mercat

i hate it when eating out becomes a fiasco.  where the actual event of eating involves a month long reservation, undeserved anticipation ergo creating a type of contrived dinner ambiance that forces one to order and eat and act up to it's hype.  as much as the over hyped restaurants flood nyc, it's density and excess of awesome restaurants also allows that impromptu awesome meal that u can have by walking from the happy hour joint to the nearest yelped restaurant, have an awesome meal, call up last minute friends and up your dinner crowd by lego-ing tables, add food as you go and just let the night ride from one place to the next, all without excess expectation.  where the basics of food and drink are there and the focus can remain in the company and social banter.  and so that's how st marks, mercat, pravada, butterfly, biny happened last friday.  that's also how dbgb/cooper hotel/boka/massage happened last thursday as well.  and then there was 3fl/dons bogum/boka/massage.  and taisho/boka/japanese hostess.  and...lucky strike/brinkley's/chomo's couch.  and gansevoort/standard/some place next door/and and. and.  

ps: mercat food is good.