We were in NYC last weekend and stayed in midtown Manhattan. I know there are a million restaurants in New York, but surprisingly not very many within walking distance of our hotel. I got on my phone and hit up Urbanspoon to see what was close and found a couple options that looked promising, Cafeteria (10 blocks away) and Tre Dici (3 blocks away).
The youngsters in our group (and by youngsters, I mean, not
my parents) decided to go to Cafeteria (119 7th St.) for cocktails and meet up with the
parents at Tre Dici for dinner.
I hiked it 10 blocks in my 4 inch stilettos and once we were
a block away, I realized that I had been to Cafeteria before. Of all the places
in NYC, I had brunch here 3 years ago with a friend from college. Crazy!
We got three spots at the bar and had ourselves some
delicious cocktails, an Apricot Sage for me with vodka, apricot puree, crushed
sage and a splash of citrus, and a Blood Orange Mimosa for Melody. Beer for
Evan.
I made the statement “I LOVE blood oranges” when Melody was
picking her cocktail. Evan caught me off guard when he asked me, “When have you
ever had a blood orange?” It stopped me in my tracks. I don’t think I ever have
actually eaten a blood orange. I have had blood orange juice in plenty of
cocktails and once in a cheesecake, so I stand by my statement, I LOVE Blood
Oranges.
For bites, we had bacon wrapped dates and fried calamari.
The dates were very good, but not as good as The Empress. It made me miss home....
*We told my brother that we went to Cafeteria, his response
was that the place was “scene-y”. That means a place that small celebrities go
to be seen….do we have anywhere like that in RVA?
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