Try to avoid Sundays and Mondays as a lot of restaurants close those day, weekends will be busy for sure but if you make reservations you’ll be fine. I went in July Tues-Fri and it was great.
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You can’t go wrong with L’Espress, your other two I’m not familiar with. I find hotel breakfasts boring and overpriced, lots of good options to be had. For smoked meat, Schwartz’s Deli is good, but not as good as it once was, but go at off hours, I went at 10:30 AM and there was no line, but there was a huge line on my way back by noon.
The Ritz is a decent location and a fine hotel, and if you got a deal all the better. The markets will be a schlep from the hotel though, but transit is quite good.
I always recommend au pied de cochon if you’ve never been, sitting at the kitchen counter seats and ordering some daily specials is the way to go.
