Wednesday, March 17, 2004
More takeout menus, mostly upscale, for Park Ave South
LOOKING AHEAD by Wally Dobelis
We need more lean and nutritionally sound cuisine!
The couch-potato Americans are too fat, particularly kids, from lack of mobility while watching sports on TV and sitting at the computer. Obesity is in the process of overtaking tobacco as the No. One killer of Americans. The downward shift in median US income also prompts the purchases of cheaper food varieties. You can have noodles and cheese for 25 cents, but vegetables are expensive. Bad idea to economize there.
There is too much fat and nutritionally lacking fast-food in our lives, since two-income families have no time to cook. The chain eateries pay heed, but mostly in words. The MacDonalds and Burger Kings recognize the dangers and try lean menus, but they are not popular. Wendy’s has better success, with its neat 99-cent item menu, particularly a baked potato, house salad and chili combination.
Takeout facilities at restaurants above the fast-food scale enable the consumer with adequate means to make more varied and nutritionally sound selections. Nutritionally sound meals also available in the beloved ethnic eateries, the contents buried in the exotic names. It is particularly laudable to see restaurants featuring a special leaner cuisine. It is not inappropriate for you the customer to prompt the restaurant owner towards adding lean and nutritionally balanced items to the menu. Do not accept any Atkins trickery to explain the buttery sauces and dressings.
This article describes Park Avenue South restaurants that provide some takeout service, delivered or pickup, or permit doggie-bagging your leftovers. .Many of the restaurants on PAS and West of it use Dial-A-Diner service, (212) 643-1222. You order through D-A-D, with a charge of 20% over the dinner price, delivered in 60-90 minutes by a tuxedoed staff member.
Park Avenue South, 14th to 23rd Streets (including Union Square East)
Zen Palate Gourmet Shop at 34 East Union Square, corner 16th Street (212) serves your vegetarian desires with vegi-burgers and ham, pasta dishes, sweet & sour delight, curried soy with potatoes, stir-fried rice fettuccini, moo shu Mexican style. Free delivery.
Candela at 116 East 16th Street (212)254-1600, an example of the New American Cuisine fusion approach, offers Italian pasta dishes alongside a Asian barbeque pork chops, miso glazed tuna and a sushi menu. Free delivery
Todd English’s Olives at 201 PAS, in the W Union Square Hotel, (212) 353-8345 has no regular takeout service.
Evergreen Restaurant at 213 PAS (212) 460-0910 at the site of the famous Max’s Kansas City Restaurant (1966-82), serves super bagels, sandwiches and a deli menu. Free delivery.
Park Avalon at 225 PAS (212) 533-2500 offers spicy calamari and antipasto, Caesar salads, wasabi tuna king Salomon, Chilean sea bass, Flatiron steak, grilled filet mignon, pasta and pizzas. Entrees around $20. You pick up your order.
Angelo and Maxie’s Steakhouse, 233 PAS at 19th Street (212), D-a-D. Restaurant phone (212) 220-9200. Clams for appetizer, 24-oz charbroiled T-bone steaks, 20-oz veal chops, 10-oz burgers, Maine lobsters, also smaller servings. Up to a mid $20 range.
City Crab & Seafood Co, 235 PAS delivery available only by calling through D-A-D. Chowders, crab soup and Louisiana gumbo, calamari,, oysters and clams by the half-dozen or in combos, crabcakes, claws, lobsters with and without steak.
Chango modern Mexican cuisine, at 239 PAS (212) 477-1500, fiesta to go available for lunch and dinner includes not only the usual suspects but also wild striped bas wrapped in a tortilla, chili spiked filet mignon and shrimp enchilada. Free delivery.
Mori Japanese cuisine at 239 PAS (212) 614-1693 has appetizers and dinners from the sushi bar as well as entrees of spiced and teriyaki chicken, salmon and shrimp. Free delivery.
Sushi Samba , 245 PAS (212) 475-9377, has .no takeout, doggie bags no problem.
L’Express, 24 hour bouchon (open), 249 PAS, (212) 254-5858 has croissants, croque monsieur and pain au chocolat for breakfast, omelets till 4 PM, blood sausage, escargots and beef Bourguignon and other specialitees Lyonnaise for dinner. Livraison gratis.
Bravo Pizza at 257 PAS (212) 253 6090.Many varieties, create your own salad, heros, calzones pasta primavera, eggplant parmigiana. Free delivery.
Cosi at 21st Street and PAS (212) 598-4070, for free delivery call (212)949-7400, sandwiches, salads and soups, pastries and morning bagels. Min. order $10.
Emma’s Dilemma, deli café at 270 PAS (20-21 Sts), open 24 hours (212)777-0222 offers breakfast, Boar’s Head deli sandwiches, hot and cold, lunch sandwiches, salads and wraps, pizzas and pies, hot buffet and platters, fresh sushi bar. Grocery items and fruit, order by phone, free delivery.
We need more lean and nutritionally sound cuisine!
The couch-potato Americans are too fat, particularly kids, from lack of mobility while watching sports on TV and sitting at the computer. Obesity is in the process of overtaking tobacco as the No. One killer of Americans. The downward shift in median US income also prompts the purchases of cheaper food varieties. You can have noodles and cheese for 25 cents, but vegetables are expensive. Bad idea to economize there.
There is too much fat and nutritionally lacking fast-food in our lives, since two-income families have no time to cook. The chain eateries pay heed, but mostly in words. The MacDonalds and Burger Kings recognize the dangers and try lean menus, but they are not popular. Wendy’s has better success, with its neat 99-cent item menu, particularly a baked potato, house salad and chili combination.
Takeout facilities at restaurants above the fast-food scale enable the consumer with adequate means to make more varied and nutritionally sound selections. Nutritionally sound meals also available in the beloved ethnic eateries, the contents buried in the exotic names. It is particularly laudable to see restaurants featuring a special leaner cuisine. It is not inappropriate for you the customer to prompt the restaurant owner towards adding lean and nutritionally balanced items to the menu. Do not accept any Atkins trickery to explain the buttery sauces and dressings.
This article describes Park Avenue South restaurants that provide some takeout service, delivered or pickup, or permit doggie-bagging your leftovers. .Many of the restaurants on PAS and West of it use Dial-A-Diner service, (212) 643-1222. You order through D-A-D, with a charge of 20% over the dinner price, delivered in 60-90 minutes by a tuxedoed staff member.
Park Avenue South, 14th to 23rd Streets (including Union Square East)
Zen Palate Gourmet Shop at 34 East Union Square, corner 16th Street (212) serves your vegetarian desires with vegi-burgers and ham, pasta dishes, sweet & sour delight, curried soy with potatoes, stir-fried rice fettuccini, moo shu Mexican style. Free delivery.
Candela at 116 East 16th Street (212)254-1600, an example of the New American Cuisine fusion approach, offers Italian pasta dishes alongside a Asian barbeque pork chops, miso glazed tuna and a sushi menu. Free delivery
Todd English’s Olives at 201 PAS, in the W Union Square Hotel, (212) 353-8345 has no regular takeout service.
Evergreen Restaurant at 213 PAS (212) 460-0910 at the site of the famous Max’s Kansas City Restaurant (1966-82), serves super bagels, sandwiches and a deli menu. Free delivery.
Park Avalon at 225 PAS (212) 533-2500 offers spicy calamari and antipasto, Caesar salads, wasabi tuna king Salomon, Chilean sea bass, Flatiron steak, grilled filet mignon, pasta and pizzas. Entrees around $20. You pick up your order.
Angelo and Maxie’s Steakhouse, 233 PAS at 19th Street (212), D-a-D. Restaurant phone (212) 220-9200. Clams for appetizer, 24-oz charbroiled T-bone steaks, 20-oz veal chops, 10-oz burgers, Maine lobsters, also smaller servings. Up to a mid $20 range.
City Crab & Seafood Co, 235 PAS delivery available only by calling through D-A-D. Chowders, crab soup and Louisiana gumbo, calamari,, oysters and clams by the half-dozen or in combos, crabcakes, claws, lobsters with and without steak.
Chango modern Mexican cuisine, at 239 PAS (212) 477-1500, fiesta to go available for lunch and dinner includes not only the usual suspects but also wild striped bas wrapped in a tortilla, chili spiked filet mignon and shrimp enchilada. Free delivery.
Mori Japanese cuisine at 239 PAS (212) 614-1693 has appetizers and dinners from the sushi bar as well as entrees of spiced and teriyaki chicken, salmon and shrimp. Free delivery.
Sushi Samba , 245 PAS (212) 475-9377, has .no takeout, doggie bags no problem.
L’Express, 24 hour bouchon (open), 249 PAS, (212) 254-5858 has croissants, croque monsieur and pain au chocolat for breakfast, omelets till 4 PM, blood sausage, escargots and beef Bourguignon and other specialitees Lyonnaise for dinner. Livraison gratis.
Bravo Pizza at 257 PAS (212) 253 6090.Many varieties, create your own salad, heros, calzones pasta primavera, eggplant parmigiana. Free delivery.
Cosi at 21st Street and PAS (212) 598-4070, for free delivery call (212)949-7400, sandwiches, salads and soups, pastries and morning bagels. Min. order $10.
Emma’s Dilemma, deli café at 270 PAS (20-21 Sts), open 24 hours (212)777-0222 offers breakfast, Boar’s Head deli sandwiches, hot and cold, lunch sandwiches, salads and wraps, pizzas and pies, hot buffet and platters, fresh sushi bar. Grocery items and fruit, order by phone, free delivery.
# posted by Wally Dobelis @ 7:24 AM 
