Tip 7: Embrace the Bar-Dinner Date
Ben: So, for me. Second date – dinner at the bar at Barbuto. I love the bar dinner for a second date.
Lockhart: oh, love that move.
Ben: You can go to so many great places and keep it casual.
Me: wait so, bar dinner...meaning?
Ben: meaning, you sit at the bar and order dinner.
Me: but as a second date move??
Ben: too soon?
Me: No, I love that. I’m now going to EXPECT that on all my second dates, and judge if we sit at a table.
Ben: It’s sort of a classic New York move. Barbuto between now and October is without question the very best place in Manhattan for it.
Lockhart: couple other bar ideas. PERLA, perhaps?
Ben: If you want to dress up the second date, the bar at Eleven Madison Park is first come first serve.
and it’s an a la carte menu.
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