Dining rec for West Bway & Grand area

[jwjojo]

Any ideas for a reasonably priced restaurant, Italian or Chinese would be most appreciated.

Happy Holidays and thank you.

[daisy17]

Lupa is a few blocks north on Thompson between Bleecker and Houston. Awesome food.

Aurora Soho is near there - I haven't been (the one in Williamburg I remember as being good though) Aurora Soho Website

Chinatown is just a few blocks south of there - I'd check the Chinatown threads.

Not Italian or Chinese but very close to where you're mentioning are Tailor, Papatzul (Mexican) and the new Boqueria Soho (Spanish tapas, no reservations).

[jwjojo]

Thank you Daisy for your post. gee...not many with any ideas? hmmm. We ended up at Mooncakes and it was really good. I mean really good. Surprised no one mentioned it....I found great reviews everywhere and decided it was good for our needs. Great salad, nice staff, inventive menu. I would go again and again.

[Lreda]

Ate at Lupa 2 weeks ago. Always solid. Tried to get in yesterday around 2pm. No chance, packed. Went to Mercer Hotel and ate downstairs. All apps but stellar. A place I haven't eaten at in 4, 5 years. I has a mix of oysters on the half shell, Crabcake and hamachi. SO had proscuitto, pineapple, etc. Could have done without the pineapple and I forget.

I'd go back to Mercer in a year or so. Atmosphere for the holidays was good. Food better than good.

If you can get to Otto, that might be your best bet or Scarpetta on 14th.

[Pan]

Thank you Daisy for your post.  gee...not many with any ideas?  hmmm.  We ended up at Mooncakes and it was really good.  I mean really good.  Surprised no one mentioned it....I found great reviews everywhere and decided it was good for our needs.  Great salad, nice staff, inventive menu.  I would go again and again.

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Mooncakes...Chinese food, or what? Where is it? Lreda, the Mercer place - is it the Jean-Georges Vongerichten outpost?

[jwjojo]

Mooncake Foods: from NYMAG: 28 Watts Street, Soho: Two couples joined by marriage—plus a restless mother-in-law who can’t stay out of the kitchen—give this comfy Pan-Asian canteen a conspicuous family feel. With its retro-diner décor, off-the-beaten-track address, and mostly $4–$8.25 price range, it’s a Soho anomaly where everything is made with care and served with a welcoming smile. It’s also a wellspring of savory sandwiches, salads, and snacks like springy wontons stuffed with snow-pea greens, sweetly spiced chicken wings, and delicate, exceedingly fresh jícama-stuffed spring rolls.

Recommended Dishes

Miso-glazed salmon, $8.80

[Lreda]

Thank you Daisy for your post.  gee...not many with any ideas?  hmmm.  We ended up at Mooncakes and it was really good.  I mean really good.  Surprised no one mentioned it....I found great reviews everywhere and decided it was good for our needs.  Great salad, nice staff, inventive menu.  I would go again and again.

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Mooncakes...Chinese food, or what? Where is it? Lreda, the Mercer place - is it the Jean-Georges Vongerichten outpost?

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Yes, it's located in the Mercer Hotel on Mercer & Prince St

[Pan]

Mooncake Foods: from NYMAG:  28 Watts Street, Soho:  Two couples joined by marriage—plus a restless mother-in-law who can’t stay out of the kitchen—give this comfy Pan-Asian canteen a conspicuous family feel. With its retro-diner décor, off-the-beaten-track address, and mostly $4–$8.25 price range, it’s a Soho anomaly where everything is made with care and served with a welcoming smile. It’s also a wellspring of savory sandwiches, salads, and snacks like springy wontons stuffed with snow-pea greens, sweetly spiced chicken wings, and delicate, exceedingly fresh jícama-stuffed spring rolls.

Recommended Dishes

Miso-glazed salmon, $8.80

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Great. I really appreciate this recommendation and plan on using it.