EAST SIDE SOCIAL CLUB

With super late opening hours and a hearty Italian menu, the Pod Hotel's restaurant has become the Midtown destination of choice for scenesters looking for early morning steak and eggs or french toast, a lunchtime stop-in of cured meats, linguine clam pasta or ricotta gnocchi, or a late-night snack of crisp fingerlings and arancini. Harkening back to all things Sinatra, Goodfellas and gangster, the interiors boast black-and-white family portraits on wood walls, red and white chequered table cloths, retro lights and a front room bar that serves cocktails powerful enough to take out the toughest wannabe mobster - the place is set up by the owner of West Village cocktail haven Employees Only - or dull the recent memory of being rejected from nearby Monkey Bar. You can plan your retribution in the morning.