New York Restaurants

god i can't put up with shake shack's mythos is the problem -- i rarely am in that part of town and the line is always hueg. i'd love to eat their burgers but not with those ppl in my jock.

i think p&t is now aiming for december. s4th & driggs.

the outside is still pretty charry even when i order it basically raw.

― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Tuesday, October 7, 2008 1:03 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

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yah u have to go to shake shack on off hours - late is good - half the times ive tried ive just looked at the line and given up

shake shack burger is THE FUCKING BOMB tho make no mistake

i still like the burgers at molly's. they are not the fashionable fast food-y kind, though.

yah u have to go to shake shack on off hours

330 on a weekday is good

dont you have some law stuff to do gabbneb

nope! shd go to gym tho.

also: joe's bestburger in queens (flushing) on main st. pretty good in-n-out knockoff, and they make handcut fries which are a+.

i have heard there are good burgers at melt on bergen st (served like 1/2 price at the bar??) but i have only eaten brunch there.

?? really ??

didn't like the brunch there, maybe I'll try the burger

hey schef you been to alchemy brunch, that's my go-to over there. bloody mary / eggs + chorizo / jalapeno cheese grits

Sobaya is kinda blah compared to Honmura An.

how do you killfile in the new code?

also they have like 10 diff flavors of joe's brand soda, and you always get free cookies or something with your meal.

yah i was eyeing joes bestburger on sunday

last time I ate at shake shack mary-louise parker was there

joe's is the chain that wasn't - they have everything set up like there are a million of them around the globe, but that's the only one.

also someone mentioned pequena in ft. greene upthread, their brunch is great + cheap. huevos rancheros etc.

according to Eater, Honmura An reopened .... in tokyo

i haven't been to alchemy, maybe i'll try this weekend! we've done that new orleans place on atlantic 2x (??? stan's? i forget the name). cafe du monde = winner. service is slooooooow and the prices are a touch higher than they should be.

that was me dmr! looove them

alchemy is good but overpriced for what it is, me thinks

alchemy dinner is overpriced for sure. brunch ain't too bad imo.

oh re: melt's brunch, it seems really super hit or miss.

anyone been to the spotted pig i might go for bday tmrw night

if available, get devils on horseback

yeah I went once, it's real good but probably not worth the massively long wait (or maybe it's not as hot as it used to be? I haven't seen any gossip-page shit about Bill Clinton running into Jay-Z there in a while). the pork belly was crazy.

is there any reason spotted pig gets a michelin star other than that it's a) small and b) trendy?

probably not

I heard Babbo's star got taken away? wtf

don't get me wrong spotted pig was v. good but if babbo doesn't have a star they sure shouldn't have one

otoh who gives a fuck what the snobby frenchies think

according to google new p&t locale is 0.4 mi from my house! :D

i'd rather try to force my way into a bar seat at babbo than one at the spotted pig, but they're both kind of clusterfucky.

did you check out the menu at the tavern room at gt, max? i really do think that could be a good option. even if there is a wait, it's a lot more civilized than the bar crush at some places.

pequena is kinda blah imo - bonita does the same kinda thing much better

i just found this on p'n't's website:

http://www.piesnthighs.com/images/pig.gif

i emailed my friend who is friends w/the pies n thighs girls and she said: probably not till next year they got all messed up witht ehir permits...wait it out

it will never open again

laaaaame

was supposed to be June & they told New York mag November

cryingguitarsmokingpig.gif

bonita does the same kinda thing much better

the one in w'burg u mean? or is there another one

they should spend less time being stoned or whatever they are doing and more time opening a restaurant that i would like to eat at. yeah!

maybe i will just open my own pies 'n' thighs to spite them.

theres a bonita in ft green - dekalb @ vanderbilt

xp

oh cool. I shld go there

eater said they'd applied for an expedited permit hearing in december, but i guess that in practical terms it would mean a 2009 opening. sigh.

well, ppl can come over to my house for biscuits (made with real lard flakes) in the meantime.

yea i haven't been to bonita yet. seems cute on the outside

still go to ICI a lot, which is right across the street. and Lulu is pretty good, also right there -- can be hit or miss.

i am leaning towards this idea of opening my own pies 'n' thighs even more >:[

xpost i'll bring pulled pork and greens

yah i dont know if pies n thighs is stoned or what but judging from the couple conversations ive had w/one of the owners they def were just all YAY LETS OPEN A FUN RESTAURANT which totally awesome attitude imo but they no doubt had a steep learning curve once the city started fucking w/them and they had to move etc

it's a deal. we can serve up bootleg nu-americana.

xpost

i will bring ribbbbs

xpost yeah that is problem with it, opening up a restaurant is actually not fun at all, and tho i admire their attitudes it just seems like more than they bargained for unfortunately.

ps gabbneb is not invited to our bootleg nu-americana festival.

gebbneb can come but he has to agree w/everything we say and we will purposely say many wrong things

it would be kind of fun to do a p&t memorial potluck.

i'll bring mac n cheese and green beanz

yeah this is a totally fun idea! i would be into it! i honestly do make good pulled pork, and good beef brisket!