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| Turtle Bay Grill & Lounge | ||
| Address:
987 2nd Ave. Phone: 212/223-4224 |
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Turtle Bay Website: turtlebaynyc.com |
Cuisine: American Bar/Club Type: Yuppie/Preppy |
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Is a place really a
grill if nobody eats there? Is a place really a lounge if there is
absolutely no lounging going on? Regardless of the answers to these
questions, Turtle Bay should just whack the Grill & Lounge off its
name and admit to being the annoying prepster bar that it is. The
bar itself is a pretty standard Irish, midtown pub kind of joint,
with the wood and the brass, etc. The Friday and weekend crowd is
exactly what you'd expect--the guys with the khakis, brown shoes and
button down shirts and the women with the tight turtlenecks and high
black boots. It still amazes us how much better the women in NYC dress
than the men. Speaking of dressing up, there is an upstairs space
that has a "if you are a gu you must have a collar on your shirt in
order to enter" policy. You could be wearing a $500 cashmere sweater,
but if it doesn't have a collar, the guy in the Dockers "iron-free"
button-down is going to get up there and you aren't. The funny thing
is, the food isn't half-bad (although it is overpriced), but the lunch
crowd draws about four people a day. [MF] |
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