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City Burger was not very great
It got to the burger scene quite late
How would it fix this
And achieve burger bliss?
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Save Prime Burger, A Burger Shop With Real Character
Thanks for the writeup, Ed.
I go here about 2-3 times a month and I'm always shocked the place is not packed.
Win a $1,200 Street Food Dinner for Two to the Citymeals-on-Wheels Fundraiser
Jerk Chicken from the Dutchy Cart in Midtown!
Seriously Delicious Super Bowl Party Giveaway: New York Exclusive La Frieda Black Label Burgers
City Burger was not very great
It got to the burger scene quite late
How would it fix this
And achieve burger bliss?
La Frieda Black Label on your plate!
Shake Shack UWS: The Airing of Grievances
I went there today. My only complaint was that their lemonade, which I absolutely love in MSP was very off. It didn't have the same tartness/sweetness to it. It was very watered down and pedestrian.
Oh well.
Any place in NYC serving apple pie with cheese?
Egg in Williamsburg.
Shopsin's: Comical Rudeness
terracotta, and most of you commenters don't get Shopsin's. It's not the type of place you ask questions. You order and enjoy the delicious food and entertainment of the Shopsin family.
Kenny Shopsin is a mini-icon in the restaurant industry by fact he doesn't hold his tongue at his customers. Anyone working in the industry has had many moments where they want to yell at customers to get the fuck out, and Kenny actually does. It's part of the charm of his establishment.
No, they're not the most patient family but they're actually quite nice, especially the younger daughter. You either get it, or you don't.
Serious Eating in Bangkok
Like you said in many destinations, the best places are usually found off the beaten path, away from the touristy areas.
However, if your husband is looking for more fine dining (aka $30 per person, as opposed to the $1.50 I was spending the rest of my trip) Thai food I definitely recommend Celadon in the Sukhothai Hotel. It's absolutely delicious and a great escape from the craziness that is Bangkok. I wish I remembered the dishes I had more clearly, but I remember the highlights were a crab dish and a duck curry. Mmmmm.
Dinner Tonight: The Aussie Burger
All the burgers are also always cooked well done. Yuck.
Why Can't You Get a Good Slice Outside New York City? 'Wired' Magazine Says It's the Water
Local pizza chain Famiglia has a shop open in Logan Airport. They claim that they actually get the water to make the pizza shipped from NYC. Too bad the slice still sucked.
Cutlets to NYC Burgers: Drop Dead
Sorry, but Veselka is overrated.
On a similar note, Ryan's Irish Pub across the street dishes out a pretty mean $5 burger.
FDNY Visits Artichoke
>>> certainly not comparable to Bleecker St. pizza or many others downtown that we frequent, and the artichoke topping gooey and sour.
Any hype whatsoever about Bleecker Street Pizza needs to die. Its one real claim to fame was a feature on Food Network, therefore people think it's great.
It's fine for just a slice, but why ever go there when Joe's is three blocks away?
Zaitzeff East Village in Time Out New York
I live nearby and there's rarely anyone in there :-X
Openings and First Reports: Artichoke
>>>WAY too much oil/grease and a really uneven crust
Have you been to Di Fara?
Win Tickets to the 'Village Voice' Choice Eats Event in NYC
I'm going to translate "little" as far as prices, so Fried Dumpling on Allen Street wins the pot.
Save Prime Burger, A Burger Shop With Real Character
Ate there today. We ordered as per above. Burgers were one degree over-cooked. Onions were good. Burgers were small but I was glad to not be too full afterwords.
I rate them as fine if you are in the area but not worth a trip.
Save Prime Burger, A Burger Shop With Real Character
I tried this place today and asked for the burger salted and from scratch medium rare. Waiter says "We don't salt". OK. Comes back TWO MINUTES later with a dry grayish burger. I don't think it was made from scratch. It was 1130am and there were 10 people in there. The service seemed more FU than NY Sweet and Sour.
Save Prime Burger, A Burger Shop With Real Character
I will try this place out. Thank you for the recommendation.
Save Prime Burger, A Burger Shop With Real Character
So wait, i'm a little confused...
The fries were terrible and not fresh, the onion rings are terrible, the burger is normally not salted OR made from scratch.
Why am i reading another review of a terrible restaurant serving hospital food?
Save Prime Burger, A Burger Shop With Real Character
My grandmother took me to this place when I was a child in the late 1960s....I had skating lessons at Rockefeller Center and then we always came here for Hot Chocolate and a burger. I thought the swing out trays were so cool! I had no idea it was still there. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Ed.
Save Prime Burger, A Burger Shop With Real Character
NIck, please go in there and help them out... They need to be shown how to get it done today... This place has so much going for it, a simple tweak here and there can make the differance between a ok burger vs. a great one. But to me the whole experience not just the burger...
Save Prime Burger, A Burger Shop With Real Character
If you have to tell them to put salt on the burger and cook it fresh maybe it is better dead
Save Prime Burger, A Burger Shop With Real Character
Hey Nick... don't forget to mention you hated the french fried onions too!
Save Prime Burger, A Burger Shop With Real Character
A contrary opinion: Primeburger is an important part of our burger heritage but I found the hamburger to be completely unsatisfactory. Even if it had been cooked correctly (I ran up against the par broiling effect) the quality of the beef was poor, prime or not. I wanted to love the place but find it hard to recommend, at least for more than one visit. As I noted in my review:
"Prime Burger is a place I think every New Yorker should eat at, at least once. It is, quite literally, a touchstone to the past. But in the modern world the burger here is just a relic, rendered obsolete by our contemporary expectations."
In my opinion the burger here does not stand up the way vintage burgers in places like White Manna, All American Drive or PJ Clarkes do. Full review:
http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2009/04/prime-burger-cheeseburger-review-midtown-east-nyc.html
Save Prime Burger, A Burger Shop With Real Character
Haven't been here in almost 20 years...whenever we went to Saks we always stopped off there for a great burger.
Win a $1,200 Street Food Dinner for Two to the Citymeals-on-Wheels Fundraiser
roasted chestnuts - HK
butter/sugar crepes - Paris
sticky rice in bamboo - Thailand
Win a $1,200 Street Food Dinner for Two to the Citymeals-on-Wheels Fundraiser
in mexico street vendors sell this great salad made from jicama, citrus fruit, queso fresco and chilies it's amazing!
Win a $1,200 Street Food Dinner for Two to the Citymeals-on-Wheels Fundraiser
oh i do so love me my falafels!
Win a $1,200 Street Food Dinner for Two to the Citymeals-on-Wheels Fundraiser
grilled shiskebobs dusted with cumin in flushing
Win a $1,200 Street Food Dinner for Two to the Citymeals-on-Wheels Fundraiser
Malaysian satay with peanut sauce!
Win a $1,200 Street Food Dinner for Two to the Citymeals-on-Wheels Fundraiser
I love a good gyro but a delicious carnitas taco is always my first pick
Win a $1,200 Street Food Dinner for Two to the Citymeals-on-Wheels Fundraiser
Not to knock composite lamb on spit, which has it's time and place in the pantheon of delicious street foods, but in Greece, that rotating log of lamb is made from real slices of shaved, juicy, tasty meat. No ground stuff there. Best gyro in my life.
Win a $1,200 Street Food Dinner for Two to the Citymeals-on-Wheels Fundraiser
Start off with chocolate dumplings from the rickshaw truck followed by paneer tikka kati roti slathered with some raita-chili sauce from the indian cart. then cooled down with a pavlova from the dessert truck!
So much Yummy Goodness in a Truck!
Win a $1,200 Street Food Dinner for Two to the Citymeals-on-Wheels Fundraiser
Pani puri, definitely. When I was a kid, my parents forbid me from eating Indian street food... which just made it taste even better when an older cousin would take me!
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Thanks for the writeup, Ed.
I go here about 2-3 times a month and I'm always shocked the place is not packed.