Waldo

Doeas anyone remember Luchow's? Sounds Chinese, but it was a German restaurant, and great.

Grandma

Waldo… you must be a lot younger than I. - -
Luchow's was a tradition in my youth… and not too far from
one of my early apts. in NYC. Loved to go there for goose
during the holidays.

IMDonehere

I remember Luchow's. Those of my parents' generation often went there on dates.
Does any remember the pool hall near Luchow's?

By the way, Rolf's which has similar fare, could be the worst restaurant in Manhattan. Here is my take on the last time I ate there which was at least 7 years ago.

There is a German restaurant in NYC called Rolf's. Although I do not always agree with Zagat's, but I do in this instance where it regularly gets a 14 or so rating for food. This is probably too generous. Probably the lowest score for a non-chain restaurant in the book.

It is well-known for its epileptic fit inducing Christmas lights. They are everywhere, because they had to cover the interior design which had not changed since Eva Braun visited. We had a friend who wanted to go there for Christmas, so we agreed since we only heard rumors of its slop.

I had the duck, which died the previous Christmas and was cooked at Easter and served on the anniversary of its demise. At the time I had all my teeth and I put them good use. It could have a cherry sauce or maybe it was orange. It any event I had seen the sauce before in that movie Alien where the creature pops out of someone's stomach and it is covered in either cherry or range slime.

Mrs. Adu had the pork, or at least that was intention. It was of things you got in Bulgaria before the fall of the Soviet Empire, no matter what you ordered. It could have been pork or maybe it was sock puppet dressed in a white sauce of unknown origin.

Now there are two Indian restaurants in the neighborhood which have millions of little red lights all year round. Unlike Rolf's the ones at the Indian restaurants hang low, which is fortunate since hanging oneself in lights and little tinsel would have an attractive alternative at Rolf's.

Waldo

Hey Grandma! I'm probably older than you. I also remember Toffinetti's. I used to go there often. I also worked in Nathan's in Coney Island.
When my wife and I were newlyweds in Brooklyn, we ate practically every night at Dubrow's on Kings Highway, near the Brighton subway line. What a great place that was! It also was next door from Ebinger's. WHAT CHEESECAKE!!!

Waldo

I have to tell a story about Luchow's-- Again, when I was young, my wife and I and two other couples waited a couple of months to get expensive tickets for The Solid Gold Cadillac, a popular hit play on Broadway, with Shirley Booth. To make a night of it, we went to Luchow's before the play. We were having such a great time and such a great meal, that we stayed there for a long, long time. When the time came to leave and attend the Broadway show, we all said, "the heck with it," and we stayed some more. We never got to see the play, but it was worth it.

ekscrunchy

I went to Luchow's on a few dates with my "much older," (5 years or so) boyfriend who worked nearby. Am I remembering right that they had a live oom=pah band?

Top of the Sixes..now that was a very "classy" date place. (Remember, I had the "older" boyfriend who actually had a job)

Rainbow Room...reserved for big birthdays or anniversaries of the grandparents. You would get really decked out to go there.