Winter Restaurant week picks
Every winter once the holiday has gone and the chill of winter settles n New York City a wonderful opportunity presents itself for those of us who love food experiences. Restaurant week an opportunity to support restaurants during what is historically the slowest time for restaurants because tourism has gone down and everyone is hibernating in the comfort of their allocated 300sq ft apartments. Restaurant week for the last few years during the global hoopla has been bittersweet because some of our favorites that were known to have the best bang for your buck either shutdown because of the of pandemic stressors or decided it was not worth it. I along with many others who are vaccinated homebodies occasionally want to get dressed up go out to eat so I’ve put together a list after doing a deep dive on this years offerings to let you know the restaurants that are worth it.
Winter Restaurant week returns with 2 course Lunch & 3 course dinners all starting at $29,$39 or $59. If you are a Mastercard member I recommend you register your card and take advantage of a $10 dollar statement credit when you spend $39 or more dollars on Monday-Friday for up 10 transactions totaling to 100 dollar limit.
My Picks
Bring an end to a wonderful morning or afternoon after perusing at great art
Seasonal interpretation of a southern Italian fare by award winning chef Andrew carmellini
Enjoy dinner at Michelin starred & James Beard award winning restaurant. Batard is known to have the most affordable coursed dinner in the city outside of restaurant week so for and extra 10-20 dollars more you can experience the menu outside of the constraints of the restaurant week offerings.
Grammercy Tavern
An oldie but goodie a NYC staple right along side it’s older sister restaurant Union square cafe bring your mom or dad for a nice little dinner out and take care of the bill
BkLYN larder a cheese and gourmet provisions shop is a treat for my WFH from crew because they have 3 different deals ranging from 18-39 dollars one of them includes gelato!
Honorable mentions go to KoKomo, Gertie, Bar crudo, Scarpetta and Danji