ICFF - More info- and Restaurants

Hi - apparently some of the events I received invites too - were very limited - due to size of the venues.

One new addition: I.D. Magazine - What's Wrong with American Furniture Design?
Sunday, May 18th; 3 - 5 p.m.
DWR
110 Greene St.

One such is Apartment Therapy - PLEASE DO NOT RSVP ANY LONGER....there's really no room.
Another is DWR - again LIMITED SPACE

Sorry - I wasn't aware and all have been so nice to advise me....and also let me know my blog is really being read.

So I thought I would also provide some restaurant info ....not the trendy new spots you all know and come to New York to experience....but places that you can actually speak and HEAR the person(s) you are dining with.

First - breakfast:

Yes, we know Balthazar.....OK - so you're Brad Pitt!!!

Here are some other wonderful spots in New York to eat the first meal of the day....where you can hear each other:

Mercer Hotel - Prince and Mercer - go early - no ones up
Four Seasons Hotel - 57th St. between Park and Madison - the best BEST Lemon Ricotta Pancakes in the world. Pricy - but it's the Four Seasons!
Cafe Falai - 265 Lafayette St. between Prince & Spring...delightful - and great for dinner too. Cash only.
Any of the Le Pain Quotidien - they are uptown/downtown/West Side/East Side - always very nice for cappucino and "something"
Pastis - 9 Ninth Avenue at Little W. 12th St. - believe it or not....really quiet in the a.m.
Once Upon a Tart - 135 Sullivan St. betw. Houston & Prince - can get cramped, but if nice - can sit outside
Cafeteria - 119 Seventh Avenue near 17th St. - again, in the a.m. - it's very nice and quiet...and on a nice day they raise the windowed walls.

And - there's a Starbucks in the Javits....

For dinner and other meals, I like (that are not trendy) :

Centovini - 25 W. Houston betw. Greene and Mercer - the absolutely fabu place of Murray Moss, Franklin Getchell and Nicolo M....I just love the food and the decor and the service. It's pricey - but at lunch for some reason really empty and for dinner - make reservations. Great Italian food and wine.

Mezzogiorno - 195 Spring at Sulivan - I like it the food - very simple and you can sit outside or inside - rarely crowded. I never make reservations.

Giorgione - 307 Spring St. betw. Greenwich and Houston - owner is Deluca of Dean and Deluca - and the food is really good. Try to sit up front where you can talk...you can't in the back. Reservations a must. Italian (again).

Perry St. - 176 Perry St. on West St. - Expensive! Jean-Georges! But the food is wonderful and well designed by Richard Meier so you can speak. Not Italian.

Il Gattopardo - 33 W. 54th St. betw. 5 & 6th Avenues - I like this place...it has a great roofed "outdoor" space in the back; food and service is really good. If you are at MoMA and don't want The Modern or Grayz (or Michaels) - then try this...but make reservations.

Pearl's - 18 Cornelia St. between Bleecker & W. 4th - if you can find it - it's fab...great, fresh seafood - very small - so here's the deal: Go at 5:45 before it opens or you will have to wait...sweet street so it's nice even to wait - no reservations. If you don't want to wait...the Palm down the street is really nice - food is so - so but the back garden is fabulous. The owners built a small "suburban country" home there.....it's so ...New York!

I have a bunch of others...but run out of time.....if anyone wants more suggestions...post or drop me an email and I'll add to this for sure....