...today, with the wife. We are going, I hope much to her surprise, to see The Phantom of the Opera. She thinks we are going Christmas shopping (and we will do that too). This will only be the second time in over 20 years of marriage that we have gone to see a Broadway play together. I guess I really have been getting nicer in the last year or so like my profile line says, because we went last year for the first time. We saw Sweeney Todd back then, and I highly recommend it to anyone who might like comedy musicals, albeit violent comedy musicals. Lots of blood in that one, but a great play. I am hopeful the one today will be half as good in which case I will be happy.
After the play we have reservations at St. Andrews Restaurant on 44th Street. I mention this because it has a Scottish flare to its menu. That menu includes a list of well over 150 varieties of Scotch Whiskey, with some Irish thrown in also. Imagine that, I may just have to have a taste of one or three. See http://www.standrewsnyc.com/scotchlist.html for the most impressive list, that I have ever seen, of available Scotch and Irish Whiskeys.
I was going to recommend this place to an internet acquaintance of mine who came to New York fairly recently with his wife, but since all he did was to moan and groan about, among other things, the expensive sandwiches (in rip off Times Square delis) and the smell in New York Fucking City (as he called it) I decided it was a secret best kept to myself at that time. Though I offered to give him some suggestions for dining places, and I would have gladly treated them to dinner at the time, they did not want to accept my suggestions for a good time in New York Fucking City; so I'll take them myself, and I’ll have a wonderful day with my wife, I am sure. Too bad, at least for him, as he claims to be a connoisseur, or a lover, of Scotch Whiskey. If the food turns out to be excellent, then too bad for his wife too, who claims to be a lover of fine foods. If it turns out good, good for us, we will enjoy it! Since I work in NYC daily that makes sense, doesn't it? If for some reason you ever have to be here too, it makes sense that you may as well enjoy the good things it has to offer instead of making yourself miserable or letting the crappier aspects of NYC make you so. Oh well, I digress, so back to our day's plans..
As for me, I have been meaning to check out St. Andrews Restaurant/Pub for a while now, and was just waiting for the right time. Dinner, after taking the wife to see a Broadway play will the perfect time. I don't know about the Scotch list prices, but I can tell you that after visiting their website, dinner prices seem to be pretty good for the theater district. I am figuring a full three course meal will run about $80 for the both of us, without drinks - and that is for some of the most expensive items in the appetizer and dinner menus. With the drinks, who can tell what it will cost, maybe around $100 total, but I will not have too many because I will be driving - that is unless the Frau is the designated driver. As for a meal there, you could get away with much less expense sticking to the grill menu, or even on the dinner menu with the less expensive meals and appetizers. If you are going to be in NYC and are interested in seeing the menu, go to their main web page and click on the menu icon, see: http://www.standrewsnyc.com/
I'll let you know, sometime over the next day or so, how it all turned out. As for me, I am guessing I'll enjoy the restaurant as much as or more than the play, but only time, and the right choice of Scotch, will tell.
All the best,
Glenn B
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