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HedCold · 03-14-2006, 03:48 AM

so, i'm one of the 12 suckers who got the in:nyc american express card. i have enough points to get a gift certificate at a restaurant, but i have no idea which would be the best option. i figured this would be a good chance to go to some expensive restaurant i normally wouldn't go to

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this is the list of options. i really have no idea which is good/worth it
suggest away!

Danked · 03-14-2006, 03:55 AM

Fill in the blank...

Burger King < Fuddruckers < ______________________

HedCold · 03-14-2006, 04:00 AM

yes, which of those places make a mean 30 dollar burger?

Keyser Soze · 03-14-2006, 04:03 AM

If you like spanish, Barca 18 is good. Blue Water Grill is a good choice if you like seafood. Jean Georges is a NY institution. Ono is a cool new place in the very trendy Hotel Gansevoort.

If I had to choose one, i'd go with Jean Georges.

Danked · 03-14-2006, 04:06 AM

I didn't really want to go to Fridays anyway.

This will be so much better.

Galt · 03-14-2006, 04:10 AM

Old Homestead has a $45 dollar hamburger. So does Michaels in midtown.

I've only been to a couple of those restaurants. Ruby Foo's is good, but crowded and has the blinky Times Square rubbish. If Atlantic Grill is the place downtown by the Seaport, it's a shithole. Looks like a cafeteria. Smith & Wollensky's is not a good steak restaurant. Probably my least favorite of the big NYC steakplaces. But none of the good ones are on that list.

I haven't been to Ono, but Hotel Gansevort is pretty cool; has a nice bar upstairs with a sweet view. I'd imagine it's a nice restaurant, or at least nice looking.

Tao is supposed to be good as is Town. I don't eat sushi, but I've heard Sushi Samba's name enough. I think Rain is a really exclusive lounge

A good messageboard for this is chowhound: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.chowhound.com/boards/manhat/manhat.html">http://www.chowhound.com/boards/manhat/manhat.html</a> if you posted this question, and and the parameters of what you were looking for, you'd probably get a bunch of ideas.

GonzoStyle · 03-14-2006, 04:24 AM

Red Lobster!

HedCold · 03-14-2006, 04:29 AM

a place like barca18 looks good, not to trendy, and jessica likes spanish/latin food, but the menu also seems cheap enough its no big deal to go any other time
ono seems interesting, but it might be a little to classy/trendy for us
china grill looks decent though from those sets of restaurants
jean george also seems to classy, and i dunno about french food. i went to one of them before and it was alright. steak tar tar was gross though, and there wasn't anything else special about the other options. i'm sure this place is much nicer but i'm not to interested.
blue water grill seems like barca18, in that theres nothing to overly special about the menu and i can go anytime.
the $45 burger sounds intriguing.

Keyser Soze · 03-14-2006, 04:35 AM

ive eaten at barca 18....the paella barca is very good, and you can share it with joobies. go for it. blue water grill is nothing special. i think its very overrated.

GonzoStyle · 03-14-2006, 05:04 AM

faella!

HedCold · 03-14-2006, 05:16 AM

i want to hear more about these $45 burgers
are the tomatos picked as soon as i order and then helicoptered in from jersey?

GonzoStyle · 03-14-2006, 05:17 AM

You should try to get in on one of those endangered species events and get you some komodo dragon meat.

HedCold · 03-14-2006, 05:20 AM

its probably gamey

GonzoStyle · 03-14-2006, 05:32 AM

Outback!

Galt · 03-14-2006, 05:39 AM

I ate Warthog, Impala, Kudu, Crocodile, and Ostrich when I was in Africa, and none of them could hold a candle to the taste of a cow.

The Homestead burger is Kobe beef; and the one at Michaels is prime rib. I had the one at Michaels, and it was really good. But if I'm going to spend $45 for a piece of meat, it's a Filet at Sparks, a strip at Strip House, or Porterhouse at Wolfgang's.

There's some french place in NYC that I've heard has like a $75 burger or something. Braised in some expensive wine, sits on truffles, blah blah

Keyser Soze · 03-14-2006, 06:05 AM

the best burger in ny is at corner bistro, always has been, always will be. 4th and jane, open til 4am everyday.

release the bats · 03-14-2006, 04:34 PM

dorsia

Sloatsburgh · 03-14-2006, 05:36 PM

release the bats Wrote:dorsia

HOLY SHIT!

Keyser Soze · 03-14-2006, 05:50 PM

Wake up you surface assholes, we've got a reservation at Dorsia at eight and you don't have call waiting!

Sloatsburgh · 03-14-2006, 06:09 PM

RED SNAPPER PIZZA!!