Last time I was in NYC, a friend of mine took us out to eat at a nice steakhouse--what was interesting, besides being walking distance from the Southgate Towers near Madision Sq. Garden, was that it was walking distance, and this steakhouse, was like an old bordello style setting filled with "old" art nudes and Paris style nudes..don't remember the name, but it was great food---a little pricey, buy hey, we didn't pay for it.
Maybe we can find a "nice place" made more for the locals than the tourists, and were we can have a drink. Keep in mind, almost every major photo industry vendor (Fuji, Lexar, Nikon, Olympus, Epson, PDN etc.) will have a party during Photo Expo, and they all start in the evenings, and most are on Friday. I'm open for ideas, but I know I'll be at PDN's party, and they do two on two separate nights.
But I'll be around, as most of those parties are food and drink and people use them as "starters" before the night really kicks in...later, rg