Where would you eat lunch in NYC?

@Roberta,

Hey, George. If you don't have to be near midtown, I recommend Pig Heaven, a Chinese restaurant on the upper east side. I've eaten there with Thomas and Deb. Good food. Very reasonable prices. Near the Metropolitan Museum, and the Guggenheim. Also near the Whitney, I think.

Pig Heaven
1540 2nd Avenue
Between 80th and 81st Sts.

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@Roberta,

Oh Roberta, you know too much, I was going to suggest winging it at a restaurant near the museums.

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This is going to be a rather unstructured visit. There's a couple of places we
want to see, but we'll be flying by the seats of our pants.

Walking is no problem. We like it and intend to do a lot of it.

Our only hard-and-fast obligation is to go to Chinatown and buy a ton of beef
jerky.

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@George,

Yankee Stadium, in October, where they sell hot dogs cooking since April.

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We are in lovely Stamford CT.
Cloudy, drizzly drive, but we made good time.
Tomorrow we take the train in to Noo Yawk.

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@Roberta,

Sounds good to me..

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@ossobuco,

I remembered the name of the relatively new italian food emporium - Eataly.
They are a grocery, deli, wine bar, with some restaurants in the Flatiron district.

http://www.mariobatali.com/restaurants_eataly.cfm

I guess I wouldn't go out of my way, preferring to try places mentioned by others on the thread - but if I was right there I'd go in and look around while hanging on to my wallet.

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@George,

You know there are about fifty places to eat downstairs at Grand Central. Right?
http://www.grandcentralterminal.com/go/dirlisting.cfm?currcat=2138210777

Next to the Chirping Chicken place is a deli which has huge sandwiches, ready made, for about $9.00 a piece.
There's about six soup places, a couple of Tex-Mex outlets and a barbecue joint.
None of it's cuisine. It is noisy at any time of day.

Joe(But then you'd be done with lunch and ready to tourist the town)Nation

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@Joe Nation,

Grand Central Station is pretty dang cool - beautiful building, good food, easy to walk all over town from there.

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Definitely looking forward to Grand Central.

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@George,

Make sure you do the Staten Island Ferry ride.

I will always be grateful to JoeNation for re-introducing me to it. That, and teaching me about the Union Square Coffee Shop (not the cafe) and the lesson about Governors Island and

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@ehBeth,

Alas, no ferry ride with my wife -- depriving the fish of feeding.

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George, As long as you're gonna be wandering around, I recommend the Second Avenue deli. Really good corned beef. I've dragged many an a2ker there. They're all still alive.

Second Avenue Deli
162 East 33rd Street
New York, NY 10016
between Lexington and Third

Sorry I can't suggest a place in Chinatown. I haven't been there in a long time--since I served on jury duty. The court area (shown in Law and Order), Chinatown, and Little Italy are all near each other.

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@Roberta,

We went to La Bonne Soupe today.
The crepes were excellent.
Had supper at Big Wong in Chinatown.
Great food, reasonable price, large helpings.

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@George,

George, Glad you enjoyed the crepes. Also glad you found a good place in Chinatown. I'll try to remember the name for the next time I'm in the neighborhood.

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@Roberta,

Thanks for sharing a fave.
We're now back in Stoneham, having had a great time in NYC.
(Despite a train ride in from Stamford with a Yankee-fan rabble who were
already several beers each into party mode.)

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@George,

George, Glad you had a great time in my hometown. Not gonna apologize for the Yankee fans. I can't be held accountable for everybody. But I am a little embarrassed. Hey, Yankee-fan rabble. Behave yourselves. Don't be bothering George.

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@Roberta,

No apologies needed. They were loud and beery but otherwise OK.

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