NYC Restaurant Recommendations

Denise91980

Good morning everyone....and Happy Friday! My DH and I received tickets to Wicked for Tuesday as part of a wedding gift (which I am sooooo excited about!). It is located on W 51st St. I was wondering if any of you had recommendations for a good and not crazy expensive Italian Restaurant or steakhouse in the area.
TIA

Danes983

I love Tony DiNapoli's.  Its family style Italian. So delic and not as expensive as Carmines.  I would make a reservation.  There are two locations.  The one closest would be on W 43rd between 6&7th. Enjoy.

carmencita07022

Pietrasanta. Yum

http://www.yelp.com/biz/pietrasanta-new-york

uppereastgirl

DelFrisco's is a very good steakhouse nearby but has typical steakhouse prices.  I'm not sure that there's any good steakhouse in NYC that doesn't charge those prices...

Most of the good Italian restaurants I know in the area are big expense account places... Il Corso is good and a little more reasonable, and Becco is also very good.

If you'd do burgers instead of steak, Shake Shack and Bill's Bar and Burger just opened in the area, and 5 Napkin Burger is supposed to be pretty good.  The Burger Joint in the Parker Meridien is very good, but is very casual and has very limited seating.

akmackay

Italian- Tony's on 43rd or Simply Pasta I think on 41st? Tony's, as noted above, is family style. Simply Pasta is delish! My friends and I always go to Simply Pasta for a not so expensive dinner and drinks.

Other- Vynl (burgers, thai food- another friend favorite), 5 Napkin Burger, Haru (japanese)

uppereastgirl

Vynl was just shut down by the Department of Health!  (Very random to know -- I spend a lot of time on food blogs.)  Not sure when it will be back open.  I was kind of surprised because it seemed nice and clean to me.   

I also should add Pio Pio on 10th and 45th to the list.  It is a Peruvian chicken place.  Not a steakhouse or Italian but incredibly delicious and very cheap.

peaches85

I LOVE Trattoria Dopo Teatro.  They have the BEST chocolate mousse cake I've ever had and they don't have crazy prices.

They have a pre-theater prix fixe menu for lunch and dinner... http://www.dopoteatro.com/

akmackay

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_new-jersey_nyc-restaurant-recommendations?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:90Discussion:4c3ac234-3cc8-49e2-934a-62f6320cdf8fPost:9930cd28-a819-49f3-91bb-e66d2ec73b22">Re: NYC Restaurant Recommendations</a>:
[QUOTE]Vynl was just shut down by the Department of Health!  (Very random to know -- I spend a lot of time on food blogs.)  Posted by uppereastgirl[/QUOTE]

Ick- I'm surprised since it always seems so clean. Thanks.

uppereastgirl

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_new-jersey_nyc-restaurant-recommendations?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:90Discussion:4c3ac234-3cc8-49e2-934a-62f6320cdf8fPost:f932c44a-aaf2-4075-832d-2067dcf66052">Re: NYC Restaurant Recommendations</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: NYC Restaurant Recommendations : Ick- I'm surprised since it always seems so clean. Thanks.
Posted by akmackay[/QUOTE]

<div>I don't know what the issue is -- but sometimes places get shut down because they have a water leak or other things that aren't gross to me at all.  (And I didn't want to look into it because I like Vynl and don't want to know!)  So I'm hoping for the best.  But in the meantime, it is closed.</div>

Renee1105

I second Delfrisco's we love their steaks!