7) $28 Prix Fixe Lunch at Jean Georges
One of the great features of New York's dining scene is that a lot of difficulties that arise in sampling the city's best places simply go away when you choose to eat lunch rather than dinner at these places. Table availability, service and most importantly price tend to improve if you are willing to eat earlier in the day.
While all three of the city's three Michelin Star restaurants (each also received 4 New York Times Stars) have prix fixe lunch menus, their prices are vastly different.
See where I'm going here?
Diners get to select from the same courses available to dinner patrons (who pay $98 for three courses) and construct their own perfect lunch.
You can sample some of the most highly regarded food in the world, for not much more than an entree at a very average midtown restaurant costs.
High end food doesn't always have to be high cost. This is a perfect example.
Insider's Tip: Another spectacular deal is available in Jean George's bar area, called Nougatine. A 3 course prix fixe meal is $24 and is both significantly easier to get reservations for and available on weekends (Jean Georges is closed for lunch on weekends).
8) Soup and Sandwich at the Bar at Gramercy Tavern ($14)
In keeping with this post's theme of sampling a bit of "the good life" for a reasonable price, this deal allows you to sample some of the Gramercy Tavern's three star food for a fraction of the price of a dinner there.
The restaurant has a beautiful, comfortable bar where patrons can sit with friends, chat up the bartender or relax with a good book while sampling some of the city's best food. When dining at said bar, the option exists to indulge in the daily Soup and Sandwich Special.
Both the soup and sandwich options change on a daily basis (usually one soup and two types of sandwiches are offered).
Some of the delicious soups I've sampled include Spring Pea with Mint and Creme Fraiche, Smoked Tomato Cream, and Roast Carrot.
Past sandwich choices I've enjoyed have included Rare Roast Beef on Grilled Focaccia, Roasted Rabbit Salad (basically a hare-brained version of the best chicken salad you can imagine) on Country French Bread (that had been soaked in olive oil and grilled) and a BBQ Pulled Pork sandwich.
Sitting at the bar in the warmly decorated Tavern area and enjoying perfectly prepared food made with top notch ingredients is one of the true pleasures I've experienced in the city. I think you will find the experience is well worth the (relatively) meager cost.
Insider's Tip: The menu changes daily and is not published anywhere. Give the restaurant a call and ask the hostess what the day's options are.
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