28 Grand Street between Thompson and Sixth Avenue 212/625.0362 ♥ ♥ I used to go to Palacinka way back when during the dot-com days. When my job moved offices back to the West Village, I was eager to visit again and eat one of their crepes. In Central Europe, a crepe is called palaÄinka and ...
71 Spring Street between Crosby and Lafayette Streets 212/966.5050 $120 for two people, with four drinks at the bar, with tip ♥ I haven’t been to a nice bathroom with communal sinks since my clubbing days–and I mean, like a real club, not the ridiculous Sea in Williamsburg, Brooklyn–and I’ve never been to AIX Brasserie ...
58 MacDougal Street between Prince and Houston 212/674.4968 $90 for two, with a bottle of red, without tip ♥ ♥ I’ve walked by Salt many times and have always been curious. We stopped by on a Friday night without reservations. They were completely booked but the waitress invited us to sit down with a “We’ll ...
38 MacDougal Street off Prince 212/475.7500 $80 for two, with 3 drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ Updated, 2008: Provence will reopen in May as Hundred Acres. I was delighted when I walked by Provence several months ago and saw that it was reopening with help from the owners of Five Points and Cookshop. I’ve eaten ...
222 Lafayette Street between Spring and Broome Streets 212/343.3236 $90 for three with Birch beer and two glasses of sparkling wine, without tip ♥ ♥ Ed McFarland, another Pearl Oyster Bar graduate, has opened up his own seafood restaurant and rawbar. (Ex Pearl partner, Mary, left to open Mary’s Fish Camp.) The location is great ...