After seeing the No Reservations episode on Emiligia-Romagna, I would see if Michael White's restaurants are open. Then perhaps Mario Batali's places.

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Originally posted by DoubleD:
After seeing the No Reservations episode on Emiligia-Romagna, I would see if Michael White's restaurants are open. Then perhaps Mario Batali's places.

what was teh byob beef place we wanted to go?

I'm jonesing for a good steak and fine wine from teh stash

You going to go outside and grill in his weather? I don't mind some snow, but this is a driving sleet and snow in high winds. Our town emergency line said to expect more power outages.

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Originally posted by DoubleD:
After seeing the No Reservations episode on Emiligia-Romagna, I would see if Michael White's restaurants are open. Then perhaps Mario Batali's places.

Osteria Morini is excellent.

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Originally posted by Board-O:
You going to go outside and grill in his weather? I don't mind some snow, but this is a driving sleet and snow in high winds. Our town emergency line said to expect more power outages.

when i get power back, i'm gonna go out back and smoke 50 lbs of pork ribs you want in?

It sounds good, but I keep trying to watch what I eat. The gym still has no power. During the six days our power was out, I wasn't good.

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It sounds good, but I keep trying to watch what I eat. The gym still has no power. During the six days our power was out, I wasn't good.

i promise to steam some spare ribs for you =)

they will be covered in rice flour though

I love steamed sapre ribs in a good Chinese restaurant. I tried to make them at home, but they weren't that good.

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Originally posted by g-man:
what was teh byob beef place we wanted to go?

I'm jonesing for a good steak and fine wine from teh stash

You mean this place? http://primeandbeyond.com/

They've since added a wine list and a $30 corkage fee.

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Originally posted by Jcocktosten:

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Originally posted by DoubleD:
After seeing the No Reservations episode on Emiligia-Romagna, I would see if Michael White's restaurants are open. Then perhaps Mario Batali's places.

Osteria Morini is excellent.

Thanks! Oooh, they have a location in NJ which isn't too far from me. $25 corkage per bottle, 2 bottles max.

We had a Barbera followed by their house wine that they pour out of taps into carafes.

Thanks all. Finally, given that a lot is closed on thsnksgiving, I settled for Caravaggio in manhattan. I was also looking at picholine but wasn't so sure . I will check out Osteria though

I realize it's NYC, but how many restaurants will be open on Thanksgiving Thursday? I'm not a New Yorker, but I would think that might be a problem even in NYC.

There will be quite a few open actually. The problem is that if you are interested in the top restaurants, they will either be close or their menu is limited to turkey and other Thanksgiving fixings.

http://cafechinanyc.com/about.html

just ate here tonight

the food here is authentic and absolutely fantastic.

very well deserving of its michelin star

Looks great, g-man, but I learned that authentic might not be exactly what I might want after a place in Elmhurst where I ordered pig intestine in hot pot.

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Originally posted by Board-O:
Looks great, g-man, but I learned that authentic might not be exactly what I might want after a place in Elmhurst where I ordered pig intestine in hot pot.

haha it's actually a full mix of both

there's definitely some regular proteins but all very well prepared. I met the owner and struck up fun convo because it turned out we worked at the same firm together. Ended up going down the menu and ordering a good chunk of everything. (like 20 things) Definitely one of the few restaurants that really stood out to me in recent memory

Did you bring wine?

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Did you bring wine?

bunch of ports ;-)

i acutalyl didn't check if i get hit with corkage or not

best call ahead YMMV

Avoid the pretentious and pushy staff at carravagio Italian restaurant. The entrees sucked, were completely overpriced but the mushroom risotto was pretty good but not on the menu. The decor is nice and definitely a place to be seen for New Yorker elite. Too bad most of battali's restos were closed on thanksgiving.

one thing that is exciting is that the empire state building got brand new LED lights installed

16.7 million colors instead of the old 10 ;-)

Found a new byob spot in NY with some fantastic food to match with

www.amalinyc.com

policy is if you bring something nice and share a glass, no corkage.