We’re always looking for a restaurant to serve a group of at least twenty of us for lunch after one of our Ex.expats of New York monthly outings. This time it was after curator-led tours at the New-York Historical Society.

Dr. Wendy Ikemoto, Senior Curator of American Art, took us through the “Scenes of New York: The Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld Collection,” followed by Anna Danziger Halperin, Center for Women’s History, tour through “The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming.”

We ended up at Ella Social, with the owner being so accommodating for a prefix 3-course lunch with unlimited tea or regular coffee for $35, including tax and tip. A delicious bargain.

We started with an arugula salad or soup (vegetarian or chicken soup), then an eggplant entree, lemon chicken or salmon with mixed veggies and french fries. All was delicious.

Then there was more. We chose between a warm chocolate cake with ice cream, pumpkin creme brulee or creme Catalana. That came with coffee with chocolate undertones. The coffee:  organic Rivera from Santander, Columbia.

I highly recommend Ella Social and a visit to the New-York Historical Society.

Ella Social
249 Columbus Ave
New York, NY 10023
(212) 579-9929
ellasocial.com