New York City (December 2014)

We spent a nice weekend in New York City in late December 2014, just after the Christmas holiday. We stayed at the Doubletree Metropolitan in Midtown East. We had intended to have lunch at Cafe Boulud, but once we started walking uptown to the restaurant, I realized that I had forgotten the gift card that Lauren had given for my birthday two years ago. So rather than go without the card, we cancelled and ducked into the Bar Room for a drink while we prepare Plan B. We decided to dine at nearby Tao, which is a restaurant that we had heard a lot about. It ended up being a sub-standard meal, which we followed by a visit to the Park Avenue Armory to see a water exhibit. We enjoyed happy hour drinks at the Turtle Bay Bar, although I was more enamored with the RV parked outside that contained a mobile pet adoption clinic. (Such cute dogs and cats - I wanted to adopt them all!) We ate dinner at Betony, which was another sub-standard meal in terms of service, although the food was good. Lunch the next day at Salumeria Rosi made up for it all! We had wanted to dine there ever since we saw it featured on Anthony Bourdain's show called "Food Porn", and we were not disappointed! Overall, it was a decent weekend, with a few minor disappointments.


Hotel:

• Doubletree Metropolitan Link to my review

Restaurant:

• The Bar Room
• Turtle Bay Bar
• Tao Link to my review
• Betony Link to my review
• Salumeria Rosi Link to my review

Activity:

• Park Avenue Armory Link to my review