NYC: lunch today wed may 7 uws or grand central
May 7th, 2014, 04:43 AM
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NYC: lunch today wed may 7 uws or grand central
I'm trying to meet up for a late lunch with a friend who lives in Connecticut. She's either driving and we are meeting on the uws or taking the train and we are meeting near grand central. Suggestions for lunch in both places please! Neither if us have time to do research and I want to avoid le pain quotidian which she loves and where I can't eat anything. Restaurant must be able to accommodate gluten and dairy free eater (me) but does not have to be a special restaurant. Suggestions please.
Many thanks for the help.
Many thanks for the help.
May 7th, 2014, 05:06 AM
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Oyster Bar at Grand Central if you both like shellfish. Alternatively, there are both Indian and Thai places in the food court (Manhattan Chili Company, too). Or if you want to sit down, you could have a salad at Junior's.
But Le Pain Quotidien has excellent salads. I can't believe there's nothing there you can eat.
I'm afraid I can't help you with the Upper West Side.
But Le Pain Quotidien has excellent salads. I can't believe there's nothing there you can eat.
I'm afraid I can't help you with the Upper West Side.
May 7th, 2014, 05:18 AM
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Thanks for the suggestions but hoping we will not actually eat in the food court at grand central but at a real restaurant and no oysters
And thanks for making me look up le pains menu. They have gluten free bread now but still a very limited menu of things I can eat.
And thanks for making me look up le pains menu. They have gluten free bread now but still a very limited menu of things I can eat.
May 7th, 2014, 05:49 AM
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I did a quick search and found this: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/top-list...od-in-the-city.
May 7th, 2014, 06:27 AM
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There's a neighborhood restaurant in Murray Hill called Bistango that is very good. The owner's daughter has celiac syndrome, so the menu is very focused on gluten-free choices, including both pastas and bread. And the dessert menu is coded for gluten-free choices. It's on the corner of 29th/3rd Avenue. So not quite so close to Grand Central. That's my only other recommendation.
May 7th, 2014, 07:58 AM
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The Oyster Bar at Grand Central is not inside a food court. It is a "real restaurant," and a must-see for architecture buffs, as the ceiling represents one of the finest existing works by the workshop of Spanish Tile Master Rafael Guastavino. The food is good, too.
May 7th, 2014, 08:04 AM
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UWS: Nice Matin in the Lucerne hotel, www.nicematinnyc.com
GCS: Food Merchants Café on 40th at Madison Avenue
GCS: Food Merchants Café on 40th at Madison Avenue
May 7th, 2014, 08:39 AM
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OP said - "Neither if us have time to do research and I want to avoid le pain quotidian which she loves and where I can't eat anything. Restaurant must be able to accommodate gluten and dairy free eater (me) but does not have to be a special restaurant. Suggestions please."
if that's not asking for other to do the research I don't know what is!!!!
if that's not asking for other to do the research I don't know what is!!!!
May 7th, 2014, 08:41 AM
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UWS - I really like Kefi
http://www.kefirestaurant.com/
http://www.kefirestaurant.com/
May 7th, 2014, 08:43 AM
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Another UWS idea -
http://www.gennaronyc.com/
http://www.gennaronyc.com/
May 7th, 2014, 08:49 AM
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"if that's not asking for other to do the research I don't know what is!!!!"
If you don't happen to know of any restaurants that can accomodate gluten and dairy free -- then yes, I guess you'd have to research a bit if you wanted to offer suggestions. But I'm thinking the OP just might suspect there are some people who DO already know some suggestions. Obviously the OP was right as there are several suggestions coming forth, that I suspected took NO research by those answering.
Geez. If you don't have an answer, big deal, but why suggest that no one could have any simple suggestions without doing major research? Get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning, did we?
If you don't happen to know of any restaurants that can accomodate gluten and dairy free -- then yes, I guess you'd have to research a bit if you wanted to offer suggestions. But I'm thinking the OP just might suspect there are some people who DO already know some suggestions. Obviously the OP was right as there are several suggestions coming forth, that I suspected took NO research by those answering.
Geez. If you don't have an answer, big deal, but why suggest that no one could have any simple suggestions without doing major research? Get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning, did we?
May 7th, 2014, 08:51 AM
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Photos of the Oyster Bar -
http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant...o_gallery.html
Not a food court restaurant, at all
today's menu -
http://cdnob.responsiveny.com/pdf/dailymenu.pdf
http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant...o_gallery.html
Not a food court restaurant, at all
today's menu -
http://cdnob.responsiveny.com/pdf/dailymenu.pdf
May 7th, 2014, 01:33 PM
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Thanks for all the suggestions. I am aware that the oyster bar is a real restaurant and certainly a good suggestion, the others in grand central were in the food court. Kefi and nice matin were exactly what I was looking for but we ended up at Sarabeths.
