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John Dory Closed, Hopes To Relocate
I ate here many times and the only thing that tasted good was the fish and chips. All of the other dishes had problematic tastes such as the uni butter, and the overly spicy fish soup that overpowered any chance of tasting the fish. Unfortunately, in the soups and pan roast, the fish was overcooked and tasteless. Undercooking was also a problem. Not a great loss........except for the fish and chips.
Pizzeria Boom Actually Harming New York Pizza as We Know It, Newsweek Says
Hallelujah. I am so sick of these upscale tasteless pizza parlors in the city. I recently ate at Keste on Bleecker and it was awful. The only flavor the mushroom pizza had was the delicious shitake mushrooms on it. Otherwise it was a soggy mess. And don't get me started on Co.. In defense of upscale pizza places though, I do like the clam pie at Franny's.
Does anyone remember La Marionetta on Greenwich Avenue? Now that was New York pizza at it's finest. I haven't had pizza that good since it closed over a decade ago.
Co. Company's Jim Lahey Responds to 'New York Times' One-Star Review
I had the margherita pie on opening weekend. It was flavorless. No, it tasted of charcoal soot. I sat at a dirty bar that the angry bartendress didn't have time to clean. I never got a napkin....after asking. Everyone I talked to at the bar thought the food was awful. Now that Jim Lahey calls the best thing on the menu, the pizza bianca, dogshit, I see no reason to give this place a second try. I actually tried to go one Saturday at the opening time posted on their website but it never opened despite waiting ten minutes. Go to Gotham Pizza down the block for some delicious New York style pizza. Do not go to Co.. And by the way, naming a restaurant Co. is as pretentious as the rest of this disastrous place. Maybe Mr. Lahey should try a new line of business. Perhaps a doorman at one of the clubs up the block would be more suitable to his tempermant and talent.
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I only went to Louie and Ernie's once, but it was great. I don't like any of the other suggestions except Patsy's in Harlem. As stated, due to inconsistencies, you often get an inferior pie at Patsy's. Too bad La Marionetta isn't around anymore. It was the best in NYC.