Lowcountry

...is located in NYC's Greenwich Village at 142 West 10th Street and features Carolina fare.

"M", "S" and I started with fried pickles with Green Goddess dressing ($5). These sweet pickle discs were perfectly fried in cornmeal and the dressing gave them a little zing.

"M" had the skirt steak with creamed brussel sprouts ($22) , "S" had the baby back ribs with pimento macaroni salad ($19) and I had the fried chicken biscuit with gravy ($17). We also shared an order of mac n cheese with bacon and jalapeno ($9).

"S" said her ribs were oversauced, but liked the pimento macaroni salad.

"M" was very happy with her medium rare steak and brussel sprouts.

My fried chicken was not crispy, but it was a juicy chicken breast and the biscuit was good. We all liked the mac n cheese.

We shared the apple pear cobbler with ginger ice cream ($8) for dessert. The homemade ice cream was a unanimous hit!

Ed's Chowder House

...is located at 44 West 63rd Street.

"C" and had dinner back in February for NYC's Restaurant Week.

"C" started with a Diane Margarita - spiked with jalapeno. I had a Pineapple Mojito (both $12).

We both nibbled on the bread basket and butter (corn bread, biscuits and rolls).

"C" and I both had the tuna tartare appetizer, surf and turf entree (hanger steak with grilled shrimp) and a side of garlic spinach ($9).

For dessert we shared the brownie sundae and blueberry cobbler - both served with vanilla ice cream.

The food is very good and the service is excellent.

Tartine

...is located at 253 West 11th Street in NYC's West Village.

They offer a great prix fixe weekend brunch - $14.95 and includes orange juice and coffee or tea.

"J" had the Eggs Benedict with roasted potatoes.

I had the Grilled Salmon Sandwich on Seven Grain roll with tomato, arugula, portabello mushroom, honey ginger & shallot mayonaise with roasted potatoes and hollandaise sauce.

We topped it off with two of their delicious desserts:

Mixed berry cobbler with vanilla ice cream and a giant chocolate macaron with chocolate ganache and vanilla ice cream ($6.50/each).

P.J. Clarke's

NYC has 3 branches of this restaurant. We visited the West 63rd St. & Columbus Avenue location (right across the street from Lincoln Center). It has an upscale Irish bar atmosphere and the food is consistently good.

I had the lobster club sandwich which was served with homemade potato chips $16.

J had the wedge salad (with blue cheese dressing and real bacon bits) $8 and Clams Casino $8.

R had the Wednesday special prime short ribs with fries and a side of asparagus $26.

And for dessert we split the apple cobbler a la mode - a huge warm cobbler with a scoop of vanilla and a scoop of cinnamon ice cream and a dollop of whipped cream.