NYC EATERIES & SHOPPING

Some Great Food In NYC

I just returned from my yearly trip to NYC.  I have gone every year for the past 5 years at this time.  It is wonderful time to visit.  The food is great, shopping is fantastic and the energy in this city at Christmas is unbeatable! 

We ate at some terrific places.  For Greek food, try Uncle Nick’s on 9th Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen.  Reasonable fare and the Moussaka is some of the best I’ve had.  In Little Italy try Il Palazzo on Mulberry Street.  It’s like being in a cafe in Italy.  Very charming and pleasant staff.  In Manhattan, near to the Waldorf Astoria on Lexington is a Japanese restaurant called Ise that is filled with Japanese patrons…a true sign of good food!  We travelled for the first time to Brooklyn where we ate at Peter Lugers.  I was less than impressed, Sparks Steakhouse in Manhattan is much better, although the atmosphere in Brooklyn is interesting.  For brunch I recommend Norma’s at the Le Meridian Hotel.  The portions are large and it is pricey, but well worth it.  The coffee is french pressed and the juice fresh squeezed. 

The shopping this year was amazing.  The retailers are doing DEEP discounting.  I normally shop at Bloomindale’s and Saks Fifth Avenue.  There was so much merchandise in the Manhattan Bloomingdale’s that I went to SoHo to the smaller store and found some terrific buys.  The buys were in every department and the stores were packed.  Lots of bargains to be had if you can afford to shop this year. 

We saw Grease on Sunday night.  Not the best production I’ve seen in NYC, but it was fast moving and Ace Young is easy on the eyes.