Sweet Argentinian — Balvanera

/ Lower East Side (152 Stanton Street)/
Sweet Argentinian — Balvanera

(Lower East Side)

Balvanera

152 Stanton Street, New York, NY 10002

Tel. 212-533-3348

Stroller Parking

This weekend, I insisted to hubs that we had to take the kiddos out for brunch.  Why?  Just the thought of cleaning up after these muchkins after one more meal is making me want to rip my hair our (argggh!!! Just can't). 

I'll be honest, when I launched City Baby Dining more than three years ago, life was very different for this mamma.  We only had one munchkin (who was pretty calm and well behaved overall), and we were able to handle dining out pretty well.  Fast-forward to end of two munchkins at the end of 2016, and life has been a bit more chaotic.  We are just getting back into the hang of things, and we discovered this little gem in our neighborhood called Balvanera.

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Konditori caffeine fix

/ Lower East Side (182 Allen Street)/
Konditori caffeine fix

(Lower East Side)

Konditori

182 Allen Street, New York, NY 10002

Tel. 646-350-3973

We've always had a fondness for our neighborhood coffee shops, and Konditori on Allen is no exception.  It's a charming little nook to pop by for some delicious coffee and pastry.  Note the word Konitori means café/baked goods & confection in Swedish, pronounced “Khan- da- tor- ree.”  Not “Khan-di-tor-rye,” which was apparently how I pronounced it for the very first time, much to hubby’s ceaseless amusement.

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A Dim Sum Baby

/ Chinatown/
A Dim Sum Baby

(Chinatown)

Living in downtown Manhattan, and so close to Chinatown at that, it would be criminal to not do dim sum every once in a while.  Although hubs often gripes about the "zoological experience," I've never walked away from a dim sum experience that I didn't enjoy.

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Early Brunching at Prune

/ East Village (54 East 1st Street)/
Early Brunching at Prune

(East Village)

Prune

54 East 1st Street, New York, NY 10003

Tel. 212-667-6221

I can’t even tell you how many foodie magazines and bespoke travel guides have raved about brunch at Prune, on 1st and 1st in the East Village.  Suffice to say, it seemed absolutely criminal to not check it out  ourselves, given that it’s just a few blocks from where we live.

So how about the experience, you ask?

For one – I would definitely go for brunch only, skip dinner (unless it’s super early and even then – chances are it might get too packed for a rambunctious and fatigued little one).

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