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“Penelope”

Occasion:	Cuisine:	Area:	Cost:	Rating:
Lunch/Takeout	New American	Murray Hill	Cheap Eats	Good

ioned the desserts, which are made by Luke, one of Penelope’s waiters, but let me again encourage you to try one. Have a cupcake ($2.25, eat your heart out Magnolia, these are better). Have a tall slice of layered red velvet cake ($5). Have a peanut butter blondie ($3). Come on, you know you want some. Share if you must. Spend another thirty minutes at the gym (or thinking about the gym), but have some cake and eat it too.

Now, I know you may be scratching your head wondering why I took the time to write up a place that’s been around for four years and serves chicken meatball sandwiches for dinner. I thought about it, and I decided to write about Penelope because while it’s not a restaurant featuring advanced culinary degree cooking, it offers really fresh, and really good food that won’t break the bank. I reviewed it because I think you’ll be happy eating here. Maybe it will become your go-to spot for when you are trying to find a place to eat where you don’t need a reservation, where you don’t have to dress up, where you can just walk in, have a cold pint or a glass of wine, have a simple little dinner in your flip flops, and just be comfortable.

Penelope is located at 159 Lexington Avenue, corner of 30th Street, 212-481-3800.

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Posted: June 18, 2007

Other restaurants in Murray Hill :
+ Breakfast at The Cafe at Country   + A Voce   + Country (Upstairs)   + Darna   + Penelope   

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