My partner and I will be in New York City from DC for the marathon in early November. We love great food and great beer and wine, but we'll be on a bit of a budget (hotels are so expensive there!) We'll be there Friday - Monday and are staying @ West 57th & 10th. Any suggestions on places to eat and drink?
Starbucks needs no saving. They need to take their big box corporate identity and their coffee flavored water and bail bail on the whole idea. After that, all the local coffee shop owners that they've shamelessly put out of business could open their shops again. These local owners are people who live in and care about their communities. Many of them actually roast their own beans ON SITE, not thousands of miles away in a factory. Their food is made in the store, often with local ingredients, not trucked all over the US marinating in fossil fuels along the way. If you, like me want another option, check out this link that tells us about many privately owned, respectable coffee shops around the country: http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/other_choices.php
Mayo (homemade of course), grated, aged, quality sharp cheddar, salt, pepper, chopped pimientos, squeeze of lemon juice and grated onion. It's the best damn thing on a slice of pumpernickel toast that you'll ever eat!
Blueberry Pie. Soooo good!
Dark Dark Darkity Dark
Brussels sprouts - sliced in half, sauteed in lots of butter until they're a bit browned, then finished with whole grain dijon and white wine. So delicious!!!
My Thanksgiving table will be filled with 100% local ingredients this year. For dessert, I'm making an apple, goat cheese and honey tart. All the ingredients (even the flour) are Virginia Grown!!
It's a toss up between fried chicken livers (my mother makes the best!) and the beef tongue served with fried mayoniase at WD-50. OMG, Yum!!
I've been making recipes from Beard on Bread since I was a little girl. I have my mother's copy, a tattered little hardback that has been with me for 15 years. I'd love to try something even better if anyone has good ideas.
ChristineB Wrote:
4) You pay for internet at home. Why shouldn't you pay for it at a coffee shop?
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Because I don't pay $5 for a cup of coffee at home... that's why.
hmmm, I have to add this pretty close to my failures with potato salad. I've been spoiled with the most fabulous pimento cheese that I get when I go back to North Carolina to visit my family, jalapeño pimento cheese from a store called The Fresh Market. No matter how many times I try with various concoctions, I am unable to produce such culinary perfection as Fresh Market.
I hate them for it! *counts the number of days until I go back down to NC for my fix... *13 days, 13 very long days. :(
If you're looking for a "light" recipe, here's mine:
3/4 c of Hellmann's light mayonnaise
2 c of Kraft or Cracker Barrell's 2% Shredded Cheddar
1/4 jar of roasted red peppers, minced
1/8 tsp of cayenne pepper
Couple Grinds of Black Pepper
Pinch of Salt
Place all your ingredients in a large bowl and stir to combine.
The bottom line is, it's just not very good coffee. I take strong exception to the commenter above who stated that it wasn't burnt, it was just a dark roast. I love a strong, dark roast - the stronger, the better. Starbucks' blends have a bitter, burnt taste to them. The fact that "plenty of people like it" is far from a ringing endorsement. Plenty of people like lots of things - doesn't mean any of them are any good.
Start by getting back to something novel: offering decent coffee at a fair price. You're a coffee shop. Get out of the friggin' music business and focus on your core.
Offer simple pastries that are fresh. You certainly charge top dollar for pastries that are - at times - stale and dry.
Two words: customer service. Your baristas are often misanthropes who think they are too good to be making my beverage because they should be working on their novel or something. And they're slow.
Clean your stores up. I know they all see a high volume in the mornings, but they shouldn't look like a tornado just blew through.
Free Wi-Fi. Free Wi-Fi. Free Wi-Fi.
I agree with the commenter above - a SB employee - who said that there should be nightly entertainment. What a terrific idea. Our local coffee shops do that, and they bring in customers around the clock, while fostering a feeling of community.
For those of you rooting against Starbucks in favor of the local shops, check out the recent article on Slate discussing the ameliorative effects on the mom-and-pop places when Starbucks moves in. Many local operators - fearful of Starbucks moving in down the street - found that their business actually increased.
Cold, cooked, split lobster. Oh yeah. That and skirt steak are the only two food items I don't think I will ever tire of, and the lobster has the supreme benefit of zero actual work on my part. And I do so love it.
Great question JEP.
This is so tough. I am tempted to say simply Cannolli... but no no... my final say is...
a years supply of all of the above!
have to agree with Alm at 55$ a lb it would have to be Jamacian blue mountain coffee! But between the 2 of us we might denude the island ;)
Golden Delicious Apples--perfectly ripe of course!
And Kashi products. Any kind, any time.
Mmm...I like CookiePie's idea...let's combine our winnings & celebrate!
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