Bum Report

The good people at NYC daily deals have informed me that for tomorrow until 3am restaurant.com is selling 25$ gift cards to over 800 nyc restaurants for one dollar. Extreme bums will stock up, normal people will maybe cop one for a gift. Either way check it out, there are some good places in a wide range of areas.

DBDB and the rise of burgers

The weird initials stand for Daniel Boulud does Burgers. For those not in the know Daniel Boulud is the genius behind uptown restaurant Daniel (where I had the best and second most expensive meal of my entire life). Why would a man with such credentials in fine cuisine stoop as low as to open up a semi industrial bistro that specializes in burgers? Because people eat shit tons of burgers that's why. The American burger has followed a similar path to another American icon the Levi's jean. When Strauss first put rivets in the 501 and made it available to the hardworking farm people of the American west he stooped the blue jean in working class lore. Nowadays however everyone wears jeans, and a pair of 501's goes for around 100 bucks. In the US hamburgers have long been associated with fast food, never a classy venture, but now they've crept into the trendiest of the trendy joints across new york and the world. Take DBDB for example. One of the places three types of burger, "the frenchie" has so many words describing the toppings and seasonings after "6 oz patty," that you should just skip to the part where it says 22$. Fuck, a burger for 22$? that's as crazy as jeans for 100$, or maybe its not crazy at all.

Alan Richmen gives a much better review then I could (probably because he gets a 300$ allowance to eat whatever he wants there and I had to use the money I had just gotten from using the coin thing in commerce bank ) head over to his blog to check it out, links on the right

sam ross

Well summer is winding down, and Ill soon be back at regular posts

here is an absolutely awesome website to tide you over

www.cheeseandburger.com//

more fish

Well summer is winding down, and people are retiring to their favorite beach spots for these last fleeting weeks. East coast beach life is the shit. I'm not a palm tree and tikki drink kind of guy, I like sail boats and lobsters. I've had the privilege of visiting a good deal of the popular beach spots in the east, and of course sample their local fare. In terms of food not all spots are created equal. In general the farther north you go the better your fish gets. The waters off Cape Cod are home to a hundreds of year old fishing industry, which not only supplies amazing food but adds a authentic feel to the place. Its very nice to be able to walk down to the harbor and see actual fishing trawlers, instead of yachts (Im looking at you East Hampton). Of course the low key vibe of the Massachusetts coast means that your dinning out options aren't as good as a place such as EH or Martha's Vineyard. The way I see it if you like to boil your own lobster then go to cape cod, if you like to pay someone to boil it for you go to EH. A nice in-between would be Martha's Vineyard. The Vineyard has its authentic fishing village parts, as well as its gigantic summer homes and pricey restaurants. The Vineyard benefits from being in close proximity to the Massachusetts fishing industry, and specifically the Welfleet oyster harvest. Wellfleet is a small town in cape cod known for its briney oysters, these morsals can be found in the vineyard (and also in some NYC restaurants at 8$ a pop), and of course in Welfleet itself. The places farther north also benefit from being closer to the famous Maine lobster, known as the best lobster in the east. The rule of thumb is wherever the fish comes out of the water, that's the place to be. Fish is all about freshness, so be close to the source.

p.s: if i left out the jersey shore its because it fucking sucks and nothing there is good.

sorry guys

Ive been a bad blogger recently.  The truth is i've been eating pretty shitty food lately.  Lack of money and time makes it so i'm eating at home pretty much everyday.  Ill try and get out in then next month.

OMFG

Bon Chon now has free sample wings.  

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