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NY Steakhouse (not Keens or Lugers) Suggestions
Minetta Tavern, great meat, get the cote de boeuf
Chicago Lunch
thanks! both jubilee and perrys sound good, what is the best thing at perrys and is there any really good deep dish pizza around there?
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Is there a particularly good place for fruit in chinatown?
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A Challenge to NYC Burger Joints: Put This Burger on Your Menu
I second elizabeth's burger with crispy cheese, it was great all around
NY Steakhouse (not Keens or Lugers) Suggestions
Minetta Tavern, great meat, get the cote de boeuf
Chicago Lunch
thanks! both jubilee and perrys sound good, what is the best thing at perrys and is there any really good deep dish pizza around there?
Best pre-theater restaurant?
La Vineria, 49th and 9th is great, also Chili Thai around there
Another New Street Cart Launching Soon: Schnitzel & Things
as an austrian-born new york based banker I am excited for this but looking at the menu a bit disappointed by the lack of true austrian street food. Where's the wurst selection (kasekrainer?!) or leberkase offering and not even a proper wiener schnitzel (veal)?
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hot shots, frying bacon on her stomach
Win Tickets to the New Taste of the Upper West Side Event
UWS fatty crab>w. village fatty crab
Served: Why Tipping Makes Everyone Uncomfortable
I am interested in how you view tips based on the actual job, it still seems like there is a big difference between really waiting on a table and pouring wine/passing out small plates at the bar. If you place an order to go and the hostess pours you a glass of water should you tip 15-20% if at all? How about deliveries?
I think there needs to be some distinction between tip breakdown and services rendered, a 2 hour meal at a table is a much more involved process than an hour of drinks and snacks.
Same applies for bartenders who open a bottle or mix a real drink, either way they're probably getting $1-2 but it hardly seems fair.
Served: The Ballsy Waitress
I think everyone is overlooking a huge fact, which is another issue in itself.
I've found it pretty easy to deduce which restaurant you work at, I like the place and live nearby, it is a tiny spot and everything is essentially a small plate to a varying degree, it is as much a wine bar as "restaurant".
If someone came in, sat at the bar, had a few glasses of wine and shared a few quick hors d'oeuvres, they would probably not feel inclined to tip exactly the same as if they had sat at a table and been waited on in the traditional sense.
This is the case here as far as I can tell, whether or not bartenders, food at the bar, etc... deserves the same level of tipping is the real argument, in my mind its sort of a grey zone. I consider myself a decent tipper based on the service provided but I would not tip as much if I was throwing down cash after this type of situation as if I sat down and had a normal dinner.
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Vinegar on pork
Eastern NC summer ‘cue
But with skyscrapers
A Challenge to NYC Burger Joints: Put This Burger on Your Menu
I'd like to Shopsin's take on this.
A Challenge to NYC Burger Joints: Put This Burger on Your Menu
Doesn't look good to me at all.
A Challenge to NYC Burger Joints: Put This Burger on Your Menu
sounds awesome! deadly but awesome!!!!... crispy cheese, hmmmmmm I hope some burger place is taking notes!
A Challenge to NYC Burger Joints: Put This Burger on Your Menu
Looks like The Flying Nun.
Served: Why Tipping Makes Everyone Uncomfortable
So I didn't see the last post, and I haven't read all the comments, but it's a topic that depends on the situation, imo. If it was a large group of people, I would ask again, because that does eat up a lot of one waitress's time. I dined at a nice little place with a friend a few months back, and it was my second time there (pretty sure the waiters recognized me). I had tipped well the first time, as it was a great experience, and the second time, my friend and I completely miscalculated the tip. My waiter came back around and asked us if everything was ok. It was a bit awkward, but I'm glad he did ask, because he deserved more than the $3 we had somehow managed to leave.
NY Steakhouse (not Keens or Lugers) Suggestions
I can't believe no one's said Craftsteak. Did it burn down or something?
NY Steakhouse (not Keens or Lugers) Suggestions
Sparks has some interesting history if that would make for good conversational tidbits. If I recall correctly there were some famous made guys whacked there.
Served: Why Tipping Makes Everyone Uncomfortable
I think the whole idea of tipping is ridiculous: do you tip the toll collector for taking your money? Do you tip the gas man for reading your meter? Do you tip your IT guy for fixing your computer? Of course not. Now, obviously, they don't live on tips. GUESS WHAT: NEITHER SHOULD WAITERS! How insane is it that a customer has to pay basically twice: for the food and for the service? Can you imagine if we had to tip UPS person for delivering the package to your house? Here's another tidbit: are the dishes heavier at T.G.I. Fridays than they are in a fancy steakhouse with $100+ dishes? Where do you come off with a sense of entitlement to a $20 tip just because the food was $100, whereas at Fridays a $20 plate would only get a $4 tip? If restaurant you work at charges that much for food, let them pay you! Enough is enough!
Chicago Lunch
At Perry's, I like the K.O. -- it's a HUGE turkey and bacon sandwich, really done very simply and well.
For deep dish pizza, there is a Bacino's in the west loop -- it gets pretty full at lunchtime, so be prepared to wait -- they make all deep dish pizzas to order -- http://www.bacinos.com/ -- they also make a great calzone.
Chicago Lunch
there are a few giordano's restaurants in the loop, which does decent (saying it was 'really good' would be generous) deep dish pizza. i think they have lunch rush special individual pizzas, but a proper deep dish pizza takes about 45 minutes to cook, so that might push your time limit.
as far as perry's, i'm a big fan of both the pastrami on rye, and the triple-decker tuna sandwich with bacon(it has a funny name that i can't remember right now) both are ridiculously large sandwiches for me. i can easily split them with a friend.
i also just remembered another place that will be in your neighborhood. Hanna's Bretzel. It has really good gourmet sandwiches, but it doesn't have as much 'chicago charm' as perry's.
Weekend Giveaway: Tickets to NYC Food Film Festival Opening Night
The critic eating the pizza in Mystic Pizza always makes me hungry....
Weekend Giveaway: Tickets to NYC Food Film Festival Opening Night
It's gotta be the scene in 'Parents' where the bratwurst come alive.
Weekend Giveaway: Tickets to NYC Food Film Festival Opening Night
Like Water for Chocolate....the art of making mole
Weekend Giveaway: Tickets to NYC Food Film Festival Opening Night
The father making elaborate dishes in Eat Drink Man Woman!
Win Tickets to the New Taste of the Upper West Side Event
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Win Tickets to the New Taste of the Upper West Side Event
Shake Shack, hands down!
Win Tickets to the New Taste of the Upper West Side Event
Telepan for Brunch and West Branch for Dinner :)
Win Tickets to the New Taste of the Upper West Side Event
Telepan is my Favorite for Brunch and West Branch for dinner :)
Win Tickets to the New Taste of the Upper West Side Event
daytime: Cafe con Leche
nightime: Hi-Life
Win Tickets to the New Taste of the Upper West Side Event
for my boyfriend's bday present (who lives on uws) here goes to winning - Celeste for dinner and handsome cougar owner, Broadway deli for quality hoagie, La caridad 78 for somewhat terrififyingly pleasant experience, French Roast for cappuccinos the size of your face, B Cafe for B as in Beer, Nonna for Sunday Supper, Lansky's pickles, Fred's Sunday bloody (marys) sunday's, and yes to Kefi for all that you were UWS and all that you've become...truly an ode
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'Cesca for anything! Grom for gelato. The West Branch for french fries.
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I second elizabeth's burger with crispy cheese, it was great all around