YAGT: Swank date recommendation?

[slackerinabox]

I'm taking out a girl on date and would like some ideas for a swankier than usual date. The place I'm taking her for dinner, La Esquina (sp?), is suitably swank, but reservations are for 11 - we have quite some time to kill. The thing is that I've known this girl for about a year so coffee /drinking/ getting to know you time might seem a bit trite. She specifically said that she wanted to go out on a night that requires a dress (and tie) so I'm aiming for fun yet chic. Any ideas?

Update:
We had an amazing time and she came home with me Thanks guys for the suggestions.

Update 2:
She came home with me on friday night and stayed until sunday night. was a fun weekend!

 

[slackerinabox]

P.S. I'm in NYC. exact places recommendations aren't required, just activities.

 

[slackerinabox]

P.P.S. I have another date on sunday so I can't spend too much sooo a trip to Paris is off.. just moderately expensive suggestions, thanks

 

[FoBoT]

11 pm?
you are eating dinner at 11 pm?
theater or opera

you are in NYC? go to some off broadway or broadway show, that is still considered swank, no?

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

She wants a first date at a place that requires a dress for her and a tie for you?

Just skip to the Sunday date.

 

[ATLien247]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
She wants a first date at a place that requires a dress for her and a tie for you?

Just skip to the Sunday date.

No kidding...

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
She wants a first date at a place that requires a dress for her and a tie for you?

Just skip to the Sunday date.

Hah, Ok - the long story is that I've known her for over a year and i've asked her out before only to be rejected. I've shaped up my game a little and dress better, yada yada yada and I asked her out again - and she said she'd like to. I asked her to describe her perfect date and she said "anything, I just haven't dressed up in a while and miss that". So, yeah, we're past the coffee and muffins sort of interaction. my first date on sunday will be pizza and dancing, low key because there's less at stake in my opinion.

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
11 pm?
you are eating dinner at 11 pm?
theater or opera

you are in NYC? go to some off broadway or broadway show, that is still considered swank, no?

off broadway play - nice idea. let's see if i can get tickets. anyone else have other suggestions?

thanks!

 

[Chunkee]

church

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
She wants a first date at a place that requires a dress for her and a tie for you?

Just skip to the Sunday date.

Hah, Ok - the long story is that I've known her for over a year and i've asked her out before only to be rejected. I've shaped up my game a little and dress better, yada yada yada and I asked her out again - and she said she'd like to. I asked her to describe her perfect date and she said "anything, I just haven't dressed up in a while and miss that". So, yeah, we're past the coffee and muffins sort of interaction. my first date on sunday will be pizza and dancing, low key because there's less at stake in my opinion.

If she agreed to a date with you, after you chased her for a year, on the condition that you take her someplace fancy... Skip to the Sunday date.

 

[swtethan]

i thought that said skank date

 

[ElFenix]

sounds like you'll be overdressed for overpriced (and probably horrendous) tex mex.

 

[AbAbber2k]

First mistake was asking her where she wanted to go. Second is you're dropping way too much money on a girl you're not actually serious with. Almost agree with everyone saying skip to the Sunday date. As often as you post YAGTs you'd think you might learn something.

 

[ViviTheMage]

anywhere i can think of is too swank for you.

 

[HN]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
If she agreed to a date with you, after you chased her for a year, on the condition that you take her someplace fancy... Skip to the Sunday date.

well put.

 

[Cal166]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
If she agreed to a date with you, after you chased her for a year, on the condition that you take her someplace fancy... Skip to the Sunday date.

I ain't saying she's a gold digger but....

 

[imported_Rat]

Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
First mistake was asking her where she wanted to go. Second is you're dropping way too much money on a girl you're not actually serious with. Almost agree with everyone saying skip to the Sunday date. As often as you post YAGTs you'd think you might learn something.

Yes, yes, and yes.

 

[xospec1alk]

La Esquina is not a tie/nice dress place.

Daniel is.
ADNY is.
Jean Georges is.

Aquavit, and Perry St. are two that are Biz Cas, and will price you around 150 for a dinner for two, no drinks.

afterwards, goto a lounge/club

comedy club? the upright citizens brigade theater? see a live show somewhere? mercury lounge/bowery ballroom? BB Kings...?

Also, if you're set on going to La Esquina, Room 4 Dessert is down the block. $12 3 course dessert...$7 extra for a wine pairing.

and then maybe take her to Flute? its a champagne bar, or to "The Brandy Library" which is a pretty swank place with no attitude, and great scotches...

 

[frankgomez75]

wow, first date to a tie/dress occassion? Thats just BS to me if she asked you to do that. Ridiculous. Sounds too high maintenance to me already. You better take charge otherwise she's already set the tone for the relationship.

 

[Baked]

Wannabe high class bitch.

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
La Esquina is not a tie/nice dress place.

Daniel is.
ADNY is.
Jean Georges is.

Aquavit, and Perry St. are two that are Biz Cas, and will price you around 150 for a dinner for two, no drinks.

afterwards, goto a lounge/club

comedy club? the upright citizens brigade theater? see a live show somewhere? mercury lounge/bowery ballroom? BB Kings...?

She's not a gold digger (i'm sure she has more money than I do), she just wanted to have a formal night out, versus dancing and movies. I normally would not do this on a first date but we've hung out so often and have bought each other moderately priced/casual meals so often, I wanted this to stand out. She knows my financial situation (I'm an editor at a publishing company, we don't make much) so she's not after me for my money, I assure you.

La Esquina is a decent enough joint for these purposes - casual yet not t-shirt and jeans, chic yet not pretentious. Xos - I'm open to other suggestions in this price range ($75-100 for a dinner for 2), but I don't want to go all out.

The thing here is not to be expensive and lush but to be a bit more formal than usual. I'm not wearing a suit, i'm wearing slacks and a jacket - I'm not marrying this girl but want her to have her nice night out. Make sense? I'm wearing a t-shirt and jeans on sunday with the other girl because there's no build up so I can set the evening myself.

She rejected me back then because I was a) much more desperate b) weighed 20 pounds more and c) wasn't aggressive in the right way. I've learned from those mistakes and got her to say yes, now's the time to impress her. Not for the sake of a long term relationship, just to prove it to myself that I can win over a previously lost girl - does that make sense?

 

[xospec1alk]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
She's not a gold digger (i'm sure she has more money than I do), she just wanted to have a formal night out, versus dancing and movies. I normally would not do this on a first date but we've hung out so often and have bought each other moderately priced/casual meals so often, I wanted this to stand out. She knows my financial situation (I'm an editor at a publishing company, we don't make much) so she's not after me for my money, I assure you.

La Esquina is a decent enough joint for these purposes - casual yet not t-shirt and jeans, chic yet not pretentious. Xos - I'm open to other suggestions in this price range ($75-100 for a dinner for 2), but I don't want to go all out.

The thing here is not to be expensive and lush but to be a bit more formal than usual. I'm not wearing a suit, i'm wearing slacks and a jacket - I'm not marrying this girl but want her to have her nice night out. Make sense? I'm wearing a t-shirt and jeans on sunday with the other girl because there's no build up so I can set the evening myself.

She rejected me back then because I was a) much more desperate b) weighed 20 pounds more and c) wasn't aggressive in the right way. I've learned from those mistakes and got her to say yes, now's the time to impress her. Not for the sake of a long term relationship, just to prove it to myself that I can win over a previously lost girl - does that make sense?

read my edit about dessert places and brandy library.

also...if it were me, i would try to snag the Chef's Table at Hearth. Technically, its "dining at the bar" but you get to watch the chef's do their thing, and you get to schmooze wtih Marco Canora (head chef)...and dinner won't run you that much either...

Theres also shows at the public theater on lafayette you can catch.

also, these three bars in the LES, milk and honey, East Side Company, Little Branch, mite give you a good ambiance.

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
I'm taking out a girl on date and would like some ideas for a swankier than usual date. The place I'm taking her for dinner, La Esquina (sp?), is suitably swank, but reservations are for 11 - we have quite some time to kill. The thing is that I've known this girl for about a year so coffee /drinking/ getting to know you time might seem a bit trite. She specifically said that she wanted to go out on a night that requires a dress (and tie) so I'm aiming for fun yet chic. Any ideas?

Sounds good, man. Take her out to a good restaurant, then book tickets to an Opera, Symphony, or Ballet (I tend to not like ballet as much although the Nutcracker was cool).

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: Chunkee
church

HAHAHAHA.... :laugh:

That would be so funny. Then act like a "Christian" Fundie. That would really get her going.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

why is this girl demanding such an outing? seriously I demand to know.