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The New York Cafe

10/29/2018

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Máté from Fat Boy Foodies tour as well as Conor and Jenny recommended dining at the New York Cafe.  We check out the menu online and brunch sounds wonderful.  To minimize any issues, I make a 9:30 am reservation through the website.

The Café is in the New York Palace Hotel, an Italian Renaissance-style building.  In the early 1900's  it was considered the most beautiful coffee house in Budapest.  Writers gathered and newspapers were edited here.  After WWII if fell into disrepair, for a while serving as a sporting goods store.  I can't help but to think of the movie The Grand Budapest Hotel.  In 2006 it was restored to the beauty it once was.

There's a little bit of a class-system at work when we approach the reservation  desk; guests of the hotel are seated on the lower level near the buffet, while the rest of us are seated upstairs.  We quickly see that this is a tourist destination, with selfie sticks and camera phones capturing the moment at many tables. A line out the door is used by those without reservations.

The surroundings are beautiful and our waitress is very polite and professional.  She explains the menu, the options on the buffet and that she will serve our coffee or tea.  I am in a festive mood and would like to have a glass of prosecco.  I'm delighted when she explains I can serve myself to prosecco at the buffet.  There is a good variety of foods and sweets on the buffet and we take our time eating, enjoying our surroundings and watching the antics of the tourists.  Our only disappointment is that the food is warm, but not hot.  We are happy we dined here.

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We waddle the 900 meters back to our apartment where we recover from the large meal and spend time on the internet and processing photos.  By mid-afternoon we agree we need to get out and walk a bit.  In a few days we leave for Vienna from Kaleti train station, so we go check it out.  The M4 subway goes directly to Kaleti, and the Rákóczi tér stop is less than a ten minute walk from the apartment. We imagine ourselves pulling roller luggage and find that it will be fairly easy.  Yeah!

Since Kaleti is in a part of the city we have not yet explored, we walk around the area near the station and pick a very local restaurant for dinner.  The waiter seems to be delighted that some obvious tourists have come into his restaurant.  We have a tasty meals of beef goulash and grilled pork chop with beer and wine for 30% less than the places closer to our apartment charge.  A good experience!
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1/23/2020 09:05:46 am

New York City is filled with lots of cafes and I enjoy them all. I think that there are lots of places here where you can just go to enjoy yourself. I try to eat as much as I can while I am in New York City. Well, it is not really easy to navigate my way there, but I enjoy the fun things that I do get to do there. I am hoping to maybe give you a tour.

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