Man I’m getting so hungry thinking about dill and parsley. If it sucks my soul, it does so deliciously.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 02:12 (two years ago) link
Well yes not many options in midtown
― Evan, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 02:13 (two years ago) link
I mean these are office lunches, not dining experiences. I’m comparing them to what I can get for lunch (outside of the apt) in my Bronx neighborhood.... and could eat on a daily basis without falling asleep in the afternoon.
― chinavision!, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 02:26 (two years ago) link
Yeah when I worked in midtown it was great. I wouldn’t like drive down there for it but it was good eats. Also the teriyaki cart.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 02:37 (two years ago) link
Hey Andrew yang, Take it to the upstate thread or something
― calstars, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 02:46 (two years ago) link
People who leave NY are always experts about NY
― calstars, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 02:49 (two years ago) link
Where are you from calstars?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 03:06 (two years ago) link
Remember those numbered Afghan Kebab Houses what ever happened to those
― Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 04:57 (two years ago) link
I never found Afghan Kebab House #1, the lowest number was Afghan Kebab House #2, I think it was in Woodside. I was so excited when i found that.
― Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 04:59 (two years ago) link
The #5 was like half a mile down the street from me at the time, I was kind of baffled by the name and more than curious to know the locations of Afghan Kebab Houses #1-4 and 6-How many were there?
― Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 05:01 (two years ago) link
Loathe to admit it but Cava is really good.
― Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 05:05 (two years ago) link
First time I walked into a sweetgreen, I thought, wow they have sabzi yess this is too good to be true, and it was. I think that was also the last time I walked into a sweetgreen.
― Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 05:07 (two years ago) link
Google maps shows 3 remaining Afghan Kebab Houses in NYC, their awnings read "Afghan Kebab House #1" , "Afghan Kebab House" and "Afghan Kebab House Floral Park".
But I don't know if Afghan Kebab House #1 is the real Afghan Kebab House #1 or only got promoted to #1 after the closure of other Afghan Kebab Houses.
― Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 05:52 (two years ago) link
There’s no Afghan kebab house in Woodside. There’s one on Jackson Heights. My favorite Manhattan lunch factory may be Hummus and Pita Co. Also Sophie’s Cuban is a dependable chain.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 11:43 (two years ago) link
my brother in law swears by "dig inn" but the name is disqualifying imo.
― adam, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 13:49 (two years ago) link
I love any business that uses the ‘in’ —> ‘inn’ construction
― chinavision!, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 13:52 (two years ago) link
i like the double pun of the classic "dew drop inn" but the word "dig" isn't something i want adjacent to my office drone lunch bowl
― adam, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 13:57 (two years ago) link
It’s great but it’s rebranded. It’s now just Dig. Somebody agreed with you.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 14:01 (two years ago) link
if they agreed with me it would just be "inn"
top union square lunch slop stop is rainbow falafel though it is instant heartburn agony
― adam, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 14:33 (two years ago) link
I was once staying in a fancy hotel in NYC on someone else's time and I got Halal Guys and ate it in my expensive hotel room and felt a frisson
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 14:39 (two years ago) link
Blue Afghan House No. 3
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 15:08 (two years ago) link
dig inn/dig is definitely adequate lunch fare, beats chipotle or five guys or whatever. feels ok to be eating a meat and couple of veggies. probably oversalted but otherwise good enough. amazing what you can accomplish in business by just taking "picadilly cafeteria" and making it all upscale and designy.
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 15:16 (two years ago) link
The thing is, it's office lunches/eating at your desk that's soul sucking. These bowl places try to improve the situation by bringing a bit of dignity and serving something resembling real food. They can't overcome the situation, but it's not their fault.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 15:19 (two years ago) link
fair point!
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 16:00 (two years ago) link
would love a union square picadilly
the great innovation is the online ordering bit. sweetgreen is so much sweeter when you just walk in grab your shit and leave. truly do not understand waiting on line at these places
― adam, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 16:02 (two years ago) link
I agree eating at your desk makes it very difficult to really savor a meal. Also, midtown around Bryant Park is pretty good, but if you get too close to Central Park, it becomes kind of a dead zone. I thought I'd tried Cava but I realized I was confusing it with Naya, which is a similar concept.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 18:46 (two years ago) link
is maoz still going?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 19:04 (two years ago) link
Last I knew, there was maybe one left, over by Port Authority.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 19:43 (two years ago) link
Watching Serge Gainsbourg made me have a Coconuts flashback.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 19:50 (two years ago) link
― ncxkd, Sunday, 23 May 2021 23:48 (two years ago) link
No, maoz is gone. Also, it was gross.
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Monday, 24 May 2021 03:00 (two years ago) link
I think the food court at the Roosevelt Feild Mall in Long Island might still have a Maoz, but i haven't been there in years.
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Monday, 24 May 2021 03:01 (two years ago) link
Also there's a dig inn down the street from me and you can smell the rancid oil half a block away.
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Monday, 24 May 2021 03:06 (two years ago) link
dig inn is too oily, i agree.
― treeship., Monday, 24 May 2021 03:36 (two years ago) link
sweetgreen is good if you want to spend your whole paycheck on lunch. i no longer live that life though i am a suburban guy but there was a time.
I never actually tried sweetgreen, I was so disappointed to find their "sabzi" isn't actually sabzi khordan that i walked out in disgust, never to return.
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Monday, 24 May 2021 03:44 (two years ago) link
I can't imagine that Maoz's concept of "build your own falafel from a salad bar" would translate well to the age of Covid.
― o. nate, Monday, 24 May 2021 13:30 (two years ago) link
was out in Manhattan on a Saturday night in well over a year. such a wild vibe out there atm! it's a trip
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 24 May 2021 13:37 (two years ago) link
same here, it was really something
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 24 May 2021 13:39 (two years ago) link
andrew yang will be america’s first-ever NPC mayor. as his campaign director my job mostly involves crawling through ventilation ducts and disabling security turrets. he pays me in smoke grenades https://t.co/kB2Ia578NA— Jon Bois (@jon_bois) May 24, 2021
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Monday, 24 May 2021 18:15 (two years ago) link
So glad movie theaters are back ❤️ pic.twitter.com/N300NKmQmT— Lebbertoxd (@InsaneLetterbox) May 29, 2021
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Monday, 31 May 2021 20:04 (two years ago) link
so there is a curfew at Washington Square now and the fucking riot geared nypd just go in and start beating people after 10:00? sounds cool
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 7 June 2021 15:53 (two years ago) link
Also Union Square and Tompkins Square Park.
― Notes on Scampo (tokyo rosemary), Monday, 7 June 2021 16:12 (two years ago) link
it's fucked
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 02:37 (two years ago) link
police only do this when they are VERY stressed and underfunded! please don't post videos of them doing it :(
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 03:26 (two years ago) link
“The park has turned into a nightmare for those of us with kids,” said local resident Maria Rose. “There's constant drugs, constant nudity. There's sexual acts here all the time. The trash in the mornings has become really obscene and it's really not a place for kids anymore, let alone adults.”
Since when??? I thought all the fun stuff stopped decades ago tbh
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 05:06 (two years ago) link
Lol @ "really not a place for kids anymore"
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 05:07 (two years ago) link
The drugs, nudity, sexual acts, trash and obscenity getting to be a little to much for even the youngest of kids
― Fart low, sweet chariot, Coming for to carry me home (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 08:00 (two years ago) link
Guessing obscene trash = used condoms but she could also be referring to drug-related waste i suppose
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 08:15 (two years ago) link
local residents are just cops who don’t get paid for it
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 13:00 (two years ago) link