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From A Hamburger Today
Posted by Lauren Krueger, April 2, 2008 at 12:45 PM
CITY BURGER
Address: 1410 Broadway, New York NY 10018 (at 39th Street; map)
Phone: 212-997-7770
Website: Listed as cityburgerny.com but not operational at this time
The Skinny: A very decent burger for the neighborhood. It's still early, and they're working out the kinks. The staff is learning on the job. Irate, impatient customers in a small space is no fun.
Want Fries with That? Steak fries are $2.75 or $3.95 with cheese. The beer battered onion rings looked great.
The Fashion District is a great place to be if you're a clothes buyer and one of the last places you want to be if you're looking for a good meal. Within a four block radius of where I work there are five Starbucks, five Pax, two Hale & Hearty Soups, several McDonald's, and countless steam-table, pay-by-the pound delis. That's a lot of repetition and a lack of good choices. City Burger opened Monday, and I've been there twice already.
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From A Hamburger Today
Posted by Lauren Krueger, April 1, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Enticed by the Smörgås Burger, optionally topped with Jarlsberg or Ski Queen goat cheese, we chose Smörgås Chef over a handful of restaurants we'd never visited. I should have walked out the door the second I realized the burger on the menu wasn't the one I had my heart set on, but at that point we had our drinks, and it would have meant being late to the awful play we had tickets to that night.
No, the burger on the menu was simply a burger, and no Ski Queen cheese was offered. It hardly mattered to me, as I happily asked for Jarlsburg. We also ordered Swedish meatballs and a herring plate, but that's only worth mentioning because later Mike asked if we were eating Polish food. He knows I love him because I thought really hard about whether or not to share that with the world. And you know I love you because I decided to share it.
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From Recipes
Posted by Lauren Krueger, March 20, 2008 at 3:45 PM
If anyone ever challenges my right to the title of Ultimate Procrastinator, they'd better look out ... eventually. Last night I was approaching the last hours of a deadline and had buckets of laundry to do, but instead, I decided to make picadillo. Managing to turn a simple 40-minute recipe into a three-hour one is a skill that takes years to master. But if you'll allow me, I'll attempt to share.
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From A Hamburger Today
Posted by Lauren Krueger, March 11, 2008 at 3:30 PM
Don't be fooled: This may look like a delicious cheeseburger, but it's actually a nuclear weapon.
Don't ask me what it tasted like; I don't know. All I know is, I took one bite, and the juices shot out in a scalding hot projectile, landing on my delicate skin and leaving me in pain.
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From Required Eating
Posted by Lauren Krueger, March 6, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Nothing beats the heat on a hot, sweaty day like a...frozen pickle pop? These kids seem to think so.
Photograph from picklesickle.com
Bob's Pickle Pops are gaining in popularity, both in schools and among those watching their weight. Made "not from just the brine left over from pickling, but from freshly squeezed pickles, much like an apple or orange is pressed," Bob's Pickle Pops are consumed either "frozen or unfrozen".
As a pickle lover, I'm torn; is this the best or worst idea ever?
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From A Hamburger Today
Posted by Lauren Krueger, February 15, 2008 at 1:15 PM
For Valentine's Day, Mike and I decided a small restaurant in the neighborhood would make for the best evening.
So we ended up at White Castle, of course!
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From A Hamburger Today
Posted by Lauren Krueger, February 13, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Or, 'But What Do They Call it in France?
Hype never moves me the way it should. In fact, it turns me off. I refused to see Pulp Fiction for three years after its initial release for that very reason, and even then wasn't that impressed. But when multiple trusty sources of mine collude to recommend a burger, I feel I owe it to myself to at least give it a try.
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From Recipes
Posted by Lauren Krueger, February 1, 2008 at 3:15 PM
From 1995 to 2003 the California Avocado Commission held an Avobowl, in which guacamole recipes relating to the regional specialties of teams playing in the Superbowl were pit against each other in a taste test. Five out of eight years, the winner of the guacamole contest accurately predicted the winner of the football match. Eerie, eh?
Well, it seems as if the Avobowl is no longer a contest, as the Hass Avocado Board would prefer it if we all just get along. They don't care who wins, just as long as you eat your share of Superbowl guacamole. And you probably will:
The HAB estimates fans will eat 49.5 million pounds of Hass avocados on this year's Big Game Day—enough to cover Arizona's University of Phoenix Stadium football field, end zone to end zone, more than 19.1 feet deep in avocados.
Though the Avobowl is no longer, the HAB has provided different recipes for Giants fans and Patriots fans, based around team colors (in one case) and regional foods (in the other). If these guacamoles were to do battle, who would win?
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From A Hamburger Today
Posted by Lauren Krueger, January 29, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Dear Readers,
The world is raining on my burger parade today. On Sunday night I watched Year of the Dog, in which Molly Shannon's character becomes a vegan. She is completely consumed with rescuing animals from food production, to the point where everything else in her life crumbles. The movie struck a chord in my brain, and I woke up feeling less than grade A. I'm not sure why this movie stuck with me so, but it did. Now the only thing which will make me happier is an adorable beagle puppy I can name Pencil.
Then, yesterday morning, Serious Eats greeted me with Ed's post asking, "If we eat less meat, can we save the planet and ourselves?" The facts about factory faming conditions, and CO2 emissions are not new to me, but they are weighing heavily. How can I be a passionate burger blogger and still consider myself a good global citizen? Being a vegetarian is something kids brag about on MySpace. Is it still cool to be seen eating meat?
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From A Hamburger Today
Posted by Lauren Krueger, January 24, 2008 at 1:00 PM
It is a well-accepted fact that if you live in the Boston area long enough, you're going to have a buddy named Sully. With that in mind, I'd like you to meet mine:
Located in Somerville, Massachusetts, next door to my friend Pete, O'Sullivan's serves up some amazing burgers. They're thick, they're tall, and they take a long time to cook. I would suggest showing up at O'Sullivan's about a half an hour less hungry than you think you are. That's complicated math, but trust me, it's worth figuring out. You're going to wait, and it's worth it. So, sit down and relax, pally.
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