Thursday November 2: Meatpacking district

With Bart & Liesbeth in town, New York almost seemed like Antwerp this weekend -> thanks for coming over guys :-)

On Thursday night, we went for drinks in the Meatpacking district. For the first time since my arrival in NY, I discovered a part of the city that looked like a European city. Meatpacking district is actually part of Greenwich Village and there are still a ton of references to it's Dutch origins (e.g. Bethune Street, Gansevoort Hotel,...).

The first stop was Lotus bar, one of the oldest bars in Meatpacking. Zagat (the 'Michelin guide' of NY) rates it as 'vanished glory without the staff realising it'. Second stop was NY's most popular Belgian restaurant/bar called 'Markt'. Markt doesn't have the cosiness of the BXL, but it certainly has the look-and-feel of a typical Brussels 'brasserie'. I will definitely return here to try to food later...