Friday, April 27, 2012

Food around the Michelangelo Hotel

Hello:





My wife and I will be staying at the Michelangelo Hotel next week and we are looking for good places to eat in the area. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I understand there are a lot of really good pricy places and we will go to a couple of those, but we are looking for some more casual places to go as well. Thanks!



Food around the Michelangelo Hotel


I work on the next block, and love the lunch selections at Pranzo, on W. 51st St. between 6th-7th Aves. (just around the block from the Michelangelo). The place doesn%26#39;t look like much, but they%26#39;ve got a great selection of sandwiches, hot and cold salad bars, soup, and much more. Also on that block is the British chain Pret A Manger, which has organic salads and sandwiches. On the other side of the street a little ways down is the popular chain restaurant Au Bon Pain, which also has good soups, salads, sandwiches, and very good pastries as well.





You%26#39;re also right near Rockefeller Center. Make your way down to the Concourse Level which has lots of take-out choices, and you%26#39;ll find plenty of free seating just opposite the skating rink.





Have a great trip!



Food around the Michelangelo Hotel


Maria Pia for Italian



www.mariapianyc.com



La Bonne Soupe



http://labonnesoupe.com/about.php



Bluechili for Asian fusion/sushi



www.bluechilinyc.com




Pricey - but Ruth%26#39;s Chris is just next door and is brilliant.




We were there a couple of weeks ago, gawd how we enjoyed the Michelangelo.





Sort of a divey breakfast place is Edison Cafe, in the Edison hotel, near 47th %26amp; broadway. Classic coffee shop diner w/ waffles, omelettes etc. If you like coffee %26amp; pastries (like me!), I%26#39;m a big fan of Au Bon Pain. I just wish I knew how to pronounce it !





Have a great trip.




LarrryD, that%26#39;s ok, since you folks don%26#39;t know how to pronounce Houston Street, either!! {:oP





p.s., it is ';oh bahn pan';.




QB I do too know !



If you%26#39;re in Texas its ';yooston';.



If you%26#39;re in NYC its ';howston';. So there !!



But thanks for the pronounciation of ABP. You have no idea how that has bugged me... So next ?, what does it mean ? Gonna guess here, ';of good somethingorother';.



Best, LD




Actually, it%26#39;s French and I would pronounce it something like ';O bone panne'; skimming over the end of the bone %26amp; panne. It means the place of good bread. ;)




It is french and means Good Bread. All of your pronunciation attempts leave much to be desired. I won%26#39;t even attempt to write it b/c it is difficult to duplicate the french ';twang'; that is required to pronounce it correctly. I%26#39;ll check the place out when I get there though. Thanks!

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