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Where To Eat This Weekend In NYC
Here's your guide to the best places to eat in NYC this weekend.
EAST VILLAGE, NY — Looking for the best new place to grab dinner on Saturday night? Patch has you covered. Here's our weekly round-up of the best new restaurants and bars in New York City.
This week, check out a veggie-friendly Mexican restaurant in the East Village, a Greenwich Village restaurant that promises to serve you pasta in under three minutes for under $10, and more.
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Location: 65 Second Ave., East Village
What to eat: Plant-based Mexican food. The latest restaurant from Matthew Kenney is perfect for vegetarians. The menu has a wide-ranging menu including spicy cauliflower tacos and roasted pumpkin enchiladas. In addition to the full taco menu, diners can chose from a variety of sharing plates. Kenney is famous for creating a plant-based menu in restaurants throughout the country in an effort to create more sustainable and healthier dining options. Bar Verde also has a sizable drink menu with margaritas, mojitos and a drink called the “Manhattan Vegan.”
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What to eat: Pasta. This new fast-casual restaurant prides itself on serving up a hearty dish of pasta in just minutes after you order. Every menu item is less than $10 and served in under three minutes, the restaurant claims. Pasta bowls like whole grain rigatoni for $7.50, gluten-free penne for $7, and spaghetti and meatballs for $8 are all included on the menu.
Gluten-free penne and marinara. This is the first time this pasta can be found in the US. We love it because the corn lends a rigid bite in texture, and the rice adds the wonderful “elasticity” or chew- the two most fundamental aspects of a great dried pasta shape. Per Nonna's standards, of course.
A post shared by Pasta Flyer (@pastaflyer) on Nov 1, 2017 at 10:22am PDT
Location: 964 Lexington Ave., Upper East Side
What to eat: Fish. The neighborhood favorite East Pole Kitchen & Bar has expanded to open a second location on the Upper East Side. The cozy restaurant serves dinner and brunch with main dishes like a lobster burger for $34 and charred Spanish octopus for $27, plus a daily selection of oysters.
The calm before the excitement of opening night!!! See you all for dinner #openingnight #fishbar
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Location: 31 W. 21st St., Flatiron
What to eat: Bouley at Home is a good place for dinner if you’re looking for fine French dining and have (a lot of) extra cash to spend on your weekend meal. The new restaurant from David Bouley has a bakery, cooking school and food lab in addition to the restaurant. The multi-course tasting menu will cost you about $225, not including drinks.
Ben, our #baker of 20 years, brings personalization to an edible level. #thursdaythoughts #homemade #bakefromscratch #davidbouley
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Lead and secondary image credit: Adrian Mueller, courtesy of Bar Verde.
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