A few doors down, Piccino's cafe-style restaurant (801 22nd Street) serves more substantial fare from a menu built around ingredients from local purveyors, like a white pizza with cauliflower, Meyer lemon and anchovies ($13.50).
The decision of transit officials to propose substantial fare increases to close a budget shortfall has not ended a bitter political fight about whether the public should be given more information about the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's budget.
Sit and pose at the main bar while playing with the water-filled menus and nibbling on sushi or take a table and go for more substantial fare.
Seeking out more substantial fare, I took Marcy Swingle, a friend from grad school who until recently was the editor of Sheckys.com, a New York night-life guide, to El Cantinero in Greenwich Village (86 University Place between 11th and 12th Streets; (212) 255-9378; www.elcantineronyc.com).
For more substantial fare, room service is available 24 hours a day.
The more substantial fare is less uniformly reliable, though largely worthwhile, with a few highlights: "Sausages Ukrainian style" ($12.50), a mix of pork sausage, kasha and mushrooms baked in a crock sealed with dough, is like a bread-covered bigos from back in the U.S.S.R. Missing out on Cafe Glechik's stuffed cabbage, ($9.50), three rolls to an order, is inadvisable.
Plainer, more substantial fare suits us better.
No, I want kids to read substantial fare, enriching books".
Warmth, and more substantial fare, were waiting in the dining room.
With more substantial fare, like Rick Alverson's Sundance debut Entertainment, the answer is yes.
