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Hurrah! BLT Bar & Grill Is Now Open at W New York Downtown

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 123 Washington St [map], New York, NY, United States, 10006
July 29, 2010 at 11:11 AM | by | Comments (0)

Oh, W New York Downtown! Look at you, shaking up the standard hotel-opening routine by opening your restaurant before your guest rooms. Yep, the city's newest W doesn't open until August 16, but BLT Bar & Grill opened its kitchen doors this week. Even better: the restaurant is offering 10% off all food until Labor Day.

Apparently the grand opening on Monday night was a bankers and brokers bonanza, with Zagat Buzz describing the crowd as "money, baby!"

Well, at least people who have money. The room was full of bespoke suits, Italian leather loafers and lots of hair gel.

As for the space, Eater call its "somewhat industrial looking" and notes an abundance of chalk boards and brick-a-brac.

Most importantly, the food is manly and banker-friendly. While this may translate into "boring" for the non-FiDi dining set, we've long been fans of a BLT burger and fries, and can't find anything wrong with fish and chips either.

The menu offers all the American standards: pizza, pasta, meat, fish and mashed potatoes, with mains in the $30 range. After looking at the weekly specials, we expect Tuesday nights to be dude-heavy: That's when the Porterhouse for Two is available for a big, swinging, er, price tag of $79.

[Photos: Inset via Eater; Hotel exterior: HotelChatter ]

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