ZAGAT SURVEY
Reviews of New York City restaurants
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RESTAURANT
GUIDE
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menu, specials, hours, other locations, address, and telephone, etc.
Lincoln Center is between
West 62nd and West 65th.
American Museum of Natural History is between West 77th and
West 81st.
FRENCH
CAFE
DES ARTISTES
1 West 67th Street (between Columbus and Central Park West)
212-877-3500 $25 prix fixe lunch (Zagat 2004)
CAFE
LUXEMBOURG
200 West 70th Street (between Amsterdam & West End) 212-873-7411 deco
French bistro (Zagat 2004)
SAVANN
414 Amsterdam Avenue (between 79 & 80) 212-580-0202 French $18 early
bird 5 to 7 PM (Zagat 2004)
ITALIAN
CARMINE'S
2450 Broadway (between 90th and 91st) 212-362-2200 (Zagat
2004)
COPPOLA'S
206 West 79th Street (between Amsterdam & Broadway) and 378 Third
Avenue (between 27th and 28th) (Zagat 2004}
FIORELLO'S CAFE
1900 Broadway (between 63rd and 64th) 212-595-5330 (Zagat 2004)
(recommended by Jenn and Abe)
LA
GROLLA
413 Amsterdam Avenue (between 79th and 80th) 212-496-0890 northern Italian
(Zagat 2004)
POMODORO
ROSSO
229 Columbus Avenue (between 70th and 71st) 212-721-3009 Italian (Zagat
2004)
SAMBUCA
20 West 72nd Street (between Columbus and Central Park West) 212-787-5656 southern Italian A
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certificate is available for a party of 4 or more. (Zagat 2004)
SAN
DOMENICO
240 Central Park South (59th St. between Broadway and Seventh) 212-265-5959 (Zagat 2004) (recommended by Jenn)
MEXICAN
CAFE
FRIDA
368 Columbus Avenue (between 77th & 78th) 212-712-2929 Mexican (Zagat
2004)
GABRIELA'S
315 Amsterdam Avenue (at 75th) 212-875-8532 risotto; loud Mexican; $20 prix fixe
lunch (Zagat 2004, Frommer's
2003) (recommended by Jenn)
ROSA
MEXICANA
61 Columbus Avenue (62nd) 212-977-7700 (Zagat 2004) (recommended by Jenn)
CHINESE
EMPIRE SZECHUAN
193 Columbus Avenue (between 68 &69) 212-496-8778 (Zagat 2004)
OLLIE'S
200B West 44th Street (between Broadway & Eighth) and 1991 Broadway
(67th Street) (Zagat 2004)
SHUN LEE
CAFE
43 West 65th Street (between Columbus Ave. & Central Park West)
212-769-3888 - dim sum (Zagat 2004)
SHUN LEE
WEST
43 West 65th Street (between Columbus Ave. & Central Park West)
212-7595-8895 (Zagat 2004) Tim Zagat's favorite - shrimp with
peanuts or General Tso's chicken
ARTE CAFE
106 West 73rd Street (off Columbus Avenue) 212-501-7014
3/20/2005
BALUCHI'S
283 Columbus Ave. (between 73rd & 74th) 212-579-3900 (and other
locations) Indian (Zagat 2004)
CITY GRILL
269 Columbus Avenue (between 72nd & 73rd) 212-873-9400 burgers (Zagat
2004)
COMPASS
208 West 70th Street (between Amsterdam & West End) 212-875-8600 $30 prix fixe lunch; $33 prix-fixe dinner; sunday brunch (Zagat 2004) (recommended by Jacqui)
DALLAS BBQ
Each of their five restaurants serve an early-bird dinner for two people
for $8.99 - a 1/2 chicken, baked potato, corn bread and chicken vegetable
soup. Hours and days vary. 1265 Third Avenue 212-772-9393; 132 West 43th
Street 212-221-9000; 27 West 72nd Street (between Columbus and Central Park West)
212-873-2004: 21
University Place 212-674-4450; and 132 Second Avenue 212-777-5574. (Zagat 2004)
ELLEN'S
STARDUST DINER
1650 Broadway (51st) 212-664-0256 (recommended by Phyllis Lader)
also 44 West 63rd 212-977-4356 in Manhattan phone
book
EPICES
DU TRAITEUR
103 West 70th Street (between Columbus & Broadway) 212-579-5904
Tunisian (Zagat 2004)
ISABELLA'S
359 Columbus Avenue (77th) 212-724-2100 (Zagat 2004) (recommended by Jacqui)
IVY'S
CAFE
154 West 72nd Street (between Columbus & Broadway) 212-787-3333 Chinese-Japanese (Zagat 2004)
JOSEPHINA
1900 Broadway (between 63rd and 64th) 212-799-1000 (Zagat 2004)
(recommended by Jenn and Abe)
2/23/2005
LE
PAIN QUOTIDIEN
50 West 72nd Street (between Columbus and Central Park West) 212-712-9700 (and other locations) Belgian bread (Zagat 2004)
2/23/2005
MUGHLAI
320 Columbus Avenue (75th) 212-724-6363 Indian (Zagat 2004)
OCEAN
GRILL
384 Columbus Avenue (between 78th & 79th) 212-579-2300 seafood (Zagat
2004)
PASHA
70 West 71st Street (between Columbus and Central Park West) 212-579-8751 prix-fixe Turkish (Zagat 2004, Frommer's 2004)
PENANG
240 Columbus Avenue (71st) 212-769-3988 Malaysian (Zagat 2004)
PETROSSIAN
182 West 58th Street (7th Avenue) 212-245-2214 $24 prix fixe lunch, $31
prix fixe dinner (Zagat 2004)
2/22/2005
PICHOLINE
35 West 64th Street (between Broadway and Central Park West) 212-724-8585 prix fixe lunch, expensive dinner (Zagat 2004) (recommended by
Jenn)
SAPPHIRE
INDIAN
1845 Broadway (between 60th and 61st) 212-245-4444 $12 lunch buffet
(Zagat 2004)
SARABETH'S
423 Amsterdam Avenue (between 80th & 81st) 212-496-6280 and 75 Ninth
Avenue (between 15th & 16th) 212-989-2424, also cafe in
Whitney Museum (Frommer's 2003, Zagat 2004)
SHARK
BAR
307 Amsterdam Avenue (between 74th & 75th) 212-874-8500 (Zagat 2004)
TAVERN
ON THE GREEN
Central Park West (between 66th & 67th) 212-873-3200 prix fixe
lunch; Crystal Room at
Christmas (Zagat 2004, Frommer's 2004)
