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Tribeca: City Hall, Home of Pat LaFrieda's First Custom Burger Blend

@NYC Food Guy We pay for all of the food we review at Serious Eats. There are no behind the scenes photos. City Hall has an open kitchen of sorts - the burger on the grill images were taken from the dining room as was the the pictures of Chef Meer who was working the pass that night. He had no idea I was coming (to be honest I am not sure he even knows what AHT is) and I had already eaten the burger when I took the pictures of the him and the grill.

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Thanks so much for the kind words everyone (even Simon) I look forward to my return and am bracing for the nitpicking (nickpicking?)

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Tribeca: City Hall, Home of Pat LaFrieda's First Custom Burger Blend

@NYC Food Guy We pay for all of the food we review at Serious Eats. There are no behind the scenes photos. City Hall has an open kitchen of sorts - the burger on the grill images were taken from the dining room as was the the pictures of Chef Meer who was working the pass that night. He had no idea I was coming (to be honest I am not sure he even knows what AHT is) and I had already eaten the burger when I took the pictures of the him and the grill.

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NYC: Get Great Sliders at Bill's Bar and Burger

Thanks so much for the kind words everyone (even Simon) I look forward to my return and am bracing for the nitpicking (nickpicking?)

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The Art of the Lunch Deal: Keen's Steakhouse

@rsurfer I think you will find that the common consensus around SE writers and indeed amongst NYC steak lovers is that Keen's is an EXCELLENT steakhouse. One of the best in the city, which is to say one of the best in the world. If your statement about the only good thing there being the steak I think that that is all that is required of a steakhouse. But I think that the sides and the service at Keen's are generally much better than adequate. I had a chuckle when you mentioned Luger's as you will hear often hear the same complaint about them.

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Josh Capon's $45 White Truffle Burger from Burger and Barrel in Soho

@Fallopian Tube What is fabricated at about the story? The burger is available for sale at B&B. I am sure that Capon will be very upset that an internet troll doesn't respect him.

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Burger & Barrel Makes One of My Top 5 Burgers in NYC

@jakethemate I assure you there was nothing unintentional about my choice of words.

@zedmund It really is.

@amusebouche1 You will have to wait for out yearly roundup in December.

@JohnNOLA The burger is about a great many things. The purist, minimal burger you describe is almost precisely (I prefer a griddle over a grill) what I recommended in my review.

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Aloysius C. 'Al' Pawlowicz, Co-Owner of Pizzaland, Dies at 49

@SeriousB Thanks, I didn't think that too many people would notice a comment on an old post.

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Josh Capon's $45 White Truffle Burger from Burger and Barrel in Soho

@sarar Sorry, I should have mentioned that I will be reviewing B&B next week and will cover the White Truffle burger and the more affordable options as well.

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The Art of the Lunch Deal: Bar Stuzzichini

@gargupie Salted but under dressed.Didn't get to the crostini.

@chiffonte No one is denying that we have always had plenty of Italian restaurants in NYC. But in the last few years Eataly, 'intoteca, SD26, A Voce and Bar Stuzz have all opened within a few blocks of each other (that is what I meant when I said "local") That is significant. A few years ago the only lines in the vicinity were for burgers at Shake Shack, now there are lines outside of Eataly.

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Where to Get Deep Dish Pizza in NYC? Not at L'asso

@carreet The pizza I had was very far from the "great" that you describe. I will agree that it is a work in progress. I can't recommend L'asso simply because it is the only game in town or because 2 $16 pies are enough for 6 people. I agree that is more interesting than doing another thin crust pie, but that doesn't excuse the execution.

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Where to Get Deep Dish Pizza in NYC? Not at L'asso

@Prairie You would be disappointed. A picture may be worth a thousand words but it won't tell you how something tastes.

@ Seriousb: It is grated ricotta salata, there was mozzarella underneath (although not nearly enough) I don't think it was a mistake as their website has an image of the pie with the shredded cheese on top.

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The Art of the Lunch Deal: Resto

@piztaster The burger contains pork which is the reason they only serve it cooked through.

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The Art of the Lunch Deal: 21 Club

@gargupie yes, a decent sized basket of fresh tasting white rolls and an excellent raisin crisp bread was provided. Jackets required (but not ties)

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Pizza Obsessives: Hong-An Tran, Slice Snapshot Artist Extraordinaire

@bronsonman You certainly have a lot of rules. Is there anything else we should be banned from photographing? How about buildings or people or animals or sunsets? What exactly is disgusting about photographing food? Who says that those that photograph their food are not enjoying it? And what exactly constitutes "taking it to far"? Earth to bronsonman - you are on a FOOD BLOG. What do you expect to find here??? Or perhaps more saliently - what are you doing here?

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Pizza Obsessives: Hong-An Tran, Slice Snapshot Artist Extraordinaire

@SeriousB/AK It isn't the narrow DOF or the lack of flash, both of these are attainable with digital. Infact one could argue that digital has exceeded film in low light capability. My Nikon D700 for example has usable ISO up to 6400 and with a 50mm f1.2 lens I can get incredibly narrow DOF in very low light. The new D3S reportedly goes up ISO 128,000! (Canon's offerings are, I am sure, comparable although I am not familiar with their line) But what separates digital from film in my eyes is what Norman alludes to - color rendition and saturation. There is a vividness and a three dimensionality that I see in film that is not entirely present in digital.

Of course digital has come a long way and from a pro's perspective (especially for sports shooters and news photographers) the convenience and the cost and time savings tend to out weigh the aesthetic consideration.

Check this article out for more on the technical differences:

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/filmdig.htm

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LaGuardia Airport: Great, Reasonably Priced Burgers at Custom Burgers By Pat La Frieda

@tomk2 Because that burger was ordered a la carte with toppings added, rather than ordering the Americana which comes with cheese.

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LaGuardia Airport: Great, Reasonably Priced Burgers at Custom Burgers By Pat La Frieda

@foodinmouth I am in the quality over quantity camp. Other than that I couldn't care less about the petty feuds between TV personalities whose shows I don't watch.

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Get Quality Burgers at Schnipper's Quality Kitchen in Midtown

@rcrocco When you ordered your burger and you were asked how you wanted it what did you reply? Rare, medium rare, well done perhaps? I am assuming that you didn't want it cooked all the way through. So instead of complaining about it afterwords on a blog, why didn't you simply take it back to the counter and request a new one or a refund?

Line cooks make mistakes, I noted that in my review when the second burger I had was cooked longer than ordered. But I found the meat to still be juicy even cooked beyond medium. I have a hard time believing that your burger really had the consistency of shoe leather.

As for your charge that the review was paid for by the owners - do you honestly think we need to do that here?

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Union Jack Pub: Chicago Deep Dish, in an English Pub, in Indianapolis

@DavidPD & Pizzablogger I still have the D700 but these days I mostly use a manual focus 50mm f1.2 nikkor lens. Also I replaced the Panasonic GF1 with the G2 (but kept the 20mm lens)

From Serious Eats: New York

The Art of the Lunch Deal: Gotham Bar & Grill

@gustoct, exflexitarian & Simon I think Gotham is a generally excellent restaurant and perhaps the review came off more negatively than I intended. The steak was disappointing but nothing else about the meal was. I will give it another try in the fall.

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The Art of the Lunch Deal: Gotham Bar & Grill

@Simon I did adjust the white balance which may have skewed the color somewhat, the camera I shot with (a Panasonic G2) has some WB issues that I haven't come fully to terms with.

But also hanger steak, which is located close to the heart of the steer, is saturated with more blood than other steaks so it will often appear rarer than it might be. Rather than the red and pink color you might look for in say a filet mignon, in my experience a rare hanger steak is often closer to purple.

I didn't send it back because hanger is one of the few steaks that I don't mind eating at medium. Also, I wasn't so impressed by the meat and was pressed for time.

The alternative was a Scottish salmon or a lamb loin from the farmers market.

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The Art of the Lunch Deal: Colicchio & Sons Tap Room

@gargupie Bread service was provided and was very good, although restricted to a simple white roll. No a la carte and the dessert options are listed on a separate tap room menu:

http://colicchioandsons.com/menus/tapRoomDessertMenu.pdf

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Dear AHT: 'Burgers in Memphis - BOY DID YOU GUYS MISS IT!!!'

In my defense I did try to make it to Dyer's but that ended up being late Saturday night after eating at about 6 BBQ restaurants during the course of the day - there was a long security line just to get on to Beale Street and the places was so crowded anyway that I just went back to the Peabody were I stayed. Huey's looked rather uninteresting despite claiming the best burger in town.

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@deede Thanks, that's what I meant to say. I corrected the text.

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About Nick Solares

Website: http://beefaficionado.blogspot.com/

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Favorite foods: Griddle cooked hamburgers served on generic white buns, Neapolitan style pizza, dry aged USDA prime steak served black and blue, fish and chips cooked in beef tallow, vanilla ice cream.

Last bite on earth: A black label hamburger on the blends 100th anniversary in 2108.