Restaurant Itinerary - can I have comments please?

Thursday

Arrive JFK 12pm

Quick jaunt down to either Katz OR 2nd Avenue Deli if it鈥檚 open.

Late(ish) dinner at either Artisanal OR Queen of Sheba

Friday

Lunch at Le Bernardin OR Oceana (I think I know the answer to this one already!)

City Harvest lunch at Le Bernardin is $40 versus $48 at Oceana.

Dinner either Grays or Papaya King OR Corner Bistro depending what area I鈥檓 in.

Saturday

Lunch - Bouley is either $38 or $48 depending on the menu chosen OR Cafeteria for brunch

Dinner (meet-up night) at either Landmarc or Old Town Bar depending on the response to the emails I sent. (Carmines was fully booked folks)

Sunday

Fleur de Sel for price fix lunch $29 OR Norma鈥檚 for brunch

Dinner at Ten Pell OR El Canteniro

Monday

Lunch at Gotham Bar %26amp; Grill $31 price fix

Dinner from the cart that LTT champions (will have to look up it鈥檚 location)

Leave JFK at 9pm.

Anything I should forget completely, anything I%26#39;ve missed and any help on those %26#39;OR%26#39;s would be much appreciated!

Restaurant Itinerary - can I have comments please?

Welllllllll, Gray%26#39;s Papaya %26amp; Papaya King are nothing more than snack bars. While I understand you might not want much to eat after a lunch at Le B, I%26#39;d think you%26#39;d want to be able to sit down and relax. I haven%26#39;t been to Corner Bistro in some time so can%26#39;t comment on their grub.

I think Bouley on a weekday might be nicer. I%26#39;d do Cafeteria for brunch on Sat. and do Bouley on Mon.

I think the ';cart'; you mean LTT talks about is Shake Shack and I think it will be closed by then.

We had brunch at Asiate 2 weekends ago and it was pretty wonderful (but pricey at $48/person). Their weekday lunch is $24. If you haven%26#39;t been there, the view is wonderful and so is the food.

Restaurant Itinerary - can I have comments please?

I like:

Thursday - dinner at Artisanal

Saturday - Landmarc

Sunday - either lunch/brunch

I think the rest of the time I%26#39;ll be at Weight Watchers.

whiz, I know I miss Shake Shack by just one day this trip (Grrr!) but it wasn%26#39;t there I was thinking of. LTT mentioned an actual food cart, I think it was around the 50s and either 6th or 7th Ave.

I%26#39;m planning on finding out closer to the time the exact location but the main reason I%26#39;ve posted this list is so I can book anything I need to.

I%26#39;m not so sure about either Cafeteria or Norma%26#39;s now since I missed a post I%26#39;d saved about Little Owl so I%26#39;m now thinking I might prefer to go there for brunch, if I can fit anywhere in.

Mum, I%26#39;ve got a little tool I can bring with me that adds extra notches to your belt......... Weight watchers can wait........ ;o)

We ate at Landmarc Saturday evening. Very noisy crowd but ';good'; noisy. Not my kind of interior design though.

The food were good; I had the Hangar steak which was excellent, a lot of flavour, the fries also good but the greenpepper sauce was just ok. My girlfriend had the the pork chop which was good but not sensational. The service was really good so they got a great tip.

ps. ate at the Shake shack yesterday(sunny and 26 deegres Celsius) and the burger was so great that I had to order another one after the first bite....fantastic stuff.

Sounds good to me! I%26#39;ve been dying to go to Fleur de Sel and still havent made it (its minutes from home, but I always forget it when the time comes to pick a place).

Glad to hear you got to the Shake Shack Matte! I bet if the weather stays warm, they delay closing again this year... If it is closed, you may want to check out BRGR on 7th Ave at 26th. The hamburger is almost as good - the fries are significantly better.

Have never been to Le Bernardin, but Oceana is next door to my office and its wonderful...

cant wait to hear what cart LTT champions!

Thanks for the review Matte, hangar is something we don%26#39;t have here (or it%26#39;s called something else) so I%26#39;m looking forward to trying it.

So I%26#39;ll swap Bouley to Monday and give Saturday brunch/lunch more thought. As I said before I%26#39;m also now considering Little Owl.

Evening, I%26#39;ve been thinking this trip is going to be putting a strain on B%26#39;s wallet and belt - I%26#39;ve even half thought of not having one big meet-up and just getting the various people to meet me at restaurant locations over the long weekend!

I think Landmarc sounds like fun with a big group though!

Mum, whiz is going to be coming to Le Bernardin on the Friday so feel free to abandon me if you like........could you bear to miss out on the seafood?

Oh and I%26#39;ve found LTTs previous link on that food cart

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Ange, would that be Kwik Meal Cart on 45th %26amp; 6th?

B=Bettina??? she%26#39;s paying for this???

If you opt for individual events - I%26#39;d be up for Fleur de Sel! I would even schlep up to Norma%26#39;s for you (especially if light and lemony pancakes are still on the menu!). But, it would be fun to hang out with Bettina, NYCGirl, QB, LTT, Lotus and everyone else too....

Nic, that%26#39;s the one.

evening - I wish! But since I%26#39;m staying with her we kind of thought that she%26#39;d be joining me at a few of the places. I%26#39;ll speak to you on the Saturday about Fleur de Sel but if there are any of the others you fancy coming to you%26#39;d be more than welcome! Those pancakes sound fab btw.

Ange, I%26#39;ve just noticed the last sentence of your second post. That%26#39;s no way to talk about Andy!!!