Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse (1221 6th ave, at 49th St., New York, NY) is where bankers and media moguls go for business lunches and where they take their clients for dinner. The menu is headlined by $50 steaks, lobsters and expensive wine. I was there for the burger. They just began selling it a [...]
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Shamas Deli (150 W 38th St, between 7th and Broadway) is tiny. Really tiny. It’s not even really a deli, it looks like a newsstand. In fact the only mentions of it online call it ‘Shamas Newsstand’. Really, it’s more like a stall with a kitchen in the back and cash register up front. I [...]
Schnitzel Express ( 1410 Broadway, enter on 39th between Broadway and 6th ave.) looks like a chain, but I don’t think it is (neither does the interwebsites). Maybe because it’s got pretty solid branding and image with little orange logos all over the place. It’s also got an assembly line behind some glass, really official [...]
Monday, September 21, 2009
Shorty’s aka “Tony Lukes” (576 9th Ave, NYC; between 41st and 42nd st) is another place I want to love. Cheap beer, decent selection and cheesesteaks. Cheesesteaks. Just the word makes me relax. I can almost feel the wiz and beef fat coating the inside of my mouth (okay, okay, “wiz in the mouth” sounds [...]
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
I’ve never been interested in space flight. I’ve seen enough sci-fi movies to know that humans humans will always get slaughtered by aliens, exploded into nothing ordriven mad by mysterious space-bound evil from another dimension. It’s hard for me to admit, but I’d be willing to brave those horrors for a vacation trip to a [...]
Hidden in the bustle of the garment district, Lazzaras Pizza Cafe (221 West 38th St, between 7th and 8th Ave) quietly makes an incredible sandwich. It’s not even on the menu, but thanks to the Midtown Lunch Sandwich Challenge, it’s the daily special pretty much every day. Thank god for that, it would be a [...]