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a few resources for you
www.chowhound.com, check out the message boards, post a q or 2 for recommendations etc newyork.craigslist.org, for your next trip you can find cheaper places/sublets etc....(or find something on this trip and move out of the overpriced hotel) as far as Lugers goes, if you want to get a seat on a fri or sat at a good time, you have to reserve at least a month in advance. If you are willing to eat at 4:45pm or 9:45pm for dinner, you can usually get a table on short notice...also, PL does not take any cc's (except their own), so make sure you have $$$ (I average around $100 per person, with taxes, tips, and lotsa drinks). Their deserts are really good too! PL also does lunch time seatings, and their burgers are good (and relatively cheap). As far as what to eat at PL, by default they will offer you tomtoes and onions for the appetizer, steak for x amount of people, an order of creamed spinach and german homefries for every 2 people. Instead of the tomatoes and onions, I usally get the shrimp cocktail, plus a slice of bacon for each person. The bread is really good there, so don't fill up on it prior to getting your steak....Also, the steak sauce is for the tomatoes and onion app, not the steak! If you lather up the steak with the sauce everyone will know you are a tourist :-) Other things to do while in Brooklyn (after eating at PL) you can have them call you a cab, take a ride to the river cafe (at the base of the bklyn bridge)...if you are dressed nicely, you can go to the back bar for drinks. Awesome views of lower manhattan...better views of lower manhattan are at the Brooklyn Promenade, have the cab driver go down Montague Street all the way, you will walk past a small park and will have the $1 million dollar postcard view of lower manhattan, with the brooklyn bridge to the right. As far as the Yankees go, usually they have $5 (or $10, I forget) tix available in the bleacher seats on the day of the game, but you have to get there early to get tix...I would say at least 2 hours ahead of the game....However, you can walk around Yankee stadium and see Monument Park and everything. Also, there are bars across the street from the stadium where you can "get your drink on", as we like to say here :-) One place I wouldn't miss, katz's deli on the lower east side for awesome pastrami sandwiches. You can get good pastrami at that place in midtown (can't remember the name off the top of my head, the stage deli or something like that?) that all the tourists go to...If you get the unlimited weekly metrocard it is worth spending the 15-20 mins on the F or v train to 2nd avenue and walking over to Katz's. After filling up the lower east side is cool too (more bars and restaraunts for hipsters and wannabees!) Lastly, on 9th ave, from 42nd to 57th st, there are tons of restaurants and bars of all prices and ethnicities, some great, some dives...check out chowhound for more up to date info In article , Jimi_thing wrote: SOme thoughts, and probably some stupid questions, about my first stay from Italy in New York City. I booked at Intercontinental Hotel the Barclay, it's at 111 east 48th street. VERY expensive: still I think I've been a fool to choose this one, but then again, I think it is in New York that's worth to do such once in a lifetime experience :-) Suggestions to have a good breakfast around there early in the morning? Would you discourage tourists from using the subway during rush hours? I understand it's overcrowded around 8 to 9 am, and 4.30 to 6.30 pm, correct me if I am wrong. I guess the Buses will be packed full as well, then our choice would be to get around by foot... Yankee game: I'd prefer not to buy a ticket in advance, but should I expect a game versus Seattle on a Wednesday at 1 pm to be sold out if I show up 1 hour before starting time or so? Tipping: ok, I need a lot of 1 dollar bills in my pockets; but what happens if I have just a 20 $ bill, for, let's say, a 5 $ tip? How would the guy react if I ask him for the change? ;-P I should tip who provide me some service, right? So tips are for taxi drivers, waitresses/waiters in restaurants, bartenders, chamber maid in hotel, , but not for doorman for just opening the door or when we have food to go and therefore we are not seated... Reservations: since I am afraid we won't be able to have a proper schedule, it would be nice to have the opportunity to eat at Luger Steakhouse (and the like) without having to call in advance: if lunch time is less crowded in restaurants ,and no reservation needed, would be ok... I was trying to fit in my 7 days stay some of the outer borough too, like FLushing in Queens and Coney Island in Brooklyn; but I am coming to the conclusion that it might be too much to do in too little time. So, just Manhattan (and Brooklyn Heights, and Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, of course) for a first timer sounds a better idea... ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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a few resources for you
www.chowhound.com, check out the message boards, post a q or 2 for recommendations etc newyork.craigslist.org, for your next trip you can find cheaper places/sublets etc....(or find something on this trip and move out of the overpriced hotel) as far as Lugers goes, if you want to get a seat on a fri or sat at a good time, you have to reserve at least a month in advance. If you are willing to eat at 4:45pm or 9:45pm for dinner, you can usually get a table on short notice...also, PL does not take any cc's (except their own), so make sure you have $$$ (I average around $100 per person, with taxes, tips, and lotsa drinks). Their deserts are really good too! PL also does lunch time seatings, and their burgers are good (and relatively cheap). As far as what to eat at PL, by default they will offer you tomtoes and onions for the appetizer, steak for x amount of people, an order of creamed spinach and german homefries for every 2 people. Instead of the tomatoes and onions, I usally get the shrimp cocktail, plus a slice of bacon for each person. The bread is really good there, so don't fill up on it prior to getting your steak....Also, the steak sauce is for the tomatoes and onion app, not the steak! If you lather up the steak with the sauce everyone will know you are a tourist :-) Other things to do while in Brooklyn (after eating at PL) you can have them call you a cab, take a ride to the river cafe (at the base of the bklyn bridge)...if you are dressed nicely, you can go to the back bar for drinks. Awesome views of lower manhattan...better views of lower manhattan are at the Brooklyn Promenade, have the cab driver go down Montague Street all the way, you will walk past a small park and will have the $1 million dollar postcard view of lower manhattan, with the brooklyn bridge to the right. As far as the Yankees go, usually they have $5 (or $10, I forget) tix available in the bleacher seats on the day of the game, but you have to get there early to get tix...I would say at least 2 hours ahead of the game....However, you can walk around Yankee stadium and see Monument Park and everything. Also, there are bars across the street from the stadium where you can "get your drink on", as we like to say here :-) One place I wouldn't miss, katz's deli on the lower east side for awesome pastrami sandwiches. You can get good pastrami at that place in midtown (can't remember the name off the top of my head, the stage deli or something like that?) that all the tourists go to...If you get the unlimited weekly metrocard it is worth spending the 15-20 mins on the F or v train to 2nd avenue and walking over to Katz's. After filling up the lower east side is cool too (more bars and restaraunts for hipsters and wannabees!) Lastly, on 9th ave, from 42nd to 57th st, there are tons of restaurants and bars of all prices and ethnicities, some great, some dives...check out chowhound for more up to date info In article , Jimi_thing wrote: SOme thoughts, and probably some stupid questions, about my first stay from Italy in New York City. I booked at Intercontinental Hotel the Barclay, it's at 111 east 48th street. VERY expensive: still I think I've been a fool to choose this one, but then again, I think it is in New York that's worth to do such once in a lifetime experience :-) Suggestions to have a good breakfast around there early in the morning? Would you discourage tourists from using the subway during rush hours? I understand it's overcrowded around 8 to 9 am, and 4.30 to 6.30 pm, correct me if I am wrong. I guess the Buses will be packed full as well, then our choice would be to get around by foot... Yankee game: I'd prefer not to buy a ticket in advance, but should I expect a game versus Seattle on a Wednesday at 1 pm to be sold out if I show up 1 hour before starting time or so? Tipping: ok, I need a lot of 1 dollar bills in my pockets; but what happens if I have just a 20 $ bill, for, let's say, a 5 $ tip? How would the guy react if I ask him for the change? ;-P I should tip who provide me some service, right? So tips are for taxi drivers, waitresses/waiters in restaurants, bartenders, chamber maid in hotel, , but not for doorman for just opening the door or when we have food to go and therefore we are not seated... Reservations: since I am afraid we won't be able to have a proper schedule, it would be nice to have the opportunity to eat at Luger Steakhouse (and the like) without having to call in advance: if lunch time is less crowded in restaurants ,and no reservation needed, would be ok... I was trying to fit in my 7 days stay some of the outer borough too, like FLushing in Queens and Coney Island in Brooklyn; but I am coming to the conclusion that it might be too much to do in too little time. So, just Manhattan (and Brooklyn Heights, and Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, of course) for a first timer sounds a better idea... ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:50:13 -0400, blah blah wrote:
a few resources for you www.chowhound.com, check out the message boards, post a q or 2 for recommendations etc Try looking through the New York Forum of www.egullet.org, too. After a meal at Luger's, consider walking across the Williamsburg Bridge back to Manhattan. It's not as great an experience as walking across the Brooklyn Bridge, but it's pretty good and gives you a nice view of the skyscrapers in Midtown. As far as the Yankees go, usually they have $5 (or $10, I forget) tix available in the bleacher seats on the day of the game, but you have to get there early to get tix...I would say at least 2 hours ahead of the game....However, you can walk around Yankee stadium and see Monument Park and everything. Unless the Yankees have suddenly changed their policies, this is WRONG. If you have bleacher seats, you CANNOT visit Monument Park. And you certainly cannot walk around parts of the Stadium with more expensive seats! [snip] One place I wouldn't miss, katz's deli on the lower east side for awesome pastrami sandwiches. I got one for dinner tonight! If you go, get pastrami on rye. My advice would be NOT to ask for a Reuben (pastrami with cheese) or ask for it on white bread or with mayo, because all those things tend to mark you as a clueless out-of-towner (though I did witness a New Yorker asking for "pastrami cheese sandwiches" tonight). You may ask for mustard on your pastrami if you like. And don't forget to tip the counterman at least $1. I like their cole slaw, too, and their soups are both OK. Michael If you would like to send a private email to me, please take out the TRASH, so to speak. Please do not email me something which you also posted. |
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Pan wrote:
blah blah wrote: One place I wouldn't miss, katz's deli on the lower east side for awesome pastrami sandwiches. I got one for dinner tonight! If you go, get pastrami on rye. My advice would be . . . don't forget to tip the counterman at least $1. I like their cole slaw, too, and their soups are both OK. What'd I know? Nuttin'! An expert took me to Katz's who did exactly as you described, Pan. It was a great start to a wonderful evening in The Village. __________________________________________________ _________________ A San Franciscan who's visited 49 of 50 US states. http://geocities.com/dancefest/ - http://geocities.com/iconoc/ ICQ: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/19098103 --- IClast at SFbay Net |
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In article , Pan
wrote: On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:50:13 -0400, blah blah wrote: a few resources for you www.chowhound.com, check out the message boards, post a q or 2 for recommendations etc Try looking through the New York Forum of www.egullet.org, too. I'll have to check that one out... After a meal at Luger's, consider walking across the Williamsburg Bridge back to Manhattan. It's not as great an experience as walking across the Brooklyn Bridge, but it's pretty good and gives you a nice view of the skyscrapers in Midtown. As far as the Yankees go, usually they have $5 (or $10, I forget) tix available in the bleacher seats on the day of the game, but you have to get there early to get tix...I would say at least 2 hours ahead of the game....However, you can walk around Yankee stadium and see Monument Park and everything. Unless the Yankees have suddenly changed their policies, this is WRONG. If you have bleacher seats, you CANNOT visit Monument Park. And you certainly cannot walk around parts of the Stadium with more expensive seats! sorry bout that, I was unaware that you cannot visit mp with bleacher seats. As if the world needed another reason to hate the Yankees! [snip] One place I wouldn't miss, katz's deli on the lower east side for awesome pastrami sandwiches. I got one for dinner tonight! If you go, get pastrami on rye. My advice would be NOT to ask for a Reuben (pastrami with cheese) or ask for it on white bread or with mayo, because all those things tend to mark you as a clueless out-of-towner (though I did witness a New Yorker asking for "pastrami cheese sandwiches" tonight). You may ask for mustard on your pastrami if you like. And don't forget to tip the counterman at least $1. I like their cole slaw, too, and their soups are both OK. Michael If you would like to send a private email to me, please take out the TRASH, so to speak. Please do not email me something which you also posted. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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In article , Pan
wrote: On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:50:13 -0400, blah blah wrote: a few resources for you www.chowhound.com, check out the message boards, post a q or 2 for recommendations etc Try looking through the New York Forum of www.egullet.org, too. I'll have to check that one out... After a meal at Luger's, consider walking across the Williamsburg Bridge back to Manhattan. It's not as great an experience as walking across the Brooklyn Bridge, but it's pretty good and gives you a nice view of the skyscrapers in Midtown. As far as the Yankees go, usually they have $5 (or $10, I forget) tix available in the bleacher seats on the day of the game, but you have to get there early to get tix...I would say at least 2 hours ahead of the game....However, you can walk around Yankee stadium and see Monument Park and everything. Unless the Yankees have suddenly changed their policies, this is WRONG. If you have bleacher seats, you CANNOT visit Monument Park. And you certainly cannot walk around parts of the Stadium with more expensive seats! sorry bout that, I was unaware that you cannot visit mp with bleacher seats. As if the world needed another reason to hate the Yankees! [snip] One place I wouldn't miss, katz's deli on the lower east side for awesome pastrami sandwiches. I got one for dinner tonight! If you go, get pastrami on rye. My advice would be NOT to ask for a Reuben (pastrami with cheese) or ask for it on white bread or with mayo, because all those things tend to mark you as a clueless out-of-towner (though I did witness a New Yorker asking for "pastrami cheese sandwiches" tonight). You may ask for mustard on your pastrami if you like. And don't forget to tip the counterman at least $1. I like their cole slaw, too, and their soups are both OK. Michael If you would like to send a private email to me, please take out the TRASH, so to speak. Please do not email me something which you also posted. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 10:26:08 -0400, blah blah wrote:
In article , Pan wrote: On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:50:13 -0400, blah blah wrote: As far as the Yankees go, usually they have $5 (or $10, I forget) tix available in the bleacher seats on the day of the game, but you have to get there early to get tix...I would say at least 2 hours ahead of the game....However, you can walk around Yankee stadium and see Monument Park and everything. Unless the Yankees have suddenly changed their policies, this is WRONG. If you have bleacher seats, you CANNOT visit Monument Park. And you certainly cannot walk around parts of the Stadium with more expensive seats! sorry bout that, I was unaware that you cannot visit mp with bleacher seats. As if the world needed another reason to hate the Yankees! The world cares about Bleacher Bums not being able to visit Monument Park? Michael If you would like to send a private email to me, please take out the TRASH, so to speak. Please do not email me something which you also posted. |
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