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Old April 20th, 2005, 06:50 PM
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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...


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  #32  
Old April 20th, 2005, 06:50 PM
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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...


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Old April 21st, 2005, 04:42 AM
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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

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  #34  
Old April 21st, 2005, 10:53 AM
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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.
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  #35  
Old April 21st, 2005, 03:26 PM
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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

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  #36  
Old April 21st, 2005, 03:26 PM
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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

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Old April 28th, 2005, 07:45 AM
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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

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