Stick your head in somewhere like Balthazar or Otto at lunchtime on a Saturday or Sunday, and undoubtedly you'll find the usual mosh pit of people waiting for a table. This is a given; these are popular downtown restaurants.
It's much, much rarer to find this scene uptown. The only two places I can think of are Fred's at Barneys and Café Sabarsky at the Neue Galerie.
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Cafe Sabarsky/Cafe Fledermaus Danna and I had a rare lunch together and because we were in the area, we went to Cafe Sabarsky. Unfortunately we didn't have time to view the Klimt paintings in the Neue Gallery upstairs, and were pressed for time for lunch, so we ate downstairs at Cafe Fledermaus. The menu is filled with items I wanted to try. They offer a variety of soups, salads, sandwiches entrees, coffees and desserts that are more interesting than your usual lunch fare, at moderate (or at least fair) prices taboot. But before I can talk positively about the food, I must set the record straight about this place. The service is...
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Café Sabarsky is one of the very few cafés or restaurants that have the Old World feel without feeling stuffy or gaudy in its décor. The serve delicious Austrian fare and their desserts are very delicious and of superb quality.
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On a recent visit to the Neue Galerie to see the Klimt exhibit before it went the way of the warm weather, we popped into Cafe Sabarsky for a quick pre-viewing lunch. There was about a 40 minute wait to get in early on a Friday afternoon. It was worth every minute.
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I love watching old movies that feature New York. This is lame but the first one that comes to mind is Bob Fosse's semi-watchable film version of "Sweet Charity." In this film you can see Shirley Maclaine get pushed into the Central Park lake from the famous footbridge. I like that scene because hey, it's fun to see Shirley Maclaine get pushed into a lake, but also because I can totally put myself in that exact location today. The people who walk across that footbridge change year after year but the footbridge is still the same: that's what I love about New York.
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Today was my second visit to Cafe Sabarsky, this time to try their “actual” food (non-dessert). My sister and I split the prosciutto & melon salad (good but not spectacular - ie. not worth the price), she got the liverwurst sandwich (good if you like liverwurst) and i had the bratwurst with sauerkraut and potatoes (sturdily good). for dessert we split the sabarskytorte (chocolate and rum), whose rum taste was a little too strong for my liking. My sister got the elderflower water, which was quite good!
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If I thought MoMA's cafe was awesome, the museum cafe at Neue Gallerie totally blows me away! Of course it is more $$$. Even so there's already a long queue outside the beautiful early 20th century bentwood room (with Adolf Loos & Otto Wagner's designs). So I dined at the less pretty underground cafe but with the same menu that's all Austrian/Germany flair (the gallery is Austrian/Germany centric).
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Located in the Neue Galerie, facing the magnificent Central Park on Fifth Avenue, Café Sabarsky offers a taste of Austria in a spectacular New York City setting. With sky-high ceilings, marble pillars, crystal chandeliers and elegant brocade banquettes, Café Sabarsky feels like a royal chateau in the Austrian Alps. The divine menu, prepared by wonder-chef Kurt Gutenbrunner of Wallse, includes delicious and authentic Viennese pastries and savory Austrian dishes. The wine list is extensive and includes wonderful Austrian red and white varietals.
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