and website (if they have one). Also please let us know what payment methods they take.
I'll link them to this first post by area for easy reference.
Manhattan
Lower East Side
Oliva --- Page 1
Here are some other food threads that we can reference:
late night food thread:
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...d=&pagenumber=1
sushi thread:
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...highlight=sushi
and a few others...
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...ight=restaurant
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...ight=restaurant
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...ight=restaurant
Thanks Z
Working on my first review for this thread, but it's taking a while, doing several things at once.
Oliva
Spanish Cuisine
Corner of Houston and Allen
212.228.4143
Cash, AmEx
http://www.olivanyc.com
Go here often, mostly late night for drinking but had their food not so long ago.
They have pretty much what every Spanish tapas bar has on the menu: croquetas (potato fritters with either ham, cheese, mushrooms or cod) cutting boards with Serrano ham, Idiazabal, and Manchego cheese, mussels, shrimp, etc etc etc. The food is nothing extraordinary, but it's done properly. The mussels in white wine are great to have while having drinks. The paella is decent.
On to the drinks. Their sangria is some of the best I've had in NYC, as are the mojitos. They also have Mamajuana, which is rum that has been left to sit with wormwood and spices for a few days; considered to be a Dominican aphrodisiac, goes down smooth and f*cks you up. They also do the typical mexican sangritas, very spicy tomato juice chasers to have after a shot of tequila. If you're having sangritas, I'd recommend you to bring a roll of tums, they cause some damage. Julio (one of the owners) is most nights behind the bar, he's very entertaining with some very dirty jokes, and he's easy on the eyes.
I can't say much about the service, since they are all my friends and I'm biased... They do get slammed and they can be a bit slow.
I would recommend this place for groups no bigger than 4, the place is tiny and loud, and not ideal for conversation, would recommend it more for drinks than food. They have live music (cuban salsa, flamenco, latin jazz, etc) every night and late at night they move the tables for people to dance.
I created the last thread...I don't recall deleting it. Oh well...
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| Originally posted by Groundhog Boy I created the last thread...I don't recall deleting it. Oh well... |
You know I really liked your thread, just trying to rebuild if it can't be found 
NOOOOOOOOO! lol i put a lot of info in the last one. where did it go?
ill edit later
It's gone! I checked the Deleted Threads recycling bin and it doesnt look like I can retreive it. I was going to try to copy some useful individual posts with the permission of the user at the very least but no luck
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| Originally posted by euphoria It's gone! I checked the Deleted Threads recycling bin and it doesnt look like I can retreive it. I was going to try to copy some useful individual posts with the permission of the user at the very least but no luck |
so i went to
Aquavit
65 E 55th St
Manhattan, New York, NY 10022
(212) 307-7311
for restaurant week. i thought, scandinavian, never had that before.
might as well try.
meh. i had pear salad, the salmon, and chocolate.
i make a better salmon than they do. i forget what my date had, but we had agreed to get different things so we can taste, nothing special either.
the best part was this cheese on a stick they served in the beginning....je je je
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| Originally posted by daydreamer so i went to Aquavit 65 E 55th St Manhattan, New York, NY 10022 (212) 307-7311 for restaurant week. i thought, scandinavian, never had that before. might as well try. meh. i had pear salad, the salmon, and chocolate. i make a better salmon than they do. i forget what my date had, but we had agreed to get different things so we can taste, nothing special either. the best part was this cheese on a stick they served in the beginning....je je je |
I have a LOT of places to review, but I'll start with a place to AVOID!
Calcutta Cuisine of India
6th St bet 1st and 2nd aves
I ordered delivery from this neighbourhood place because I was hungry and I'm still shopping around for the best indian in my 'hood. When I called to order, the music was so LOUD at the restaurant I couldn't hear the guy that answered the phone, when I said I couldn't hear him, he started yelling on the phone. Ordered the lamb vindaloo and a mango lassi, the food came about 30 minutes later. I get SEVEN containers (for a lamb vindaloo? how many different sauces can you have??) in the bag with no napkins or silverware (which I needed).
The lamb vindaloo was so spicy, it was inedible. I like spicy, I eat spicy foods very often, but this was ridiculous. I ate it anyway because I just spent $16 on this garbage and I was hungry. Not even the mango lassi can calm the burning in my stomach now 
I'm so f*cking pissed I posted a review on menupages AND yelp.
Oh well, I guess I'll just sh*t fire later 
^
ja ja ja
i'm also not feeling all that well for some reason.
and i know it's from that restaurant.
that's pretty much all i had yesterday and cheerios in the morning.
but those never give me any issues. 
The thread was unstickied. We have too many stickies at this moment and we need to have space for a few events up there. Right now there are 4.
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| Originally posted by euphoria The thread was unstickied. We have too many stickies at this moment and we need to have space for a few events up there. Right now there are 4. |
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| Originally posted by Groundhog Boy Really, over the photo page that hasn't seen a new post in over 2 months? |
Market Table
www.markettablenyc.com
54 Carmine Street
New York, NY 10014
(212) 255
I think it's fair to say that this it my absolutely fav. restaurant so far, after having lived here for 8 months now. A bit pricey, yes, but absolutely worth it. Nice relaxed atmosphere, not too fancy, great wines, gorgeous fried calamari with fresh guacamole, each and every entree is finger-lickin-icious.
thx for the info!! i'm going to travel to NYC for first time in my life. I don't want Spanish Cuisine 
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| Originally posted by Txebe thx for the info!! i'm going to travel to NYC for first time in my life. I don't want Spanish Cuisine |
Might as well write another review while I'm on this thread.
Buenos Aires
513 East 6th Street
New York, NY 10009-6621
212.228.2775
http://www.buenosairesnyc.com/
One of my favourites in the neighbourhood. Not pricey and the servings are HUGE, best value for steak in Manhattan, hands down. I always start with provoleta, which is grilled provolone with olive oil, oregano, salt and pepper. Try not to order too many appetizers, it's a mistake many new people to the place make. However, if you have a big party (great place for groups) go for the Rueda Buenos Aires, a sample of sausages, sweetbreads, tripe, etc straight from the grill. The empanadas are delicious too.
Now the steaks. Oof. They serve pretty much every cut grilled perfectly. They also serve dishes from the kitchen, the Milanesa Fugazza is one of my favourites (breaded beef cutlet with mozzarella and onions). They also have some garlicky Papas Provenzal that go great with the beef. (Ordering a Milanesa dish is enough for 2 people, the skirt steak is good enough for 3!)
The wine list is good, it has a lot of Argentinean Malbecs that are very inexpensive (lots under $50) and of great quality, as most Argentinean wine is.
My only complaint would be that if you don't speak spanish, you're screwed. I don't understand how some of these guys are serving tables without having no knowledge of wine and no ability to speak english. Most are helpful, but occasionally you'll encounter a server that is not nice or trying to push a more expensive bottle down your throat. For the price though, I'll put up with that.
Well, I don't feel like writing another review for the place, but I have to mention it since it was the best restaurant experience I have ever had...
AQUAVIT
We each got a 7 course tasting menu that was priced at like, 130 or something. Oh man, fucking amazing. Scandinavian food. Lots of fish, I think 2 lobster dishes. wowowow
Bumping this since Euphoria showed me this thread.
My question: Does anyone have any good recommendations of casual restaurants along the Manhattan waterfront that have views of the NYC skyline? Or anything casual with a good view of something in the city.
Buenos Aires is a dope spot I eat there all of the time
Nothing beats a nice Malbec,a skirt steak, and a plate of melted provolone
since i'm probably going there today to grab a slice in between the games.
Artichoke Pizza
328 E 14th St
in between 2nd and 1st ave
one of the best slice i've ever had, didn't you could do that, you know, put artichoke on a pizza. Brilliant!
stolen from TONY
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