Northern Italian really calls to me. But so do the tartines at Le Bateau Ivre. Decisions, decisions...

Why can't you go to the Bar Room at MOMA or the Dining Room? Not much better than that..seems a lot of to do about a few meals when you have so many good recommendations.

La Batau Ivre is a local place near my house..never been, never wanted to go...

Looked at the menus at MOMA and weren't too excited. Our friend is a light eater and will be happy with a tartine or two. Le Bateau Ivre has some strong recommendations on various forums.

Shun Lee Palace is on the lunch list. In northern California, Cantonese food (aside from San Francisco) has mostly given way to Hunanese and Mandarin menus. A change would be very nice.

Can anyone tell me whether Certé Pizza is actually a restaurant? The web site seems to be entirely dedicated to catering, with no info on actual dining.

We have most of our dinners, and one lunch, set and reserved: The Monkey Bar, Nice Matin, Chez Napoléon, Jubilee, Amma, Boulud Sud. That leaves one opening for pizza unless we have a slice for lunch one day.

Sorry, but I've never heard of Certe Pizza.

If you want to have pizza as a meal, go to one of the really good places. Marta on E. 29th Street would be easy to get to from your hotel, and it's new and good. But if you just want a slice, it makes little difference where you go.

Pizza as a meal: yes! Marta looks good. Others?

Certe is more of a place for a quick slice, not really a "restaurant". I'd try Angelo's on 55th and 2nd Avenue only a few blocks from Certe, it's a sit down restaurant and doesn't serve slices only whole pizzas. I gave you a link back in April, see above. BTW when are you coming to NYC?

Frank,

I was just looking back through this thread to find your recommendation--thanks for posting it again. That takes care of the pizza dinner.

We arrive at nearly midnight on October 30th.

Don't miss the Halloween Parade down in Greenwich Village.

http://halloween-nyc.com/

If you go to the parade watch from the side of the street where your hotel is located. It is very difficult to navigate the crowd and get across the avenue.

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I don't think the OP's hotel is anywhere near Greenwich Village.

We're planning to watch the parade on TV.

Tuscan-have you been to the parade? Have you tried to get across town during the parade?

The Halloween Parade? Yes, I've been to it. Actually, I've been IN it.

I didn't understand the warning about crossing town from where I thought the OP was staying, near 54th St, to get to the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade route.

But I'm seriously open to hearing about the difficulties of getting there.

I honestly thought there might be some mistake in your warning, IMDonehere. I thought maybe you had missed the reference to the Halloween Parade and were talking about the T'giving Day Parade. I wasn't challenging, just asking for clarification. Sorry if I came across otherwise.


Maybe I'm being thick, which I will accept. I've always walked to the Halloween Parade and had to think about the parade route, but not exactly where I was coming from, which was E. 7th St.

NeoPatrick,

We LOVED Chez Napoléon, even if Madame was a bit testy when I wanted to order the prix fixe plus a soufflé. She changed the whole order to the carte prices, but the meal was worth it.

I'll be posting our restaurant reviews once my brain gets back on California time.

Tuscan-I just saw this. No problem.

"We LOVED Chez Napoléon"

What did you have..We'll be there next week.

((H))

I had the trout, which was really good, and my husband had the excellent (and a lot of) hunter's chicken, both on the prix fixe that night. We could have chosen just about everything on the carte, however, and been happy. It was nice to have a choice among so many French wines, too. I wish I could join you.