Not if the budget is $50 per person. Simply not possible there.

Not possible in any NY steakhouse.

Maybe if it was $50 per entree with a side

If your dinner budget is $100 for two, you will have to forget about eating steak at any of the good places in Manhattan. Twice that much would be more like it.

I'm sorry to be the first to tell you.

L.M. Sunshine

I think you were the 22nd....

Do you like fish?

Or, rice and beans?

Well my husband likes steak but I don't. So I would order chicken. No, I don't like fish. Would me ordering chicken lower the bill?

Gee, probably would. We were in a NY steakhouse one night and saw a large party of tourists all eating fried chicken.

Couldn't understand why they didn't just go to Popeyes.

joelst - Why not go to menupages.com and look up the actual menus for the places suggested. You should then have a very good idea what the meal will actually cost for the two of you, rather than an arbitrary guess by others who don't know what either of you will actually order?

Hi Joest - a half rotisserie chicken at Keen's is $24. Most of the steaks are less than $40. If you each had one cocktail (at $10/each), you could probably get out of there around $100. This would eliminate any apps, sides, or desserts. This would provide your date with a real steakhouse experience.

At Les Halles, the roasted chicken is $15.50, and all of the beef entrees are between $20-30. This would enable you to perhaps split an app and have some dessert.

It's your decision where you want to eat, and I'm sure you understand that it will involve some tradeoffs.

LOL! It depends on which Les Halles you're speaking of...the one downtown is totally disgusting in my opinion. Anthony Bourdain certainly doesn't cook there, although it is his restaurant and in my opinion it doesn't compare to other French Bistros in the city (anyways that's a chain too...there's at least 2 of them!). Now admittedly Houston's isn't great either but please, it's not Applebees!