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Station- All Aboard

Pants at a Glance
  • scene: White wood, pops of blue and soft lighting; beachy and chill with a neat and clean edge
  • sip: custom cocktail; wine in cute stem-less glasses
  • savor: ceviche; pork milanesa
  • sit: With your significant other; with any of your friends in Quogue
  • spend: $$
  • address: 412 Montauk Highway, East Quogue
  • phone number: 631-996-4050
  • website: www.stationeq.com
Galli chicken Parm
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Galli Galli-leujah!

Pants at a Glance
  • scene: Long narrow space with a big bar in the front and a bigger dining room in the back; brick walls with pictures of famous boxers; quirky and fun music
  • sip: The Clairmont or any other expertly constructed unique cocktails; wine
  • savor: Italian comfort food classics like baked clams, mozzarella chips and parm; chicken francese
  • sit: With a group that likes to share; casual date
  • spend: $$
  • address: 45 Mercer Street (between Broome and Grand)
  • phone number: (212) 966-9288
  • website: gallirestaurant.com
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Il Buco Alimentari and Vineria- Mangia in the Market

Pants at a Glance
  • scene: Noho, Noho, its off for food we go! Well heeled locals and buzzy daters out for the night
  • sip: Lambrusco; reasonably priced wines
  • savor: clams; ricotta; meats; cacio e pepe; grapefruit mint sorbet
  • sit: With your sister (obvs); on a date; with a large group of people who like to share food
  • spend: $$
  • address: 53 Great Jones Street (between Lafayette and Bowery)
  • phone number: (212)837-2622
  • website: www.ilbucovineria.com

Pants Plans: Girls Gone Wild

Have you ever been at a bachelorette party and wished that the stripper did in fact bring a pizza with “extra meat” before he ripped his clothes off? The Pants recently received a 911 emergency request to save a bachelorette party that was spiraling dangerously close to snoozeville.   Pole dancing and Porn stars are well within our wheelhouse ,but...
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Crispo- All Good in the Hood

Pants at a Glance
  • scene: Cozy front room with private nooks for larger tables; larger back room with retractable roof for al fresco dining in the summer and fireplace dining in the colder months; tables in the bar area get a little loud and a decent amount of traffic walking by
  • sip: mainly italian wine list; don't expect much help from the waitstaff with the vino, but each wine has some descriptive wording below for you to better figure out what you want
  • savor: hot stuffed peppers; trofie al proscuitto; Dora's meatballs; chicken
  • sit: this is a great date place, and also good for large groups
  • spend: $$
  • address: 240 West 14th Street, between 7th and 8th
  • phone number: 212-229-1818
  • website: www.crisporestaurant.com
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The Essex… All You Can Brunch for $18

Pants at a Glance
  • scene: Mixed groups of students, downtown wannabe hipsters, and out-of-towners
  • sip: There is a full service bar; brunch comes with 3 bloody mary's, mimosas, or screwdrivers
  • savor: Baked Eggs w/ crispy ham, mushrooms, roasted peppers, and jack cheese; The Aristocrat; Mexican Matzoh Brei
  • sit: With the your sunday funday crew, a girls brunch to discuss the night before, a big birthday group
  • spend: $
  • address: 120 Essex Street (at Rivington)
  • phone number: (212) 533-9616
  • website: www.essexnyc.com
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The Stanton Social- The United Nations in my Belly

Pants at a Glance
  • scene: noisy noisy bi-level space that features bar/lounge seating upstairs; vibe is lively and usually full of large tables, because the food is so conducive to sharing; look is slightly industrial
  • sip: they have a number of specialty cocktails, The Strawberry Fields is amazing, as is the Cucumber Vanilla Cosmopolitan and the Pink Grapefruit Mint Martini
  • savor: French Onion Soup dumplings; everything from the Brunch Menu- especially bacon egg and cheese sliders, the baby benedict and the huevos Rancheros soft tacos
  • sit: groups are best, lots to share; I have been here on a date, and it was not a bad choice, but the soup dumplings are awkward to eat if you don't the person well or want to appear dainty; the best stuff here, like most places, is not good for you, so I suggest going with guests that you are not afraid to eat in front of; it is also one of the most established and biggest restaurants on the LES, so it is a good spot to take people who might not be so familiar with that area- it just gets very LOUD
  • spend: $$$
  • address: 99 Stanton Street (between Ludlow and Orchard)
  • phone number: 212-995-0099
  • website: www.thestantonsocial.com