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Title: favorite restaurant in nyc?
Post by: wild willie on May 31, 2014, 05:34:03 PM
I am going with Sparks!!!!


what say you?
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Post by: Stan Diego on May 31, 2014, 07:11:17 PM
Peter Luger Original location, Brooklyn

Order the steak for 2, just for you.
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Post by: Slik on May 31, 2014, 09:42:56 PM
Japonica
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Post by: bebop396 on May 31, 2014, 09:46:55 PM
McDonald's
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Post by: residue on May 31, 2014, 09:53:32 PM
Per Se or one of the db places(dbgb, db bistro, baloud, ect ect)
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Post by: denarii on June 01, 2014, 01:53:24 AM
Cheesecake Factory the most delicious and satisfying food man can experience on this earth.
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Post by: oldtimer1 on June 01, 2014, 04:30:12 AM
You have to be really careful in Manhattan. A dinner for two could cost you a $1000 bucks. I always find a place in the village. The restaurants tend to be priced fair compared to Manhattan. One place in Manhattan that's cheap and never disappoints is Carmine's on 92 and Broadway the original.
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Post by: Tapeworm on June 01, 2014, 05:31:20 AM
You have to be really careful in Manhattan. A dinner for two could cost you a $1000 bucks. I always find a place in the village. The restaurants tend to be priced fair compared to Manhattan. One place in Manhattan that's cheap and never disappoints is Carmine's on 92 and Broadway the original.

That's obscene.  If I had millions in the bank, I still wouldn't pay it on general principles.

Apparently Vegas gets even worse.  It's "dining experience" they said.  No, it's a getting fleeced experience.  Have these people never been inside a supermarket?  They think good beef costs $600/lb?  How refined is their palate that a $100 bottle of wine is unacceptable?
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Post by: AlphaMaleDawg on June 01, 2014, 05:43:57 AM
Benihana. Love that shit
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Post by: Leatherneck on June 01, 2014, 07:34:17 AM
Virgil's BBQ in Manhattan.
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Post by: WalterWhite on June 01, 2014, 07:58:59 AM
Il Mulino in the Village.  Amazing Italian food and tons of it!
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Post by: Thin Lizzy on June 01, 2014, 08:25:34 AM
I've turned many on to Hill Country. None were disappointed.


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Post by: DroppingPlates on June 01, 2014, 08:35:26 AM
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http://www.musclemakergrill.com/
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Post by: phreak on June 01, 2014, 10:22:09 AM
That's obscene.  If I had millions in the bank, I still wouldn't pay it on general principles.

Apparently Vegas gets even worse.  It's "dining experience" they said.  No, it's a getting fleeced experience.  Have these people never been inside a supermarket?  They think good beef costs $600/lb?  How refined is their palate that a $100 bottle of wine is unacceptable?
Even for someone like me, whose cigars cost more than a decent bottle of wine, those prices are insane. One hundred per person is fine. Maybe double that if I really go wild and stuff myself -- but probably I would consider that overkill already unless I was drinking heavily.

As you say, good beef is $30-40 max per kg*. So with a decent bottle of red and a few glasses of cognac that would be $150 for me at most. Anything more and I might as well cosign for the owner's third Lambo, and cut out the middle man.


*Don't get me started on Kobe or Wagyu beef. Highly overrated.
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Post by: Ronnie Rep on June 01, 2014, 10:29:40 AM
Peter Luger Original location, Brooklyn

Order the steak for 2, just for you.
This!
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Post by: Tapeworm on June 01, 2014, 11:21:30 AM
Even for someone like me, whose cigars cost more than a decent bottle of wine, those prices are insane. One hundred per person is fine. Maybe double that if I really go wild and stuff myself -- but probably I would consider that overkill already unless I was drinking heavily.

As you say, good beef is $30-40 max per kg*. So with a decent bottle of red and a few glasses of cognac that would be $150 for me at most. Anything more and I might as well cosign for the owner's third Lambo, and cut out the middle man.


*Don't get me started on Kobe or Wagyu beef. Highly overrated.

Yeah, like most things I get a sense of a diminishing increase in excellence and a sharply rising price past a certain level of quality.  I doubt I'd appreciate the difference between $400 and $1000 cuisine.  Ingredients and kitchen staff only get so good.  Past that you're paying their location rent and I can buy a lot of petrol for $600.  Tbh, I'm hard pressed to name an expensive meal that I enjoyed more than the $20 mexican chicken mole or pulled pork bbq I had on a trip to Chapel Hill, NC.  (Alain Fabregue's was worth it but it wasn't $500 a head.)  An occasional VSOP and my old box of Monte 2s suit me just fine if I feel like an indulgence.

*The Wagyu I was served on someone else's dollar wasn't the best beef I've ever had by a long shot.  That was the prime rib at Volcano, Hawaii, in a stark cafeteria with plastic tables, believe it or not.  I don't know what they did to that poor cow in the way of hormones and force feeding but it was out of this world.

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Post by: Mr Nobody on June 01, 2014, 11:24:06 AM
KFC.
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Post by: Tito24 on June 01, 2014, 11:24:37 AM
club rectum serves awesome meals, cheap but still with style.
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Post by: thebrink on June 01, 2014, 11:26:06 AM
McDonals
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Post by: kh300 on June 01, 2014, 01:12:21 PM
https://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/locations/harlem/
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Post by: Nails on June 01, 2014, 01:13:51 PM
Benihana
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Post by: Moontrane on June 01, 2014, 02:08:09 PM

http://www.flordemayo.com/

Chinese-Peruvian cuisine. Get the Peruvian chicken.  :D
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Post by: AlphaMaleDawg on June 01, 2014, 02:25:21 PM
Benihana

There we go, someone who agrees. I ate there twice in the last month. Fucking amazing. The key is to bring a girl because she won't finish her plate, then you can finish it for her. Extra food.
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Post by: Mr Nobody on June 01, 2014, 02:40:22 PM
I dont give a piss about any of them.
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Post by: Nails on June 01, 2014, 02:43:39 PM
There we go, someone who agrees. I ate there twice in the last month. Fucking amazing. The key is to bring a girl because she won't finish her plate, then you can finish it for her. Extra food.

Yup, throw in the sake and then when your done walk 2 blocks down get a foot message by a big tit china girl for 30 min at $15 to let the food digest
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Post by: Lobstah on June 01, 2014, 03:02:09 PM
Quality Meats
http://www.qualitymeatsnyc.com/home.cfm
(http://www.qualitymeatsnyc.com/content/slides/2013-0605qualitym-dinner1.jpg)


Il Passatore
http://ilpassatorebrooklyn.com
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Post by: AlphaMaleDawg on June 01, 2014, 03:02:37 PM
Yup, throw in the sake and then when your done walk 2 blocks down get a foot message by a big tit china girl for 30 min at $15 to let the food digest

Always gotta have hot sake with the meal. Never tried the second part though. I was at Benihana last week with some girl. I told them it was her bday when it actually wasnt. Won me points on the sense of humor scale. Try it next time before the foot massage.
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Post by: Sam on June 01, 2014, 06:04:57 PM
I am going with Sparks!!!!


what say you?

Are you a former friend of Gotti?
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Post by: The Ugly on June 01, 2014, 06:17:49 PM
Anyone been to a steakhouse called Gallagher's or a bar called O'Flaherty's? Only two places I remember patronizing when I visited. Oh, and the Time Square Brewery.
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Post by: wild willie on June 01, 2014, 08:50:35 PM
Are you a former friend of Gotti?
lol......I am a mob buff!!!! love gotti....castalano.....f rank Costello.....etc.


sparks was really classy....very old school......loved it very much......food was pretty terrific.


will go back there for sure next time I am in the city!!
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Post by: phreak on June 02, 2014, 01:44:26 AM
Yeah, like most things I get a sense of a diminishing increase in excellence and a sharply rising price past a certain level of quality.  I doubt I'd appreciate the difference between $400 and $1000 cuisine.  Ingredients and kitchen staff only get so good.  Past that you're paying their location rent and I can buy a lot of petrol for $600.  Tbh, I'm hard pressed to name an expensive meal that I enjoyed more than the $20 mexican chicken mole or pulled pork bbq I had on a trip to Chapel Hill, NC.  (Alain Fabregue's was worth it but it wasn't $500 a head.)  An occasional VSOP and my old box of Monte 2s suit me just fine if I feel like an indulgence.

*The Wagyu I was served on someone else's dollar wasn't the best beef I've ever had by a long shot.  That was the prime rib at Volcano, Hawaii, in a stark cafeteria with plastic tables, believe it or not.  I don't know what they did to that poor cow in the way of hormones and force feeding but it was out of this world.



Had some Wagyu when visiting Tokyo last year. Surprisingly mediocre. I'm BBQing myself a good 3-Lb steak later this week. Let's see how that measures up.  :)
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Post by: Tapeworm on June 02, 2014, 02:02:55 AM
Sounds kinda puny by Getbig standards but if the health look is your thing then I'm not gonna judge.
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Post by: Roger Bacon on June 02, 2014, 06:05:36 PM
Even for someone like me, whose cigars cost more than a decent bottle of wine, those prices are insane.

Damn, you're wealthy too? There go my plans to steal Bertha Butt from you.  :( ;D
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Post by: XFACTOR on June 02, 2014, 06:13:36 PM
I am going with Sparks!!!!


what say you?

Come on that's a generic answer.

I have to go with Milos  http://milos.ca/restaurants/new-york  Tough finding anything better than this spot.
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Post by: Rudee on June 02, 2014, 06:43:59 PM
Ate in NYC many times on the company expense account.  Favorites were Ben Bensons, Frankie and Johnnies in midtown.   Sparks was alright as well.
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Post by: Roger Bacon on June 02, 2014, 06:45:53 PM
Sparks was alright as well.

Isn't Sparks where Paul Castellano was killed? Pretty interesting
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Post by: Novena on June 03, 2014, 03:54:42 AM
Dr. Tongue's 3D House of Beef.

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Post by: phreak on June 03, 2014, 03:59:29 AM
Damn, you're wealthy too? There go my plans to steal Bertha Butt from you.  :( ;D
No, I just drink the cheapest wine ever. Feel free to try your luck with her. ;D
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Post by: Roger Bacon on June 03, 2014, 04:13:22 AM
No, I just drink the cheapest wine ever. Feel free to try your luck with her. ;D

haha!!

When I visit you I'll bring some of America's finest wine

(http://drinks.seriouseats.com/images/2011/08/20110802wildirishrose.jpg)
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Post by: phreak on June 03, 2014, 04:18:23 AM
haha!!

When I visit you I'll bring some of America's finest wine

(http://drinks.seriouseats.com/images/2011/08/20110802wildirishrose.jpg)

Is this the famed 'purple drank'?
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Post by: Roger Bacon on June 03, 2014, 04:28:47 AM
Is this the famed 'purple drank'?

haha... Purple Drank for "grown ass" Hebrews.

I think the real purple drink is either koolaid or that stuff that comes in a gallon jug from the grocery that's purple.


Also, the proper term in the Hebrew community is simply "purple". As in "Pass me some purple He-bro"...
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Post by: Bertha Butt on June 03, 2014, 06:33:21 AM
haha!!

When I visit you I'll bring some of America's finest wine

(http://drinks.seriouseats.com/images/2011/08/20110802wildirishrose.jpg)

Pssst! If you wanna win me over, some bubble tea could help.  :-*

(http://hosted.standard.net/cybermonday/feat-image/pearl-milk-tea-feat-image.jpg)
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Post by: WillGrant on June 03, 2014, 06:42:38 AM
haha... Purple Drank for "grown ass" Hebrews.

I think the real purple drink is either koolaid or that stuff that comes in a gallon jug from the grocery that's purple.


Also, the proper term in the Hebrew community is simply "purple". As in "Pass me some purple He-bro"...
Remember yall gotz 2 grip 'N' sip

(http://web-images.chacha.com/purple-drank/purple-drank-mar-2-2011-3-600.jpg)
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Post by: jillymayr on June 03, 2014, 06:50:52 AM
I love the food trucks in NYC, not so much the restaurants
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Post by: njflex on June 03, 2014, 08:44:45 AM
CARMINE'S.....GET BACK TO ME..