700 5th Avenue (55th St-Peninsula Hotel)
212.903.3918
www.peninsula.com/New_York/en/Dining/Fives/default.aspx
Notes: Very pretty room in the Peninsula Hotel, tastefully furnished. Beautiful views of Fifth Avenue. Excellent breakfast, brunch and lunch.
42 E 58th St (bet Madison & Park)
212.888.2288
Notes: The food is good, but more impressive is the cool ambiance, great club-like music, and the towering golden Buddha floating over the koi pond.
Park Avenue… New American | Midtown East
100 E 63rd St (bet Lex & Park)
212.644.1900
http://parkavenyc.com/winter/#
Notes: The menu, the decor and the name completely transform with the season. The restaurant closes briefly at the end of each season to prepare for the next.
Sushi Yasuda Sushi | Midtown East
204 E 43rd St (bet 2nd & 3rd)
212.972.1001
Notes: Among the very best quality sushi in the city with some of the freshest, most pristine fish. Not a place for those who like wacky rolls and giant slabs of fish. Be on time for your reservation, and don’t be surprised to be asked to leave when your time is up so the next diners can be seated.
Shun Lee Palace Chinese | Midtown East
155 E 55th St (bet Lex & 3rd)
212.371.8844
Notes: High-end Chinese food in a lovely atmosphere with refined service. We often drive an hour into the city on a Sunday evening for the superb Peking duck carved table-side, and we’re always warmly welcomed by name at the door. It’s a family tradition we’re happily passing on to the third generation.
