Josh Duboff’s Favorite NYC Neighborhood Haunts - New York - The Infatuation
"“I love the name Raf’s. This restaurant slots into an important use case for someone in their early thirties: the fancy birthday dinner spot. You’re not going here every week, but it’s ideal for the special occasion meal. One of your friends will secure the reservation for 9:15pm on a Friday night ('just eat a late lunch!'), and everyone gets a little dressed up. When you walk in, you wonder if you went a tad too formal. You order a mafaldine for the table to share even though everyone’s already getting a large entrée, and you’re all going to drink too much and take an embarrassing group selfie on the way out. It’s perfect.”" - brennan carley
