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PDT (Please Don't Tell), behind Crif Dog's in the East Village.

Walk into the hot dog shop. Open the phone booth. Close the door. Pick up the phone. Ring the bell. THe back of the phone booth opens. Go in and be swanky with taxidermied owls on the wall.

PS: as someone who just moved from LA TYTYTYT to whoever posted that Crackberry (the frozen yougart, not the phone) is in NYC.

Edit2: Hopefully this isn't in here yet but BEARD PAPA'S!!!!!

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Here's a nice google map that includes many of NYC's best wine shops:

Link

The site also has LA and Chicago.

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Just went to this place last night. Good place if you are looking for an upscale/"gentlemanly" atmosphere.

Lexington Bar and Books
Lexington and 73rd

"In the spirit of a men's club, this just-below-ground Upper East Sider is furnished with leather chairs, a checkered tile floor, bookcases of leather-bound volumes, and shelves stocked with scotches and whiskeys. Waitresses in red cocktail dresses and pearls shuttle between the casual tables by the entrance and the bar area in back, where cigar smokers puff away."

Dress code: Dress pants and a shirt with a collar. No jeans, shorts, t-shirts.

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To all embroiled in the various Peter Luger debates on this forum, a funny thing I read on Eater, one of the websites I have on my google reader:

Apparently Frank Bruni, the New York Times food critic is going to be reviewing Peter Luger Steakhouse for the paper tomorrow. Eater every week has a column where they lay odds on how many stars a restaurant will be given and try to predict the outcome of the review. According to the site: [ QUOTE ]
Tomorrow, Frank Bruni reviews Peter Luger Steakhouse, perhaps the most popular and revered of all New York steakhouses, and certainly the restaurant that at one time served the best porterhouse steak in the universe. Before we go any further, if we might: Peter Luger has been in a state of decline for at least three years, if not five. This is a fact, by the way, not the premise for a debate. It is a shell of its former self, now running on Zagat fumes and legend.

[/ QUOTE ]

The last time Luger was reviewed, it received 3 stars; this was back in 1998, under food critic Ruth Reichl. Eater predicts two stars. We'll see tomorrow.

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The last time Luger was reviewed, it received 3 stars; this was back in 1998, under food critic Ruth Reichl. Eater predicts two stars. We'll see tomorrow.

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2 Stars it is

Re: New York City: Your favorite things to do or places to go
 

1.) The Terra Blues in the West Village. NOt really a blues club but a small venue where they have decent local acts. House band is very good.

2.) Panchitos. Cheap sangria, couches from 1970 and an ice cream burrito.

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The answer to the best lunch in the city is at Bouley in Tribeca. I am not willing to entertain any disagreement on this. The g/f and i go once or twice a month -- maybe 10 times in total now. Has NEVER disappointed.

Get either the $35 or $48 prix fixe menu; you'll stuff yourself irrespective of which one u choose. It's much more expensive for dinner, which is why their lunch is so great and the best bargain in town.