Dining While Travelling

Mmmm...sacrilicious...
Post Reply
User avatar
washing machine
10Club Complaint Department
Posts: 15666
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 11:28 pm
Location: Space City

Re: Dining While Travelling

Post by washing machine »

doug rr wrote:
washing machine wrote:
doug rr wrote:oh..brooklyn
Still awaiting your "closer to the date" list. Find us a swivel barstool and some Gordon Lightfoot, please.
what are the dates again?
Flying out two weeks from today and we'll be there for a week.
dimejinky99 wrote:I could destroy any ai chatbot you put in front of me. Easily.
User avatar
washing machine
10Club Complaint Department
Posts: 15666
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 11:28 pm
Location: Space City

Re: Dining While Travelling

Post by washing machine »

Looks like we’re passing on Blanca. The price for the tasting menu is one thing, but tacking on the alcohol pairings, tax and gratuity brings it up to around $350 per person.

Too steep to really enjoy.

I am now looking for more tasting menu options.
dimejinky99 wrote:I could destroy any ai chatbot you put in front of me. Easily.
doug rr
The Master
Posts: 27320
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:45 pm
Location: I'm now Canadian..go broncos

Re: Dining While Travelling

Post by doug rr »

washing machine wrote:Looks like we’re passing on Blanca. The price for the tasting menu is one thing, but tacking on the alcohol pairings, tax and gratuity brings it up to around $350 per person.

Too steep to really enjoy.

I am now looking for more tasting menu options.
per se is pretty good
User avatar
tragabigzanda
Production Police
Posts: 51634
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm

Re: Dining While Travelling

Post by tragabigzanda »

from the ashes of tonkotsu
Last edited by tragabigzanda on Wed January 07, 2026 9:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.
doug rr
The Master
Posts: 27320
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:45 pm
Location: I'm now Canadian..go broncos

Re: Dining While Travelling

Post by doug rr »

get a grilled cheese with tomato soup and a bloody beast with a few beers at blind tiger for a sunday lunch
User avatar
washing machine
10Club Complaint Department
Posts: 15666
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 11:28 pm
Location: Space City

Re: Dining While Travelling

Post by washing machine »

tragabigzanda wrote:reid, enjoy all the hipster grub but don't sleep on the cuban shops, bagel joints, and other sub-$15 meals that NYC is so great at delivering on
Oh, definitely. We'll be there seven days, with reservations for only two of those meals. I plan on the sub $15 gems making up the majority of our experience.

doug rr wrote:get a grilled cheese with tomato soup and a bloody beast with a few beers at blind tiger for a sunday lunch
Will try. Thanks for that.
dimejinky99 wrote:I could destroy any ai chatbot you put in front of me. Easily.
User avatar
washing machine
10Club Complaint Department
Posts: 15666
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 11:28 pm
Location: Space City

Re: Dining While Travelling

Post by washing machine »

:shock:

Just perusing google maps and randomly found a Brooklyn bar named after a Jerry Jeff lyric. Then another Texas-themed bar. Then a taqueria. Then a German themed bar that would make sense in Shiner or New Braunfels. All within four blocks. Is this...the little Texas district?
dimejinky99 wrote:I could destroy any ai chatbot you put in front of me. Easily.
User avatar
E.H. Ruddock
Guys, I am not a moderator! I swear to God! Why does everyone think I'm a moderator?
Posts: 51788
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm

Re: Dining While Travelling

Post by E.H. Ruddock »

I'm worried you are planning too much in the food department. Any other city, it would be fine. But this is NYC. Wander and take it in, enjoy whatever strikes you when you pass by it. If you plan too many places, you'll miss out on any of the hundreds you are likely to pass just walking around
Clouuuuds Rolll byyy...BANG BANG BANG BANG
User avatar
washing machine
10Club Complaint Department
Posts: 15666
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 11:28 pm
Location: Space City

Re: Dining While Travelling

Post by washing machine »

E.H. Ruddock wrote:I'm worried you are planning too much in the food department. Any other city, it would be fine. But this is NYC. Wander and take it in, enjoy whatever strikes you when you pass by it. If you plan too many places, you'll miss out on any of the hundreds you are likely to pass just walking around
We will be there a full week. I have a total of two reservations, one of which I've put a fair amount of planning towards as it's our one-year anniversary dinner. I also have tickets to a show very far from our airbnb, so I want to be sure that I know the area near that theater well enough to explore but still make the show.

I get what you're saying, but it's not like I'm building an hourly calendar. The way we travel is this: Plan for "anchor" spots in neighborhoods that look interesting, then either go to those spots or don't. More often than not we don't, but end up having a big adventure because we feel secure enough in the area that we are in to be able to get lost then get back home.

Consider the outcome of getting legit lost in a bad or lame neighborhood in NYC because I didn't plan anything and it's our anniversary trip.
dimejinky99 wrote:I could destroy any ai chatbot you put in front of me. Easily.
User avatar
E.H. Ruddock
Guys, I am not a moderator! I swear to God! Why does everyone think I'm a moderator?
Posts: 51788
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm

Re: Dining While Travelling

Post by E.H. Ruddock »

I understand
Clouuuuds Rolll byyy...BANG BANG BANG BANG
User avatar
tragabigzanda
Production Police
Posts: 51634
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm

Re: Dining While Travelling

Post by tragabigzanda »

good talk guys
User avatar
washing machine
10Club Complaint Department
Posts: 15666
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 11:28 pm
Location: Space City

Re: Dining While Travelling

Post by washing machine »

I, for one, really feel like I was heard.
dimejinky99 wrote:I could destroy any ai chatbot you put in front of me. Easily.
User avatar
E.H. Ruddock
Guys, I am not a moderator! I swear to God! Why does everyone think I'm a moderator?
Posts: 51788
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm

Re: Dining While Travelling

Post by E.H. Ruddock »

What Reid said makes sense. I was just expressing my ideas. My favorite thing to do in NYC is get lost and let the city guide me
Clouuuuds Rolll byyy...BANG BANG BANG BANG
User avatar
washing machine
10Club Complaint Department
Posts: 15666
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 11:28 pm
Location: Space City

Re: Dining While Travelling

Post by washing machine »

Maybe I’m posting about the food too much and it threw you off, but at this point, what else is there worth posting about? Yanno?
dimejinky99 wrote:I could destroy any ai chatbot you put in front of me. Easily.
doug rr
The Master
Posts: 27320
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:45 pm
Location: I'm now Canadian..go broncos

Re: Dining While Travelling

Post by doug rr »

User avatar
lennytheweedwhacker
The Master
Posts: 47968
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm

Re: Dining While Travelling

Post by lennytheweedwhacker »

doug rr wrote:going here tonight..

https://www.roosterandthepig.com/eat
you’re not traveling
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
doug rr
The Master
Posts: 27320
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:45 pm
Location: I'm now Canadian..go broncos

Re: Dining While Travelling

Post by doug rr »

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
doug rr wrote:going here tonight..

https://www.roosterandthepig.com/eat
you’re not traveling
i drove 2 hours east for a week
User avatar
lennytheweedwhacker
The Master
Posts: 47968
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm

Re: Dining While Travelling

Post by lennytheweedwhacker »

doug rr wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
doug rr wrote:going here tonight..

https://www.roosterandthepig.com/eat
you’re not traveling
i drove 2 hours east for a week
doesn’t count
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
User avatar
washing machine
10Club Complaint Department
Posts: 15666
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 11:28 pm
Location: Space City

Re: Dining While Travelling

Post by washing machine »

Where did you eat today, lennyman?
dimejinky99 wrote:I could destroy any ai chatbot you put in front of me. Easily.
User avatar
lennytheweedwhacker
The Master
Posts: 47968
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm

Re: Dining While Travelling

Post by lennytheweedwhacker »

washing machine wrote:Where did you eat today, lennyman?
you really don’t want to know
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
Post Reply