New York Restaurants

oh btw i ate at delicatessen a couple weeks ago but it was so fucking bland and gross and we had the worst/dumbest waitress in the world that i tried to wipe it from my memory--if u have the same thought process as me which is like, "oh hey im in soho, maybe i should give delicatessen a shot even tho its supposed to be bad, since tis like right here and can it really be that bad," well, it is, mostly cause theyre charging obscene amounts of money for what mostly just tastes like microwave dinners

but max, they microwave it FOR YOU!

actually my salad was OK but the fried chicken was just retardedly bland and the ice cream was actively terrible

did you try the cheeseburger egg roll or whatever the hell that thing is?

lol i've never even really considered eating at kellogg. it just doesn't occur to me.

yeah i had the cheeseburger spring rolls--not BAD but theyre basically just hot pockets

which let's be real if you want basically just a hot pocket the only way to go is the real deal

http://www.thesoulspot.com/

^^^^^^^ THIS

I went there when they first opened and was like :\

I went again a few weeks ago and was like :D

charging obscene amounts of money for what mostly just tastes like microwave dinners

sounds like the Moondance

My only complaint is that their chicken/dumplings consist of potato dumplings and not big honky dough balls

except for the dumpling thing that sounds suspiciously like the Five Spot in Clinton Hill

where should i have a late lunch this afternoon? i have a few hours to kill in the east village/l.e.s. before a 4:30 movie. looking for someplace w/vegetarian options, where i can sit and read for a while...

I went to the Five Spot the other week and while I didn't eat there (tho I was tempted), the decor is pretty WTF and kept me amused for about 90 mins just looking around. More former pharmacies, please!

Better than five spot

tipsy, how about clinton street baking company? it shouldn't be too crowded later in the day on a monday.

tipsy, i would say lotus lounge on the corner of clinton and stanton, but somebody told me recently that it's closed?

lol expat

:D

how about clinton street baking company?

yeah that sounds promising, thx. down there i usually end up at angelica or pukk, which are both fine but somewhere different would be nice.

morbs and i went somewhere veggie recently but i don't remember the name :(

there's counter on 1st ave, which is slightly upscale organic veg/vegan.

Here's what some guy thought of the Fergus food at Spotted Pig.

http://nyjournal.squarespace.com/journal/2008/10/13/the-spotted-pig.html

I'm going to Bobo and Babbo this weekend. Stoked for the latter.

$17 for a hamburger.

i remember going to the hard rock cafe in new york with my dad and staring unbelievingly at the menu, which listed an $8 hamburger.

/lol, old

i've never been to the spotted pig, but to be an authentic gastropub it should require you to order at the bar, serve the chips blisteringly hot, and include the service charge in the bill

you could try writing them a letter to complain?

"dear Mr -Z, i have never been to your restaurant but $17 is a ridiculous amount of money to pay for a hamburger"

Spotted Pig was a bit of a disappointment to me.

Spotted Pig owned by former, original Smiths manager J0e M0ss, yes?

Don't forget: leave the 'service' part of the card receipt blank for Extra Gastro.

I'll read that link momentarily but if there are places to go eat Fergus' food in NYC I encourage you to go for it.

i miss the les lotus. it's been turned into an "irish" bar called... donnybrook.

eeesh

it just occurred to me that i've been away so long i have no concept of what reasonable menu prices are in new york anymore

suz, i know, and i'm sort of kicking myself already for deciding to miss out, but it's just not in the budget.

(the bill at the place he's cooking at tonight adds up faster than, um, a thing that adds up really, really fast.)

Spotted Pig = overrated.

also, NYMag today goes over cheap eats (via eater.com):
http://eater.com/archives/2008/11/cheap_living.php

have fun at babbo, btw. based on my one meal there, it definitely lived up to hype.

$17 hamburger isnt all that expensive for an 'upscale' restaurant.

also i guarantee you its better than the one you had at the hard rock cafe.

$17 hamburger is £10 burger and we have plentee of those in London.

Oh L, that is teh suck. There is also the added p4rkins0n's problem - who knows how long before he has to stay out of the kitchen? Mind you, I have never ever ever actually paid to eat at St John because of artworld afterdinners; it is my little hunch that he might be over there and cheffing up for one BUT FOR WHICH ARTIST OR GALLERY? Find out, and dinner is served.

haha, i would love to spend my afternoon stalking fergus! not in the cards, though, unfortunately. this is the menu for tonight:

http://www.momofuku.com/noodle/fergus.asp

most of these dishes are "small plates," so you can see how the check could easily inflate to ginormous.

tapas formula:

create menu
+ make every portion 1/3 the size, keep price the same
+ dim lights
= profit!

this is the same place that charges $8 for a plate of bread and "artisanal" butters, so go figure. i love the food at the ssam bar, but at this point i think that d.chang sits around cackling while playing in ballpit filled with money.

duck fat fried potaters sound yumm yum

Avoid Bobo. Bruni's review last week in the NYT was pretty spot on. At least it wasn't frighteningly expensive. Among the most disappointing tasting menus I've had. At least the wine pairings were pretty great.

Oh, and I finally ate at Shake Shack. Them burgers are good but I thought the mushroom burgers were basically fried cheese balls.

oh god I want to eat here so badly

http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2008/11/momofuk-bakery-and-milk-bar-its-damn-good-east-village-nyc.html

oh wow

can't wait to get one of the poached egg sandwiches. i think that's what i'm doing on my day off next week.

i just went into a trance staring it

kind of dreading the prices, though.

fried poached egg sandwich + chorizo challah + pistachio soft serve = perfect brunch?

my interesting new opening is 10 downing

milk bar full menu for those interested. most looking forward to banana cream pie.

xpost 10 downing does look good, gabbneb

bets on literality of 'compost cookie'