{"id":498,"date":"2008-01-09T11:18:09","date_gmt":"2008-01-09T17:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/new-york-restaurant-week-2008-top-5-under-30\/"},"modified":"2016-12-17T22:46:14","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T04:46:14","slug":"new-york-restaurant-week-2008-top-5-under-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/new-york-restaurant-week-2008-top-5-under-30\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Restaurant Week 2008: Top 5 under $30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/manhattan_skyline_at_1249.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=250,height=165,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"165\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Manhattan_skyline_at_1249\" title=\"Manhattan_skyline_at_1249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/manhattan_skyline_at_1249.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBy Samantha Chapnick<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Still feeling the pain from that holiday spending spree?<\/p>\n<p>For a few days in January, you can spend your <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformSDLPDealsContent?deal_id=newyorkcity&amp;cnt=PKG\">New York vacation<\/a><\/strong> doing the city&#8217;s <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nycvisit.com\/restaurantweek\/\">most luxurious restaurants on a lean budget<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>During <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nycvisit.com\/restaurantweek\/\">NYC Restaurant Week<\/a><\/strong> (January 21-25 and January 28-February 1) my friends and I become &quot;ladies who lunch&quot; by indulging in prix fixe meals ($24.07 lunch, $35 dinner) at places normally beyond our price point any other time of year.<\/p>\n<p>Although there are over 200 participants, we go for the chic boutiques normally reserved for the, as Robin Leach would say, &quot;champagne wishes and caviar dreams&quot; crowd.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Come end of January, this is where I&#8217;ll be (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charliepalmer.com\/aureole_ny\/home.html\"><strong>Aureole<\/strong><\/a>:<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>If Charlie Palmer&#8217;s career wasn&#8217;t exactly launched by this Upper East Side brownstone restaurant, it at least catapulted him to stardom. Expect hearty savory dishes and slightly haughty service in haute surroundings.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rapatina.com\/brasserie8\/\"><strong>Brasserie 8 1\/2<\/strong><\/a>:<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>For powerbrokers who can do without the pretension.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.danielnyc.com\/cafeboulud\/\"><strong>Cafe Boulud<\/strong><\/a>:<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Despite its best attempts at humility and legacy, this ain&#8217;t Daniel Boulud&#8217;s great-grandfather&#8217;s family farm cafe. This is a full-scale society spot for very sophisticated French cuisine, with a focus on &quot;La Tradition, La Saison and Le Potager&quot; (the season, the garden and traditional French cuisine).<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.davidburke.com\/dbdrestaurant.html\"><strong>davidburke &amp; <\/strong><strong>donatella<\/strong><\/a>:<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Beauty and style married haute cuisine when these two superstars (the<br \/>\naward-winning David Burke and the queen of fashion Donatella Versace)<br \/>\nopened this sought-after spot. The highly lacquered white, accented by<br \/>\nbold orange upholstery, mimics the cuisine: Basic ingredients like wild<br \/>\nsalmon and asparagus are born again through innovative pairings and<br \/>\ndramatic presentation. Honshimeji mushrooms anyone?<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gramercytavern.com\/\"><strong>Gramercy Tavern<\/strong><\/a>:<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Restaurant Week reservations here go the very first day they&#8217;re available, so you won&#8217;t be able to get into this hot ticket. However, it&#8217;s first-come first-served at Tavern, their side cafe, which shares the same perfect winter atmosphere: rustic with soft copper lighting, red, brown and gold flora, and mahogany-colored wood-beam ceiling.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Can&#8217;t make it during Restaurant Week? There are several restaurants that offer reasonable prix fixe menus all year round. My favorite is <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jean-georges.com\/\">Nougatine<\/a><\/strong> (at Jean Georges).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Orbitz resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformSDLPDealsContent?deal_id=newyorkcity&amp;cnt=PKG\" target=\"_blank\">New York vacation<\/a> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformSDLPDealsContent?deal_id=newyorkcity&amp;cnt=HOT\" target=\"_blank\">New York hotels<\/a> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PrepareActivitiesLandingDestination?dealId=Broadway&amp;content=destination\" target=\"_blank\">Broadway tickets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Samantha Chapnick is a New York writer who scours international destinations looking for what hasn&#8217;t been found.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.newscred.com\/px.gif?key=YXJ0aWNsZT0wNzAwYzkzN2Q0N2MzMzVlODllNTkxZjY5YTcyYWYwOA==\" alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" class=\"nc_pixel\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a few days in January, you can spend your New York vacation doing the city&#8217;s most luxurious restaurants on a lean budget. 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