another good restaurant around Peter Luger?

April 25, 2008 5:48 PM

Brooklyn urgent: I'm at Peter Luger and they lost my 3 week old reservation. If i decide not to wait for 1 hour, where do i go for a good eat around here?
posted by AnyGuelmann to Food & Drink (8 answers total)

It's friday night. Any place you go without a reservation will take an hour, between travel time and waiting to be seated. Wait at Peter Luger. It's worth the hour.

Even if they do cut the steak before they serve it to you. Grumble. Grumble.
posted by dersins at 5:54 PM on April 25, 2008

I can't speak for either of these personally - and I would probably wait, myself - but Yelp suggests Dressler at 149 Broadway, or A'shay at 229 South 4th Street. Both very close.
posted by kickingtheground at 5:57 PM on April 25, 2008

Wait at Luger. Dressler's is supposed to be nice though, it's the upscale Dumont.
posted by sweetkid at 6:25 PM on April 25, 2008

There have been times I've been to Luger where they had my reservation in the books and I waited close to an hour anyway. It's just that kinda place.
posted by mkultra at 6:42 PM on April 25, 2008

Diner or Marlow & Sons
2 blocks down
posted by vautrin at 6:50 PM on April 25, 2008

Response by poster: after 20 minutes a table fell from the sky and we were seated. And all of you were right: half an hour, one hour, totally worth it. Thanks guys!
posted by AnyGuelmann at 6:52 PM on April 25, 2008

Are you posting from the dinner table? Stop that! It's rude!
posted by dersins at 7:15 PM on April 25, 2008 [5 favorites]

@dersins - She was. Very, very rude of her. She's luck she's such a lovely young lady.
posted by falameufilho at 8:08 AM on May 6, 2008