On The Waterfront

It's restaurant week which means a chance to try a restaurant that I normally couldn't afford, at a reasonable price. My friends, Vero and Kerel, and I made reservations to eat at The Water Club. The Water Club is located on the East River. It boasts an excellent menu of seafood at an elegant location with a view of the river. It's a pretty fancy place and the best way to describe it and the atmosphere there is that of a country club. I'm not a country club kind of guy so I already felt a little out of place.

After looking over the restaurant week prix fixe menu, both Vero and I decided to order straight from the menu. I don't trust anything on a restaurant week menu that isn't normally on their regular menu. Overall, the food was nothing spectacular and at the price, I expected a lot more. The scallops and crab cake were good; the scallops were large, yet light and not overcooked. The crab cake wasn't overly season, just a lot of crab meat. I had the dover sole. Definitely overhyped and not worth the money. Overall, I was not impressed with The Water Club. It is obviously geared towards an older crowd. The food is overpriced and since it's on the water, there are not a lot of other things nearby so if it can't deliver a full night's experience (which it didn't), then it's not a good bet, especially for a date. Maybe lunch is a better value.

After dinner, Vero left us and Kerel and I headed downtown. We met up with some other people at Still, a bar on 19th St and 3rd Ave. It was pretty dead, especially for a Thursday night. Except for the short time where we stole the bartender's bottle of Jack Daniels and chugged that, there wasn't much else to get excited about.

So we decided to head down to 14th St. to King's Head Tavern to play some beiruit. Things picked up there and the bar itself was pretty cool. Beer wasn't too expensive, Beiruit, and the bartender was nice and she gave us a round of free shots.