City Night

1996 - A Rib Place ? Near Penn Station	1997 - Unknown	1998 - Po (Closed 2017) Chef Mario Batali	1999 - Mary Anne's Mexican Cuisine
2000 - Smith & Wollensky Steakhouse Date ? - Picked by ?	2001 - Messa Grill Chef Bobby Flay Date ? - Picked by ?	2002 - Beppe (Closed) Chef Cesare Casella Date ? - Picked by ?	2003 - Felidia Chef Lidia Bastianich Date ? - Picked by Ralph Sr
2004 - Carmines Italian, Theater District Date ? - Picked by ?	2005 - Carmines Italian, Theater District Date ? - Picked by ?	2006 - Virgil's BBQ Theater District Dec 21 - Picked by Gary	2007 - Ruby Foo's (Closed 2015) Asian Fusion Dec 20 - Picked by Rob
2008 - Carmines Italian, Theater District Dec 22 - Picked by Kevin	2009 - Old Homestead Steakhouse Dec 22 - Picked by Kevin	2010 - McCormick & Schmick's Seafood & Steak Dec 22 - Picked by Fred	2011 - Becco Chef Lidia Bastianich Dec 22 - Picked by Mike
2012 - Thalia Theater District @ 6:30 Dec 20 - Picked by Chris and Richie	2013 - Donatella (Closed 2013) Brick Oven Pizza @ 6:30 Dec 18 - Picked by Ralph Sr, filling in for Joe	2014 - Churrascaria Plataforma Brazilian Steakhouse @ 6:30 Dec 19 - Picked by Fred, filling in for Joe	2015 - Bar Americain Chef Bobby Flay @ 6:45 Dec 18 - Picked by Fred
2016 - Ruth Chris Steakhouse @ 6:30 Dec 22 - Picked by Gary	2017 - Bar Americain Chef Bobby Flay @ 6:30 Dec 15 - Picked by Gary	2018 - Woodpecker Chef David Burke @ 6:30 Dec 21 - Picked by Chris G	2019 - Vitae Chef Edwin Bellanco @ 6:00 Dec 20 - Picked by Kevin Nominated By: Gary
LIRR Train Schedule	2019 Attendance: Ralph Sr, Don, Fred, Gary, Mike, Richie, Chris G, Chris W, Kevin

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# People	n/a	n/a	6	n/a	10	5	10	11	10	11	12	11	13	7	8	7	8	10	10	9
Bill Amount	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	$727.02	$1160	$518.08	n/a	n/a	n/a	$1142.10	$824.19 Guess Winner: Fred	$1,229.21 $140/p Guess Winner: Fred

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2010 (Top)

The BOYS Hit the TOWN AGAIN!!!

2010....The Boys Hit the CITY NIGHT one more time...and have a dynamic meal at McCormmick & Schmidlocks...our host for the evening was Fred Groser. Fred, Don, Kevin, Ralph, Rob, Gary, Ralph JR, Mikey (next year's 2011 host), Rich, Chris, myself...and our guest Louis...who vows to be there next year...and wants a hosting...we'll see. We missed Joe for the second year in a row...and might be losing his status..and could be joining next year as a newbie..again. Except for the excessive walk after dinner to Central Park and the Plaza Hotel...and stopping for Louis to get a dirty-old-man hotdog at the vendor stand just after dinner...we all had a great time as usual...did we lose you again, Ralph???
- Bob Ascoli

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CITY WALK 2008

December 22nd....the CITY WALK 2008 took place with a feast for 12 with only 10 of us there at Carmine's. We missed Fred this year and we had a newbie coming...but he got stuck in a snowstorm in New Hampshire. We started with a cold antipasto, calamari, garlic bread, 2 orders of eggplant parmigiana....then 2 orders of chicken marsala, penne ala vodka, sausage, peppers & onions, the pasta specialty of the day...which was with sun dried tomatoes, sausage and broccoli rabe....we washed it down with coffees and some tiramisu and the TITANIC. A casual freezing walk to St. Patty's and then onto see THE TREE...and this picture was proof. Another great day.....thanks guys.
- Bob Ascoli

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2007 CITY WALK

WELL I GUESS THE JURY IS STILL OUT WHETHER RUBY FOOS WAS A HIT OR A BUST....BUT WE DO KNOW THAT ROB WON'T BE PICKING AGAIN UNTIL SOMEWHERE AROUND 2018...WE HAD A NEWBIE JOIN US THIS YEAR... MELANIE'S, JOE...NOW THAT HE'S JOINED OUR TROOP...THERE'S NO HEADING BACK, JOE...LIKE IT OR NOT YOU'RE COMMITTED. THE CITY WAS GREAT....THE FOOD WAS GREAT....AND THE COMPANY WAS GREAT...THE TREE??? IT WENT LED.....YIPPIE!!!
- Bob Ascoli

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HAIL...HAIL...THE GANGS ALL HERE!!!

I JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE HEART TO PUT ON THE PICTURE WITH GARY AND HIS GREEN SHOES...MOST OF YOU SAW THAT ONE....THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY THE OFFICAL 2006 CITY TRIP PICTURE. THIS YEAR WAS SPENT WALKING AROUND ENDLESSLY UNTIL DON'S DOGS WERE BARKING...AFTER CIRCLING BRYANT PARK TWICE, VISITING HERALD SQUARE, THE NEW CITY LIBRARY, TIMES SQUARE AND A QUICK STOP TO VISIT WITH COUSIN MARYANN, A CIGAR FROM J&R'S...WE FINALY DID END UP EATING SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THERE AT VIRGIL'S BAR-B-Q....ErrrrP...GOOD! A GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL
- Bob Ascoli

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The Few...The Pround...The Leftovers

Well....The original reservation at the wonderful Carmines's family-style Italian restaurant on 44th and 7th in NYC was 9 ....and lucky for us ...they sat us with only 5 people...Mikey elected to attend his girlfriends Christmas party...Fred opted for a chance to be with old basketball school buddies from yesteryear...Don would have died to go if he wasn't laid up in a hospital bed waiting for a pacemaker...and Chris was a no-show....the meal was abundant...sharing a magnum of house red wine...2 appetizers and home-made italian bread...cold antipasto and fried calamari, wetted our appetite...we only ordered 3 entrees of eggplant parmesaen...veal in lemon an butter sauce...and the specialy pasta of the day...penne in a red cream sauce with mushrooms. onions and prosuitto....and for dessert...not to be pigs...the 5 of us shared only 1 dessert...simply called "The Titanic"....everyone seemed to have had enough...and enjoyed thoroughly. Can't wait till next year guys....Thanks
- Bob Ascoli

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READY OR NOT...JHERE WE COME NYC !!!

THE GANG IS FORMING...AND BEGINNING TO GET READY TO DECEND UPON NEW YORK CITY...ONE MORE TIME...LET ME SEE IF WE GOT THIS STRAIGHT...3:02 OUT OF BABYLON...BOB, DON, ROB, RALPH AND PERHAPS CHRIS ARE MEETING FRED, AND GARY BY 4:15 AT MC DONALDS...BUT WE'RE NOT EATING THERE...WHERE'S MIKEY???...KEVIN'S WORKING BUT WE HAVE HIS CELL...HE DIDN'T WANT TO SMOKE A CIGAR ANYWAY...WE'RE MEETING HIM AT THE BASE OF THE TREE...OR SOMEWHERE ELSE DEPENDING ON WHEN HE'S FINISHED....CULMINATING WITH A FABULOUS MEAL (NOT AT A CHINESE RESTAURANT) BUT AT CARMINE'S....GOT IT???....SEE YOU THERE....AND THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS FRIGHTFUL...DA...DA..DA...DA-DA...DA.DA...DA.HMMM...HMMM.HMM..HMM.HMMM HMMM...LET IT SNOW...LET IT SNOW...LET IT SNOW!!!!
- Bob Ascoli

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MOB HITS CITY DURING HOLIDAYS

The Daily News and Newsday have both reported a sighting of members of "the Family"....in New York City over this holiday season. Sources say there were no known incidents and that no one had been found floating in the Hudson for weeks...They had been seen eating dinner in a downtown eatery known as Mesa Grill...and had been seen near Rockefeller Centre, Radio City, and St. Patricks Cathedral...being entertained by an Asian musical group singing Fa-Ra-Ra-Ra-Ra
- Bob Ascoli