New York Dining

[bookluvingbabe]

I'm going up to NY in a few weeks to see Paul Gross in Private Lives.

We have late lunch (2:30 pm) reservations on Friday at Jean-Georges and then plan to have something simple for dinner in Brooklyn.

We are having brunch on Saturday at David Burke Kitchen prior to the theater.

My questions:

1) Is there someplace I could have a light snack/modest lunch as early as 11 or 11:30 on Friday and then spend the next few hours walking so I could be ready for lunch at 2:30? I haven't bought my train tickets yet but it seems a shame to waste a dining opportunity. I am willing to cab. walk, subway.

2) We will get out of the theater by 5 pm. I'm going to take an 8pm train. Where can I get something terrific somewhere between Broadway and Penn Station that won't be a zoo on a Saturday night?

Thanks!