Well, I had a, uh, very successful third or fourth date at Barramundi last week. You've got to hold out for one of the sofas in the living room. We were one of three couples necking there and made the doughy businessmen slumming downtown in their pleated pants uncomfortable enough to leave.
Posted by: Not Telling at May 13, 2003 06:00 PMFirst, one gold star to you for recognizing one of the subtle triggers that can make or break a 2nd date.
Second, I really hate to say it, but if the duration of the relationship is that closely correlated to where you take the little hooker the second time you go out... well, maybe you should find another little hooker.
Third, if you still really wanna get your lip on in public, you can do worse than Kana (on Spring, next to the Ear Inn). Its dark, full of our south american brothers and sisters dancing on tables (nothing gets a girl hotter than watching moneyed Argies and the 'Zilian ladies who love them) and out of the way enough that she'll know you read Paper magazine. Its sucha sure thing, I just made myself wet writing about it. Phew- someone fire up one of them Glades...
Posted by: Randy (SO Randy) at May 13, 2003 07:45 PMExcellent ideas. N.B., however, that the question was submitted by a female.
Posted by: Lock at May 14, 2003 11:02 AMTemple Bar - that place that was hot, like 6 years ago, on Lafayette just north of Houston. It's dark & has lots of tables for two. It's not so busy, so your little suck-face session will still "romantic" and not like an intro to groupsex if you do it in a crowded lounge.
Posted by: *~* at May 14, 2003 11:47 AMA good place to make out are the conference rooms at Skadden Arps LLP.
Posted by: Thor at May 14, 2003 11:56 AMDamn hard to beat the barely-lit booths at Double Happiness on Mott.
Posted by: jimmy at May 14, 2003 01:15 PMVerlaine -
Get a table in the back and sit on next to him.
good luck
May I suggest J & R electronics? Your PDA use will not draw too much attention there. Sure you must flask the drinks. But which J & R store?.. Maybe the Home store where you can try out the massagers.
Posted by: Saddam Gammora at May 15, 2003 07:56 AMangel share. that place is always good for any date, any time, and the second room in the back (formerly the non-smoking room) is a perfect little nook.
Posted by: jami at May 16, 2003 10:44 AMHow about a picnic in the romantic, quiet, and PDA friendly Tompkins Square Park?
Posted by: MM at May 16, 2003 04:34 PM
Angel's Share
Posted by: Nick at May 16, 2003 05:02 PMFez on lafayette. Many, many couches, no people and low light. (note: not particularly swanky, so if she knows the difference this might not be a good choice.)
Posted by: John Wehr at May 16, 2003 07:22 PMBearing in mind that one person's quiet is another's funereal, and yet another's earsplitting, here are a few suggestions for you:
Barramundi (Lud-Sta/Riv)
Welcome to the Johnsons (Riv-Esx/Orch)
Bouche Bar (5th-A/B)
I'm for either Rififi (10th I think between 1st and A) or Tapis Rouge (A between 1st and 2nd).
Posted by: Candicissima at May 23, 2003 04:48 AMsure, colleen. nothing says 2nd date like a cold PBR over the Mrs. Pac Man @ Meet the Johnsons.
my kinda girl.
Posted by: tom at June 6, 2003 03:50 AMi'm with tom on this one- meet the johnsons is just about the least romantic place i've ever seen. unless you are looking to do some really public display of affection- i once saw a couple getting down on the front couch- it was like a scene from boogie nights, with everyone watching.
Posted by: jake at June 12, 2003 11:58 AMBarramundi? I stopped by there last week and found a place reeking of bar with a bunch of peeps who looked like they were all of 20 -- you should have seen the fake ID the dumb kid who tried to get in right before me was wielding. Romantic for drunk college students maybe.
Posted by: Wendy at June 16, 2003 03:59 PMHey, whatever works for you, you guys. I'm 32 and have had FABULOUS 2nd and 3rd dates at WTTJ and Barramundi both. Obviously, nobody who lives on the LES ever goes to those bars between Thursday and Sunday.
Or maybe the problem is that you simply have not been there with the right people! "Welcome to the Johnsons" taps into the primordial adolescent hyperness of "Will I get to put my hands under this person's shirt and make out with them?" Plus you can play pool in an environment where playing pool actually makes sense (ahem, Ludlow Bar)...
Tapis Rouge is way too cheesy for my taste, and Angel's Share is too boring/bourgeois/uptight. But hey, for all you people who need lotsa "glamour", knock yourselves out. Good luck!
Posted by: Colleen Werthmann at June 16, 2003 05:43 PMThe atmosphere at Orientalist theme bar Kush (on Orchard) pretty much does the seducing for you. The air is thickened by almost narcotic gusts of apricot-spiced tobacco (they have a tobacco license), the darkness is barely penetrated by a few candles in lanterns suspended from the ceiling, and the music is always trancy and sensuous, more like the Middle East of your perfervid imagination than the war zones of of Iraq.
Posted by: badger at June 18, 2003 12:58 PM