For the month of October, Prune celebrates their ten-year anniversary (impressive!) with a rotation of three special prix fixe menus ($53). Today brings an end to the first menu, in which an extravagant meal of monkfish liver with buttered...
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If you couldn't make it off your couch (or out of the office) for Restaurant Week, here's the event for you: Delivery Week, where you can order three-course prix fixe meals from New York restaurants for delivery to your...
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"If it's a good deal and ordinary dishes you're searching for, mosey on over for some very solid cooking." [Photographs: Kathy Chan] You will not find a true sense of Aldea's scope and potential in their newly launched lunch prix...
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With so many eateries offering prix-fixe lunches, it can be hard to distinguish the good from the seriously good. Here are five favorites in the pan-Asian genre. Momofuku Ssam Bar For $25, Ssam Bar lets you choose one of three...
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Perry Street 176 Perry Street, New York NY 10014 (at West Street; map); 212-352-1900; jean-georges.com Setting: Modern, sophisticated restaurant Setting: Precise, professional, and friendly Must Haves: Fried chicken The Deal: $35 for three or four courses (menu changes weekly)...
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"I doubt you will see noodles disappear from the menu altogether, the way Ssam did at Ssam Bar, but the dishes on this prix fixe menu herald a welcome new direction at Noodle Bar." Momofuku Noodle Bar 171 First Avenue,...
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$25 is certainly not a trifling amount to spend on lunch, especially in these uncertain economic days. You could feed two and a half Midtown Luncher's for that price, which does not even include tax or tip. But having...
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Here's an interesting question for you. Is there such a thing as a four star bargain? We all know about the terrific informal eating bargains around the city and the entire country for that matter: the Gray's Papaya Special; two...
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My friend Maurizio, who loves fine dining more than hot dogs (I forgive him), told me that recently he's been eating lunch twice a week at Jean-Georges. Now Maurizio is not a rich guy, nor does he have a lot...
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Can one meal be so good that it's worth $210 before wine, tax and tip? Well I'm going to find out today when I have lunch at Per Se, which I sometimes refer to as the Church of Thomas...
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