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Pricey? Not really. $25 a person is diner/family restaurant level eating at pretty much the bottom of what is available around here.
we went to blue bay diner on frannie lewis and the LIE , if you know where it is .... it was my wife , daughter and a 2 year old . we got 3 grilled cheese and fries and one kids meal .. with a tip it was 70 dollars. that is about as low as you can get without going fast food.
the typical dinner when my wife and i go out is about 70-80 for the two of us and we are not big eaters . we share an appetizer and dessert if we get ..... if we go for steaks it can be a few hundred ... we are headed to peter lugar for her birthday next week .
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we went to blue bay diner on frannie lewis and the LIE , if you know where it is .... it was my wife , daughter and a 2 year old . we got 3 grilled cheese and fries and one kids meal .. with a tip it was 70 dollars. that is about as low as you can get without gong fast food.
the typical dinner when my wife and i go out is about 70 for the two of us.... if we go for steaks it can be a few hundred ... we are headed to peter lugar for her birthday next wwek .
Being from Vermont, any time we visited NYC we were always shocked by the prices. We've eaten at some landmark restaurants to say we did and some were good and some just ok. Paying $9 for a baked potato to go with your $50 steak and $15 asparagus spears seems a bit much for me. Add a cocktail or two and you're into a meal with tip for 2 of us way over $200. The only one that really was worth it to our group was Carmine's. The food was awesome and the presentations amazing. We make it a point to visit there every trip as it has never disappointed.
I can see why you need a boatload of money to live or retire there. It shows that everything is relative. Rich in one spot is poor in another.
Being from Vermont, any time we visited NYC we were always shocked by the prices. We've eaten at some landmark restaurants to say we did and some were good and some just ok. Paying $9 for a baked potato to go with your $50 steak and $15 asparagus spears seems a bit much for me. Add a cocktail or two and you're into a meal with tip for 2 of us way over $200. The only one that really was worth it to our group was Carmine's. The food was awesome and the presentations amazing. We make it a point to visit there every trip as it has never disappointed.
I can see why you need a boatload of money to live or retire there. It shows that everything is relative. Rich in one spot is poor in another.
we went to the blue hill at stone barn on the Rockefeller estate ... we waited a year for a reservation and had to take a wed at 5pm .
dinner was 550 without wine and 850 with wine paring .. it was fabulous and took 4 hours . it is the kind of thing we would only do once though .
I think everyone has done this once or twice in their lifetimes. Considering how much we eat out as convenience. Most don't take the money saved and invest it in the stock market, most simply move that money to another expense.
Eventually, the Culinary arts (chefs) will be in high demand as the art of cooking, at least for most will have been lost. Sure, we will always be able to heat something up from the grocery or follow some directions from a box but cooking, cooking from scratch is becoming a lost art.
I think everyone has done this once or twice in their lifetimes. Considering how much we eat out as convenience. Most don't take the money saved and invest it in the stock market, most simply move that money to another expense.
Eventually, the Culinary arts (chefs) will be in high demand as the art of cooking, at least for most will have been lost. Sure, we will always be able to heat something up from the grocery or follow some directions from a box but cooking, cooking from scratch is becoming a lost art.
before i remarried 90% of everything i ate came through the drivers side window . if that window ever failed to open i could have starved .
Being from Vermont, any time we visited NYC we were always shocked by the prices. We've eaten at some landmark restaurants to say we did and some were good and some just ok. Paying $9 for a baked potato to go with your $50 steak and $15 asparagus spears seems a bit much for me. Add a cocktail or two and you're into a meal with tip for 2 of us way over $200. The only one that really was worth it to our group was Carmine's. The food was awesome and the presentations amazing. We make it a point to visit there every trip as it has never disappointed.
I can see why you need a boatload of money to live or retire there. It shows that everything is relative. Rich in one spot is poor in another.
My wife loves VT. We did a family trip to Stowe, VT and tried a number of farm to table restaurants...many of which were at the actual farm. We happened to stumble upon the British Car Invasion and enjoyed the local farmers market.
In reference to your comment, I rarely order a steak at a restaurant because I simply don't find it a good value and I'm seldom satisfied with the result. I've got a sous vide, a kamado grill, and generally prefer to smoke my proteins. Restaurant Week is the best time to visit NYC if you're a food tourist with a reasonable budget. I have to ask....did you order the Tug Boat or the Titanic at Carmine's? We say a kids soccer team destroy two of them.
id rather drive up there than manhattan. i have a general rule against going to manhattan for leisure activities unless its something for my kids. sometimes ill go on the chase experiences page and id love to do a restaurant activity but they are always in manhattan. i get it but it sucks for me.
You drove from Manhattan to Westchester? We lived up the road from Stone Barns. Pocantico Hills.
We've been in Florida for 7 years and there is no food like NY restaurants. Loved Stone Barns, ate there many times and never had a problem getting a table, but that was back 10 yrs ago.
Oh, how I miss NY!
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