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I've only ever been twice, both times on a weekday morning, and there was no line and I was seated immediately. I think it's only packed on the weekends.

pretty sure there is a positive correlation between spiking your blood sugar continually by eating high carb meals (including "healthy" things like rice) and type 2 diabetes. sugar obviously doesn't help, but I don't think the correlation is weight so much as it is insulin resistance. weight is another one of the symptoms, but not the root cause.

good luck. I was a vegetarian for 15 years, from ages 18-33. there are many awesome reasons not to eat meat, but that said, many people seem to think vegetarianism and veganism inherently means a healthy diet, and that's not really been the case in my experience. I was 40lbs heavier than I am now for the whole time I was vegetarian, and looking back, I had a TERRIBLE diet. pasta, starchy legumes, sugar, TVP and all that other terrible fake meat (which I never liked) are all really, really bad for you. many vegetarians and vegans eat a very high carb diet which is really bad for you in many ways.

even at whole foods, most of the "salads" at the salad bar are loaded with sweeteners and just sickeningly sweet.

I got the sliders and they were really, really perfectly done. kenny was cooking which was kinda cool, it's always been zach when I've been there before.

we are in brooklyn, and our grocery ritual is saturdays: greenmarket for vegetables and eggs, staubitz for meat, and fish tales for fish.

for everything else, we go to fairway in red hook on sunday every couple of weeks, we get it delivered and it's fantastic. much cheaper than any grocery stores in our neighborhood and infinitely better quality. olive oil, olives, cheese, bulk dry goods, vegatables, everything is great.

Surprised no one has mentioned Staubitz, great butcher. So great, that, we've never tried los paisanos, are we missing out?

I also enjoy Henry Public for a manhattan and a turkey sandwich.

espresso at D'amico is pretty great, also. Esposito's has great sandwiches. Brooklyn Farmacy has solid sundaes and peter pan doughnuts on sundays.

ugh, sorry you had to go through this, ed, I had a root canal a few years back and it was terrible. hope you are feeling better soon!

Jaques Torres ice cream sandwiches are way too much for me, too sweet/rich. I couldn't even finish the one I got, and I can easily throw down a Bierkraft ice cream sandwich.

Milk and Cookies has awesome ice cream sandwiches.

I'm definitely excited to try both of these places. That said, I've been pretty dissapointed in the state of BBQ in NYC, it doesn't come close to the best stuff back in NC. the same actually goes for biscuits, the closest I've come to a great biscuit in NYC has been peels.

my favorite is almondine. best things are the chocolate almond croissants, and blueberry muffins. muffins usually bore me, but almondine makes a fantastic blueberry muffin. also, their jam filled beignets on saturday morning are pretty tight.

eggs are pretty much my go to meal when I get home from work late and don't really feel like cooking. usually I have them with lots of black pepper, roasted garlic and some greens. salad greens and eggs are great, so is sauteed swiss chard which is also very quick.

mushroom omelettes are also tasty. if you don't mind waiting for a bit, roasted cauliflower is really easy to make, just chop, oil and roast on 425 for 20 minutes or so. a head of cauliflower and 2 eggs is a pretty standard dinner for me.

jkaww, I'm sure you're right, I was only clarifying why I was asking the question...