One difference when having company at your place in the city verses the suburbs is that you feel like you HAVE to have some special place to take them to eat that says, "I live here."
This place has to be a place that you "discovered" -- no tourists know about it yet, and only a few New Yorkers do. You have to have eaten there enough times to be recognized by the bartender who pours your drinks a little stronger than those of strangers.
In the city, you just want to prove to your visitors that you are not as stupid as you were when you moved here. Knowing one great place to eat in an obscure corner of town makes you look like you are at least trying. I'd better start looking for "my" restaurant. I have company coming.
This place has to be a place that you "discovered" -- no tourists know about it yet, and only a few New Yorkers do. You have to have eaten there enough times to be recognized by the bartender who pours your drinks a little stronger than those of strangers.
In the city, you just want to prove to your visitors that you are not as stupid as you were when you moved here. Knowing one great place to eat in an obscure corner of town makes you look like you are at least trying. I'd better start looking for "my" restaurant. I have company coming.
