NYC restaurants with teenager

My husband is traveling to NYC with our 14 year old son in late August, staying near Times Square. He is looking for suggestions for places to eat that are interesting, but not too exotic for our rather picky son. The choices in the city are limitless, obviously, but if anyone has any good advice about good local food in the midtown area that would be great. Places for breakfast? The best pizza? The best deli? that sort of thing. Also, he%26#39;d certainly like to have one great dinner someplace.

Thanks

NYC restaurants with teenager

VYNL,on 9th Ave,I believe(there are 2 I think-we went to one near Times Sq.;the other is in the 70%26#39;s),was a favorite of my daughters%26#39;,also,Ellens Stardust Diner(singing waitstaff-not great food,but fun atmosphere)..use the ';search';:just type in Restaurants with teens-you%26#39;ll also see TA responses to places to go,places to stay. have a great trip!

NYC restaurants with teenager

go to www.menupages.com it has all the info you need and it is easy to use.

I usually suggest China Grill for families with teenagers because its midtown and family style so you can share food to cut down on cost/try things. Plus the setting would be cool for a teenager. It can get really loud though.

You can really bring him anywhere. The places with the sophisticated menus/complex ingredients/dressy atmosphere are the types of places that have to be reserved well in advance. Any place you can walk in to will probably have something on the menu he%26#39;d be willing to eat - and most places post their menus outside. Unless he%26#39;s like the very loud teenager speaking French so loudly you could hear every word resounding above everyone else in the loudest restaurant in my neighborhood Thursday night - you really can bring him anywhere.

Another great spot is Landmarc in the Time Warner Center. Steak but not as pricey as the expense account type steak restaurants.

And for pizza, try John%26#39;s, Lombardi%26#39;s, or Grimaldi%26#39;s; for delis, try Katz%26#39;s, Carnegie Deli, or 2nd Avenue Deli.

We just came back from our 1st visit to NYC. As of pizza, we visited to places: Jonh%26#39;s Pizzeria in Times Square and Grimaldi%26#39;s. I have to say I was very disappointed with Grimaldi%26#39;s, the pizza was burned and the ingredients (specially the olives) very salty. On the other side, I just loved Jonh%26#39;s Pizzeria! Just make sure you get there early or late for dinner because we want to make it a pre-theatre dinner but by the time we went (I think it was about 6.45pm) the place was packed. The following day we went after 8.00pm and got a table immediately.

Go to Chinatown. It%26#39;s a great place to explore, and is a fun thing for a teenager to do [my 15 year old loves it]. There are any number of good restaurants there, we like Amazing 66 at 66 Mott Street, but there are many. After your meal, check out any number of Chinese bakeries for desert. Chinatown also provides a good start for touring downtown.

If he likes barbeque, Virgils is in Times Square and is touristy, but locals like the grub too. A more fulfilling adventure is to go to Dinosaur BBQ in Harlem. It is safe, a fun excursion, and better BBQ.

For other food choices check out the boards at Chowhound.com

Breakfast simple and cheap Stage Door Deli at 1600 Broadway across from Crowne Plaza Hotel. We have always enjoyed Bella Napoli at W 150 49th...I had a pre teen with me last time.

I know there are mixed opinions about this restaurant, but I took a 10 year old, 13 year old, %26amp; 16 year old to Jekyl and Hyde in The Village and they all loved it! It was very entertaining, and imo, the food was good. Not anything amazing, but decent........American type food........... :o)

They also liked Carmines %26amp; Virgil%26#39;s BBQ.

Hey,

I just got back from New York with my 16 year old daughter and she loved going to Ellen%26#39;s Stardust, so I hightly recommend it. Also, if they want something really fun look into Accomplicetheshow.com. It was fantastic and you walk around different parts of New York.

And for dessert my 16 year old son loves Max Brenner%26#39;s at Union Square. If you go there, be sure to check out the Virgin Megastore across the street.