I forgot to add this link. You can search for restaurants in the area of your hotel and view the menus, which are usually more up-to-date than a lot of websites.

I’d check Roadfood for recommendations but then you can use the site for locations and menus.

http://www.menupages.com/

I agree with both above posters, except that Barney Greengrass is a little more than a 30 minute walk from Times Square (I would say closer to 50 minutes), but is VERY easily accessible by subway (the 1 train from Times Square to 86th Street- then walk one block east). It’s DEFINITELY worth the trip. I recommend the LEO scramble with novie with a bagel and schmear (they serve fresh H&H) and a hunk of babka. YOWZA!

The Edison Cafe is also wonderful, if not a tad dingy these days. The matzo brei and the matzo ball soup are both wonderful, and they serve great blintzes and borscht. It’s one of the very few places left in Times Square that New Yorkers still patronize.

My favorite Midtown breakfast is at ESS-A-BAGEL on 51st and 3rd. Lox, at least 20 kinds of cream cheese, fish salads, smoked fish, knishes and the absolute best bagels on earth.

Welcome to Roadfood, dcwatts. If you use the search feature at the top of the page and put in "New York" or "Manhattan" and "breakfast", you’ll probably finds lots to browse through.

I’m not familiar with the food tour you mentioned but I can recommend the Foods of New York tours. http://www.foodsofny.com/

Barney Greengrass on Amsterdam. http://roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=433 The best NYC has to offer.

The Edison aka The Polish Tea Room is ok. In the Edison Hotel. on 47th St. Where Neil Simon used to hang out. Get the matzoh brei.