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Modern Restaurant & Lounge
Gaucho Grill
of $500 on Friday and Saturday nights, but none on other evenings.
Fine Print: Prices range from $40 to $50 per person (though items like foie gras will sharply increase prices), depending on your selections. The room features a projector and a screen.
Reserve: 22 Chatsworth Ave, Larchmont (914) 833-1661; encorebistro.com
For the Fine Wine Crowd:
Gaucho Grill
Why It Works: You get to eat in an inti-
mate, sophisticated wine cellar surrounded by bottles of fine vintage. You'll have your choice of 45 different wines offered from the best wine regions in Argentina, including San Rafael, Luján de Cuyo, La Rioja, Patagonia, and Mendoza, to accompany the Argentinian parrillada, a mixed grill of skirt steak, mendozino, asado, hanger steak, sirloin, pork, thin sweet sau- sage, yucca, and jumbo fries. There are a number of standout items: treats like mussels with chorizo, beef empanadas, stuffed lobster tail, New York strip, chicken martini, and dessert crêpes filled with dulce de leche that make the evening special. You can order from the menu or opt for one of the restaurant’s three- or four-course packages. The service is professional; the food, stellar (a combination of Argentinian and Italian); the décor, styl- ish; and the hospitality as warm as the gaucho prints that line the walls.
Fine Print: The wine cellar holds up to 40 people, with a 10-person mini- mum. A larger private room accommodates 80. A $350 deposit is necessary if you have 25 or fewer (no charge if you have more). Meal plans average $65 per person. There is free valet parking.
Reserve: 1 N Broadway, White Plains (914) 437-9966 gauchogrillnewyork.com
For the Budget-Conscious:
Modern Restaurant & Lounge
Why it Works: It’s a crowd-pleaser with an “everyone is family” atmo- sphere. The soaring space—a former Ford dealership—offers two private din- ing rooms: the clubby lounge to the far left, with its vintage-style library ambi- ence (accommodates 30; minimum of 20), and the back room, with its roomy interior (for space up to 85). Food is served buffet- or family-style and includes a choice of Italian favorites such as fried calamari, chicken parmiagana, veal
piccata, stuffed shells, and, of course the restaurant’s famous brick oven pizza, often cut up in smaller pieces and offered as an appetizer.
Fine Print: Prices start at $37 per person, which includes unlimited soda, coffee, and tea (there is no room fee), and you can bring in your own decorations and dessert. The restaurant has a deal with Flowers by Sutton on the corner should you
want decorations delivered. It can also arrange for valet parking.
Reserve: 310 Huguenot St, New Rochelle (914) 633-9479 modernrestaurant.com
For the Corporation With Lots of Employees:
The Stone Manor @ 101
Why it Works: This upscale steak- house, open since July and located in the space formerly occupied by Tino’s Italian Steakhouse, has been completely overhauled and renovated.
The Stone Manor @ 101
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