Make Me A Regular!

The title of this post sounds like a new reality show.  I mentioned once before that I wanted to be a regular at a restaurant.  Being a regular at a restaurant has its perks.  You usually get free stuff, lots of smiles, and great treatment.  In a city where there are several restaurants to choose from, many restaurants will be happy to see you choose them time and time again.  

I am not doing a good job finding a place to be a regular.  I always want to go to new places, so I hardly visit restaurants more than a few times.  I guess I need to set a few criteria for finding the right place.  Here are my criteria thus far:

1.  I want the place to have delicious food of course!  If you are going to eat somewhere over and over again, you want to love the food.  

2.  I want the menu to be slightly complex.  For awhile, I thought I could become a regular at Whitmans burgers.  I love Whitmans.  But, it only has burgers and chicken sandwiches.  I think I need to be a regular at a place that is not so one note.

3.  It needs to be mostly affordable, because it will take quite a few trips before I become a regular and I cannot start shelling out $25 an entree at a place I may or may not become a regular at.  

4.  I would like it to be in the East Village/LES neighborhood.  Usually if you go to a restaurant over and over, it is in walking distance of your home.  You do not want to start taking the subway far away to a restaurant that you may want to go to every week.  

5.  It should come naturally.  I do not want to force myself to go somewhere over and over to obtain regular status.  I just want to find a place that feels like a second home.  

Where do you have regular status?

Have a delicious day!

NYC Menu Girl