FOR YOUR CRANKY GRANDPARENTS
The seniors have been cooped up in the apartment most of the day and would love to get out — but honestly, it’s cold out there. Why not head to Grand Central and its annual Holiday Fair? It’s indoors, located in the Beaux Arts beauty Vanderbilt Hall, where older members of your group can shop for gifts without complaining of a chill. The market brings together more than 70 vendors, offering jewelry, high-end bath products, clothing and art. Also in the terminal, you’ll find the holiday train show, which could make Gran and Gramps nostalgic for their youth: Old-school toy train maker Lionel has assembled a 34-foot track around which miniature Metro-North trains zip.
* Tip: After all that shopping, satiate your seniors’ appetites with a trip to Estiatorio Milos, a Greek seafood restaurant offering a reasonable $49 prix fixe menu from 5 to 6:30 p.m. (What, grandparents will want to eat later?) The four courses include options such as crab cakes, grilled salmon and a walnut cake.
Grand Central Holiday Fair, through Dec. 24 in the Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal, 42nd Street and Park Avenue. Estiatorio Milos, 125 W. 55th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues; 212-245-7400.
— Reed Tucker
Brian Zak