Gordon Ramsay

Today marks a big day for NY foodies - it's the day that the reservation lines finally open for Gordon Ramsay's first state-side restaurant in The London NYC Hotel.

The restaurant will have 2 sections. The 12-table main dining room based on Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in London will have a 3-course a la cart menu for $85 and the 7-course prestige tasting menu for $115. Dress code for this one is jacket requested, ties optional and no jeans. They will also be offering seats at the chef's table in the kitchen which seats up to 8 guests.

The more casual "London Bar" dining room will have many more tables with more flexible seating times with a menu based on Ramsay's Maze. The London Bar offers a 4-course tasting for $55, a 6-course tasting for $75 and an a la carte menu with small dishes starting at $12.

Reservations can be made by calling (212) 468-8888 for the main dining room or (212) 468-8889 for the London Bar (actually though it appears that will book you into either on either number). Keep this in mind - today getting through is like trying to get tickets through Ticketmaster. After booking 2 reservations this morning, I have discovered that if you get a busy signal that sounds really far away hang on for a minute and somehow you will probably put on hold and then patched through!