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The NYC Saturday Lunch Problem

Fat Guy

By Fat Guy
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Fat Guy

Fat Guy

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What do you all think are the best options for Saturday lunch in NYC? I'm speaking in terms of the top places. Here are a few:

Bouley

Picholine

Union Square Cafe

Any other ideas?

Steven A. Shaw aka "Fat Guy"
Co-founder, Society for Culinary Arts & Letters, sshaw@egstaff.org
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Felonius

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Cafe Boulud is open for lunch on Saturdays.

Jean-Georges is a great place for lunch, but unfortunately only their "Nougatine" bar menu is served on Saturdays. A good value, but not in the same league as the main dining room cuisine.

rozrapp

rozrapp

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JUdson Grill (I think)

Oceana (I think)

Soba, Neither of these is open for lunch on Saturday.

Here are some more that are:

db Bistro Moderne

Fleur de Sel

Tocqueville

The River Cafe

Dumonet in the Carlyle

Mark's Restaurant in the Mark Hotel :wub:

La Grenouille

La Cote Basque (but not for long)

Fat Guy

Fat Guy

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Oceana's Web site says weekday lunch only:

http://www.oceanarestaurant.com/about.asp

Ditto for JUdson Grill, it seems:

http://www.judsongrill.com/menus.htm

EMP and Tabla, I think you're right. They don't have Web sites and I'm too lazy to call!

Steven A. Shaw aka "Fat Guy"
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rozrapp

rozrapp

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Oceana's Web site says weekday lunch only:

http://www.oceanarestaurant.com/about.asp

Ditto for JUdson Grill, it seems:

http://www.judsongrill.com/menus.htm

EMP and Tabla, I think you're right. They don't have Web sites and I'm too lazy to call!

FG, Looks as though we cross-posted about Oceana and JUdson Grill.

I know for a fact that Eleven Madison serves what they call "brunch" on Saturday because, when we were there for brunch on a Sunday in October, staff members told us that they had begun offering brunch on Saturday and Saturday in February of this year. Hours: 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. They have two excellent 3-course prix-fixe menus at $25, as well as an a la carte menu. We liked it so much that we went back again the following Sunday. :smile:

As for Tabla, I just checked the listing in TimeOut NY's Eating & Drinking Guide," and it indicates that they do not serve Saturday lunch. However, the listing shows that the Bread Bar is open from noon to 11:30 p.m.

anil

anil

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IMNHO, There is no Saturday Lunch - It's a sorry marriage between brunch and lame weekday lunch. I've always avoided non-hotel linked restaurants - Here is why -

Hotel based restaurants tend to be sensitive to the nuances of the hotel guests who may or maynot be jetlagged and so not just serve straight-fare Brunch menu [i could go on and on but I'm lazy to type on some of the issues] Savoy, Firenze does not do Brunch; Monna Lisa Firenze does neither; In NYC, it is such a confused mixed bag that Its like expalinig distributed-redundant-self-healing-optical networks :raz:

In New Orleans Intercontinental they have a very good weekend Buffet Brunch, skirts the issue of Lunch by offering a spread equivalent to what we had at Copacabana Palace, Sol Melia Costa Rica and Singapore ..... [Did I just praise a NA hotel to ones outside ?? :wub: ]

FG: You did say Saturday Lunch, Right ??? Not Brunch :raz:

anil

robyn

robyn

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What do you all think are the best options for Saturday lunch in NYC? I'm speaking in terms of the top places. Here are a few:

Bouley

Picholine

Union Square Cafe

Any other ideas?

Saturday in NYC in a suit and tie - yuck.

How about a Tower of Seafood and a couple of glasses of wine at Balthazar? Then shopping/galleries? Robyn

Fat Guy

Fat Guy

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Saturday in NYC in a suit and tie - yuck.

No place listed here requires a necktie; in fact I'm not sure there are any restaurants left in the city that do. (Are there?) A few places require jackets for men, but I don't believe that's the case at Bouley, Picholine, or Union Sqaure Cafe.

Steven A. Shaw aka "Fat Guy"
Co-founder, Society for Culinary Arts & Letters, sshaw@egstaff.org
Proud signatory to the eG Ethics code
Director, New Media Studies, International Culinary Center (take my food-blogging course)

Fat Guy

Fat Guy

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FG: You did say Saturday Lunch, Right ??? Not Brunch :raz:

Yes, I'm specifically talking about places that serve a real lunch on Saturday, like Bouley does and Lespinasse used to do -- in other words a Saturday lunch that's exactly the same as the Monday-Friday lunch would be at that restaurant.

Steven A. Shaw aka "Fat Guy"
Co-founder, Society for Culinary Arts & Letters, sshaw@egstaff.org
Proud signatory to the eG Ethics code
Director, New Media Studies, International Culinary Center (take my food-blogging course)

robyn

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Saturday in NYC in a suit and tie - yuck.

No place listed here requires a necktie; in fact I'm not sure there are any restaurants left in the city that do. (Are there?) A few places require jackets for men, but I don't believe that's the case at Bouley, Picholine, or Union Sqaure Cafe.

Places may not require a jacket and tie - but when you look at the pictures of the lunch places in the NYT this week - well I think most guys would feel out of place without a jacket and tie (except for media moguls from the west coast - and my husband isn't one of them!). Robyn

tommy

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Places may not require a jacket and tie - but when you look at the pictures of the lunch places in the NYT this week - well I think most guys would feel out of place without a jacket and tie (except for media moguls from the west coast - and my husband isn't one of them!). Robyn

i don't think most would feel out of place at USC without a tie at lunch. and i don't think they'd feel out of place at lunchtime at Picholine without a tie.

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docsconz

docsconz

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Saturday in NYC in a suit and tie - yuck.

No place listed here requires a necktie; in fact I'm not sure there are any restaurants left in the city that do. (Are there?) A few places require jackets for men, but I don't believe that's the case at Bouley, Picholine, or Union Sqaure Cafe.

Places may not require a jacket and tie - but when you look at the pictures of the lunch places in the NYT this week - well I think most guys would feel out of place without a jacket and tie (except for media moguls from the west coast - and my husband isn't one of them!). Robyn

This isn't necessarily true during the week and it is even less so on a weekend.

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Bond Girl

Bond Girl

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I go with Union Square Cafe. It may not win the culinary award of the year, but it will deliver impeccable service with very good food.

Ya-Roo Yang aka "Bond Girl"

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Bux

Bux

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Saturday in NYC in a suit and tie - yuck.

No place listed here requires a necktie; in fact I'm not sure there are any restaurants left in the city that do. (Are there?) A few places require jackets for men, but I don't believe that's the case at Bouley, Picholine, or Union Sqaure Cafe.

Places may not require a jacket and tie - but when you look at the pictures of the lunch places in the NYT this week - well I think most guys would feel out of place without a jacket and tie (except for media moguls from the west coast - and my husband isn't one of them!). Robyn

My recollection of the NY Times article was not only did if feature different restaurants than Fat Guy mentioned, but a diffferent class of restaurant. The power broker lunch places may still require a jacket and tie. You will eat very well at these places, but food is not the primary reason most people eat there.

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robyn

robyn

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Saturday in NYC in a suit and tie - yuck.

No place listed here requires a necktie; in fact I'm not sure there are any restaurants left in the city that do. (Are there?) A few places require jackets for men, but I don't believe that's the case at Bouley, Picholine, or Union Sqaure Cafe.

Places may not require a jacket and tie - but when you look at the pictures of the lunch places in the NYT this week - well I think most guys would feel out of place without a jacket and tie (except for media moguls from the west coast - and my husband isn't one of them!). Robyn

My recollection of the NY Times article was not only did if feature different restaurants than Fat Guy mentioned, but a diffferent class of restaurant. The power broker lunch places may still require a jacket and tie. You will eat very well at these places, but food is not the primary reason most people eat there.

My husband is an old-fashioned WASP. If 25% of the guys in a restaurant are wearing a jacket and tie - he'll feel uncomfortable without one. Robyn

tommy

tommy

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My husband is an old-fashioned WASP. If 25% of the guys in a restaurant are wearing a jacket and tie - he'll feel uncomfortable without one. Robyn

good for him. i don't. and 75% of others at the above mentioned restaurants probably don't

is there a point at which you'll accept that perhaps you're possibly wrong?

tommy:eats.com
Pan

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I can't remember eating in any restaurants in New York, no matter how cheap, where I wouldn't be welcome in my suit if I'm still dressed for a concert I just played. I don't see a downside to dressing up, if someone feels like doing it for whatever reason. That said, I seldom dress up unless I'm going to a place I consider fancy-shmancy.

Michael aka "Pan"

 

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