I'm glad that Luke's Lobster has an outpost on the Upper West Side now. It's much easier than going all the way to first ave in the village just to get a lobster roll. Convenience really goes a long way in how I choose to eat. Most of the time, I figure out what to do on the weekends first, then try to think about what to eat in the area. Usually that leaves me with nothing, since I can't think fast enough and am too indecisive. Last month we were in the mood of something summery, and lobster rolls sounded like a good idea. I'm glad that there's now affordable lobster rolls with Luke's and Red Hook Lobster Pound in the city. In the past, you had to go to a seafood restaurant like Pearl's or something, and get a M.P. lobster roll. That market price is usually around $30 dollars. At Luke's in the UWS it's $16. Big price difference there, and it's not hidden behind some random shit like market price.... [Continue reading]
Continuing with the theme of Best of NYC, today let's talk about a sandwich. The one in question is actually in Midtown Manhattan. You wouldn't think that one of the best places to get a Cuban sandwich is close to Broadway and Times Square, oh but there it is. And they're actually open only until 5 PM. It's like they're mostly aiming for the guy wanting to grab Cuban food on-the-go. Getting a Cuban from Margon can be a bit tricky. The restaurant is long and narrow. When you first walk into the restaurant during lunch hour, a guy to your left asks if you want a Cuban and how many you want. Their sandwiches are so popular during lunch that the guy just wants to take your order as soon as you get in the door. If you walk farther into the restaurant, you'll find they have other options on the steam table, as well as some seats. Maybe you're into that at another time, but this first time you just want a sandwich, OK? It's $6 and you have to wait for it too.... [Continue reading]
Rejoice! The Knicks are going to be semi-relevant again! News came late last night that Carmelo Anthony is getting traded to the Knickerbockers. This means that you should go out and celebrate with something that's as silky smooth as his j-train (thank you, NBA commercial). You wouldn't think beef is something that might be silky smooth, oh but you be wrong. Check your preconceived notions about roast beef at the door when you visit Bowery Beef. This version of a roast beef sandwich is an import from Bean town and definitely worthy of your taste buds because it's only $5 and only a dollar more if you add cheese.... [Continue reading]
Social media apparently can flatten the world. Ideas can reach across oceans and topple dictators and revoke a constitution so that an army could rule a country. Hurray for Egypt! I think? You know what social media is not doing for me though? It's not giving me cheaper sandwiches. Goddamn it! Where is Zucks when you need him? Apparently this place, Tiny's Giant Sandwich Shop, is supposed to have awesome sandwiches. For $9 dollars. Sheesh, that's just like nine dollar sandwiches from No. 7 Sub. It feels like in the information age where everything social makes everything better... it's done nothing for me on the sandwich front.... [Continue reading]
No. 7 Sub offers a cilantro chicken on the menu right now. The price hasn't changed therefore my opinion on the subject hasn't changed either. Eating a $9 sandwich makes me feel good. Like, "Wow, the chicken that's currently in my mouth, it used to be happy and alive. Now it's just a dead motherfucker swirling around and getting chomped by my teeth. Stupid chicken." But for real, the sandwiches are good, although a few dollars too much. When I was a kid, the saying was, "You are what you eat." As if that kind of a slogan would get fat kid like myself to worship napa cabbages instead of bacon sandwiches. As an adult, now mostly I feel like you are defined by what you eat. It's not like if I eat macaroni and cheese along with apple pie, then I would be an American. Or if I went to a Jewish deli everyday, that would make me a Jew. No nothing like that. But the idea that when I look around at the folks in No. 7 Sub... I just don't see kindred spirits. They seem too in charge of their lives and too at ease with a $9 dollar sandwich. Quite frankly, this sandwich place makes me feel inadequate as a man.... [Continue reading]
A new thing that I'm trying to do more of is to assume that things are going to work out for the better. Too often it's easy to get caught up on things... [more]
It's difficult to find something more affordable than doubles from the Trini Paki Cart. I actually had it maybe a month or two ago and I can't even... [more]
Recently I tortured Steph into watching Game of Thrones with me. There's dragon eggs in that show, and I've previously told many of my friends that... [more]
Thirty five point two nine percent. That's how much of my life has passed by based upon a life expectancy of getting to 85-years-old. It certain could... [more]
Did y'all catch the article last week by Eric Asimov about the state of being a critic? I think if there's one thing to note about the state of restaurant... [more]
