Food

Uptown World

Your Downtown Favorites, Uptown

So you’ve decided to spend some quality time with friends uptown. We figure you’re jonesing for your downtown dining favorites right about now. Fortunately, a lot of them had the foresight to open uptown locations for... just these situations. Go ahead, get comfortable up there.

FOR SALTIMBOCCA AND A SCENE

Il Mulino Uptown

Normally: Bill Clinton might take a seat next to you between your sixth and seventh appetizers.
Now: Slick Willie and Bloomberg hashing out the city’s future while you become one with some sautéed clams.
Advantage: A reminder of what civilization can achieve.

FOR A PARTY

Riff Raff’s Pop-Up

Normally: Gramercy’s neon-decked house of tiki and punch bowls is where you’re dancing your night away.
Now: You’re cramming into the Volstead for a three-nights-only version of the same situation.
Advantage: A sense of urgency—always a positive at a party.

FOR YOUR RAW-FISH FIX

Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar & Grill

Normally: You’re getting your broiled eel, live clam and house-brewed sake in SoHo.
Now: Columbus Circle will be handling your bluefin-sashimi cravings with a staid Midtown dignity.
Advantage: A chance to visit the Columbus living-room exhibit while no one cares about it.

FOR PIECED LOBSTER

Luke’s Lobster

Normally: You’re getting nothing but lobster rolls in the East Village.
Now: You’re getting nothing but lobster rolls on the UES and UWS.
Advantage: Options on either side of the park up here.

FOR OLD-WORLD PORTERHOUSES

Delmonico’s Kitchen

Normally: Sitting down to an extravagant piece of beef with your climatology consultant in FiDi.
Now: A little more casual affair (third-day outfits will probably fly here) in Chelsea. Oh, and by the way, it just opened.
Advantage: Significantly drier.

FOR A PINT TO TAKE THE EDGE OFF

Brinkley’s Station

Normally: You’re doing post-work Ommegangs in Nolita.
Now: You’re near the park. Hopefully you don’t even have work. Still, beers though.
Advantage: Did you not read the “Still, beers though” part?