Help!! Last minute questions for New York City. Leaving in the morning.
Apr 5th, 2006, 05:28 PM
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Help!! Last minute questions for New York City. Leaving in the morning.
I'm just gettng ready for bed and have a hundred things going through my head. I want this trip to be a great introduction to New York for my friend. We don't want to spend a fortune on meals, maybe a couple of nice dinners.
SO, can anyone tell me if there is a small grocery store neat the Barclay Hotel , E 48th near Park? And perhaps a good deli ...and a good small bagel shop for breakfast.
Thanks for any last minute help....
SO, can anyone tell me if there is a small grocery store neat the Barclay Hotel , E 48th near Park? And perhaps a good deli ...and a good small bagel shop for breakfast.
Thanks for any last minute help....
Apr 5th, 2006, 05:35 PM
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That isn't really a residential neighborhood. So no, I can't think of any grocery stores near the Barclay Intercontinental. There are, however, some small delis nearby. You'll need to walk east toward Lexington Ave. There is a Pax deli on Lex b/t 51 and 52. Good, inexpensive salads, sandwiches, breakfast, etc. You can certainly get bagels there. But for a real "bagel shop," try Ess-a-Bagel at 50 on 3rd Ave.
Apr 6th, 2006, 02:47 AM
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Don't know if you have left yet, but for breakfast you might want to try Midtown Restaurant at 155 East 55th (btwn 3rd & Lex). Very casual, reasonably priced, lots of choices for breakfast, and in nice weather the tall windows open to the street and if you sit up front it's like eating out.
I'm one of the few people who wasn't really impressed with Essa-Bagel. The coffee was awful and the restaurant was like eating in a train station because it was so busy/crowded with people rushing to order at the counter and zipping back out to get to work. Table choices were near the door or near the crowd waiting to order and go. In the restaurant's defense it is probably more of a take out place, I think we would have enjoyed it more if we had ordered our Bagel to-go (it was good) and grabbed a coffee somewhere else and gone back to eat at the hotel. But it was an NYC experience and the bagel was decent!
I'm one of the few people who wasn't really impressed with Essa-Bagel. The coffee was awful and the restaurant was like eating in a train station because it was so busy/crowded with people rushing to order at the counter and zipping back out to get to work. Table choices were near the door or near the crowd waiting to order and go. In the restaurant's defense it is probably more of a take out place, I think we would have enjoyed it more if we had ordered our Bagel to-go (it was good) and grabbed a coffee somewhere else and gone back to eat at the hotel. But it was an NYC experience and the bagel was decent!
