{"id":1806,"date":"2006-11-22T10:23:32","date_gmt":"2006-11-22T18:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/11\/snaps_fingers_garcon_more_green_bean_casserole.html"},"modified":"2006-11-22T10:23:32","modified_gmt":"2006-11-22T18:23:32","slug":"snaps_fingers_g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/11\/snaps_fingers_g.html","title":{"rendered":"[Snaps Fingers] “Garcon, More Green Bean Casserole!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s the wrong day to heap scorn on those lame enough to go to a restaurant on Thanksgiving. With a few exceptions, that is<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Well-heeled diners should be prepared to fork over $833 to join the city’s most expensive Thanksgiving celebration.<\/p>\n

The all day stuff-a-thon at the Time Warner Center restaurant features dishes like roasted organic lemon thyme turkey, and lobster and crabmeat gratin.<\/p>\n

Fat cats willing to fork over the dough for the meal will be seated at the private chef’s table in the kitchen alcove.<\/p>\n

The table for twelve is in a secluded area and has an unobstructed view of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.<\/p>\n

In between courses, diners can watch football games on flat-screen TVs and get dizzy on unlimited champagne and wine from the open bar.<\/p>\n

“It’s like having Thanksgiving at your rich uncle’s penthouse,” said the restaurant’s director of special events, Maureen Schilling.<\/p>\n

“People do come. A family booked the room last year. The total for 12 seats is $10,000.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We had no idea candied yams could taste so good:<\/p>\n

These big spenders will eat endive and quince salad, truffled butternut squash potage, roasted turkey with Chardonnay gravy, orange and anise glazed cranberries, candied yams and cornbread stuffing.<\/p>\n

And it’s not over yet.<\/p>\n

The dessert menu is a sweet-tooth fantasy –caramelized key lime pie, pumpkin and nutmeg pie, apple crumble pie and cookies are all on the list.<\/p>\n

Kids wash it all down with hot apple cider and eggnog, while adults have fine wines and champagne chosen by the chef.<\/p>\n

Other posh eateries across the city are offering Thanksgiving meals for customers not named Gates or Rockefeller.<\/p>\n

At Daniel on East 65th Street, the $135 three-course, prix fixe menu includes roasted organic turkey with giblet stuffing and stuffed breast with foie gras. For kids 12 and under it’s $65 per plate.<\/p>\n

And at Alain Ducasse on Central Park South, $150 buys a five-course dinner including turkey with foie gras stuffing, butter-poached Maine lobster, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and a “sweet tray” of candied chestnuts and chocolate pralines.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow, pumpkin pie with nutmeg<\/em>! So inventive! (Foie gras stuffing and lobster, on the other hand, would probably make for a pretty beautiful experience.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s the wrong day to heap scorn on those lame enough to go to a restaurant on Thanksgiving. With a few exceptions, that is: Well-heeled diners should be prepared to fork over $833 to join the city’s most expensive Thanksgiving celebration. The all day stuff-a-thon at the Time Warner Center restaurant features dishes like roasted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class_war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}