Restaurants by Madison Square Garden

I just bought tickets to Cirque de Soliel: Wintuk for our 5 year anniversary in December I need a restaurant near Madison Square Garden for dinner before the show, something romantic. Any suggestions are appreciated!!! Thanks

Re: Italian Restaurants by Madison Square Garden

how far from penn would you be willing to go? this place is soooo good its on 41st and broadway not too far

simply pasta

Re: Italian Restaurants by Madison Square Garden

Ok so it's not totally Italian and it's not 100% all around romantic but their food (including their Italian food) is sooooooooooooooooo good. The place is called Cafe 31. My fiance and i have Rangers Season Tix and we try to eat there on a regular basis. They do have cloth table cloths and napkins and incredibly good food. I am also emailing my FH about places nearby that he knows.
PS: im going to see wintuk on december 22nd too!

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Thanks for the suggestions!!!! I'm definately going to look into both of them.
I'm going to see Wintuk on December 9th. I'm so excited!!! I've always wanted to see a Cirque De Soliel show

Re: Restaurants by Madison Square Garden

have fun!!!! Cirque shows are amazing.. however i heard this one is a little different then the usual ones.. but still amazing!!! in the summer they usually have a show on randals island you should check that out also!

Re: Restaurants by Madison Square Garden

Around Madison Square Garden is definitely challenged! It's hard to find a really good restaurant within a two block radius. The place we found that was decent is called Tupelo Grill and it's located right across the street from the entrance of MSG. If you want to go a little further south and west, there is an amazing restaurant called Cookshop. There's also Nick and Stef's in MSG which is a steakhouse!

HTH!!!

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Oddly enough, i live a block away from MSG. To be honest, there really is nothing romantic in the immediate area. I would get in a taxi and head 10 blocks down to Markt...excellent bistro and shouldnt contrain your timing.

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I think all of you will really like Wintuk! I watched it with my family a few weeks ago and loved it. It is different from the usual Cirque Du Soleil shows, but I still thought it was great.

I haven't been to many restaurants in that area, but here are a couple I found on Citysearch that were supposed to be romantic...

Il Campanello

Ayza Cafe & Wine Bar

Have a great time!!!!

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I just have to tell you that I went to see Wintuk on Sunday and it was wonderfull, it was also our anniversary this past weekend and it was a great way to celebrate.

Re: Restaurants by Madison Square Garden

My pick would be Carmine's. It's about 10 blocks away, but definitely worth it. If u've never been there, it's a family-style Italian place with awesome food and a great atmosphere. I go there for every possible occassion.

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Are you looking for only Italian? Tupelo is an Italian restaurant in 1 Penn Plaza. 1 Penn is the really tall building right next to Madison Square Garden. I work in 1 Penn and the food at Tupelo is good and its a nice atmosphere.