scene: Large front rooms with high tables for food or just drinks as you wait; dinging room is a little grim, but the usually packed house makes up for the lack of decor
sip: Wine wine wine from a glass, carafe or bottle
savor: Pizza
sit: With a girl friend to for a casual, wine fueled catch up; with another couple for a week night double date; with friends with kids or out of town relatives
spend: $$
address: 1 Fifth Avenue (entrance is on 8th street, not 5th Ave)
scene: Survival of the fittest... or hungriest. Find small groups and weekend couples galore!
sip: Did I mention the Bloody Mary menu with 10 variations?
savor: Not one thing, even the macerated fruit with mint, sounds bad to me. The Monte Cristo can change your life, and they hand old Alka Seltzer at the door for a reason...
sit: Apparently there's a downstairs room with a communal table, but the group that went down there right before had the highest pitched voices ever. The upstairs room is tiny, and the seats at the front are key on a nice day.
scene: dark wood and random artwork and signage; long lines waiting to order/sit, made up of everything from angsty NYU students, women in Lulu lemons and families
sip: Coffee; also wine and beer
savor: Nachos; the country salad; tuna melt; any egg dish that comes with the hasbrowns
sit: By yourself! with the guy that slept over the night before, a girl-friend, anyone
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