Dryden
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Closing 11/8, reopening some time in the spring.
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For those of you trying to get your end of season Shack fix in, the new closing date is November 8th, although they will only be open until 4 PM starting on the 1st.
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Weirdest. Post. Ever.
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Just tell them your preferences when you order - they'll be more than happy to figure out a way to accomodate you.
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Speaking of people taking recipes and replacing ingredients, we stumbled across this in looking for recipes to make for Rosh Hashana. We nearly fell on the floor laughing reading the comments from Northport, LI and then the follow-up from Pittsburgh....
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I just called the Shake Shack to confirm this - it is indeed true. They expect to re-open some time in March.
And just when I was figuring that the lines would be shorter...
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A snowball's chance in hell?
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I might suggest Monsoon, on 81st and Amsterdam for Vietnamese. The food is excellent, and it's pretty nice looking, although "romantic" would be an unlikely term to use.
Don't know if you like Turkish food, but Pasha, on 70th is pretty romantic and inexpensive.
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Just my .02, but the macoun is the best eating apple I've ever had. Unfortunately, the season only runs about a month, so you have to get them while they're around, and they don't store well at all.
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We've been to Turkish Kitchen a couple of times, and while it's good, I don't think the quality of the individual dishes is quite as good as that available at Pasha on the UWS. On the other hand, Turkish Kitchen's menu is quite a bit bigger, which is nice.
Are there any other good Turkish places out there? Especially those with exceptional manti?
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Suenos absolutely gets my vote. The decor may not be world-beating (though it isn't bad at all), but the food is simply top-notch.
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We ate there a month or so ago. While I wouldn't call it a destination or anything of the sort, it may be the finest example of classic French Bistro food in the city. The bouillabaise was excellent, as was the cassoulet, for which LCB was justifiably famous.
It's worth going for these dishes alone - sadly, the other, less classic dishes don't fare nearly as well.
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Wow- Captain Nemo, that brings back memories.
There was also a Japanese place (I think it was the Dan, which then moved to its current location on the southeast corner of Broadway and 69th) on the northwest corner of Broadway and 69th, where the North Fork is now.
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Al Buon Gusto also had a great pizza, though I couldn't tell you what their slogan was... I also seem to recall them being on 68th between Broadway and Columbus, although I could be mistaken (this is when the Sony theatre/Reebok club was still a post office, obviously.)
Anyone remember the Larmen Dosanko (sp?) Japanese place where Blockbuster is on the corner of 69th and Amsterdam?
Or Beefsteak Charlie's, right on Broadway btwn. 68th and 69th?
(Yes, I used to live in the Dorchester Towers on 68th, hence the close proximity... Whatever.)
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I'll have to check them out next week.
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We've been less than thrilled with a lot of the tomatoes from Union Square also... does anyone have a provider there that has really excellent ones? Would love to get some recommendations...
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Doughnut Plant. Light years ahead of both of them.
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Which of you sages can tell me how they keep the pigeons away from the place? They are all over the rest of the park, and I'd like to know the answer, especially if it also works on mice.
They don't... most people don't drop any of their food, which helps. For the bits of food left lying on the ground, it's a pigeon free-for-all. I had two roaming around my feet while I was eating (an earlier patron had dropped some fries, I wouldn't dream of doing such a thing) to my great annoyance. Rats with wings, indeed.
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An effort to revitalize this thread, as well as add some new information.
The Shake Shack is now open 11-9, although it appears that their hours going forward will be somewhat flexible - it you plan on coming late, you might even want to try calling ahead (probably to eleven madison).
They have added a new shake, in caramel, and now offer a triple shack burger, which I had today for lunch. While is does contain more meat than a double shack, and is still delicious, it is, sadly, too big. You will run out of bun before you run out of meat (although if you're on atkins, this may be a good thing). There also wasn't quite enough sauce to enrich all 3 patties.
It is also worth noting, as no one seems to have mentioned it before, that the cheese fries are simply superb. My wife, who is a connoisseur of such things has informed me that they are the finest such fries she has ever consumed, and that she may like them even better than the burger. While I prefer the fries at Balthazar and Pommes Frites, I will say that the Shack's fries are extremely good, easily the best crinkle-cut, no skin fries I've ever had.
Does anyone know what they plan to do in the winter?
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I'd rather go to a restaurant with poor service and lousy decor, but great food than a restaurant with great service, beautiful decor and lousy food. My order of importance: Food, Service, Decor. Of course it is nice to have all three.
Thanks for the report.
For instance, Peter Luger's.
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Rice to riches (the rice pudding place) is still open.
Minca, which is ramen noodles only. The other pickle place (pickle guys?) up the street from Guss.
If you count ice cream as a single food, there are many places as well.
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So $500 buys you and a partner 30 different courses, as opposed to 18 for $275? I'd rather just do the latter, I guess, being on a student budget and all...
This is pretty much correct. The courses for the 1x1 also tend to be more varied (not being restricted to vegetables will tend to do that) and involve some more luxe ingredients, as well.
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It has a richer flavor, something like a capon, but not as gamey...
Of course, we've only had it once (at the Crillon in Paris, room service, no less) but it was wonderful.
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Now of course, I'm sad that we didn't have it when we were at Per Se, but I guess that's something to look forward to for the next trip...
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Yeah, you're the only one.
What's wrong with salt, anyway? Salt is good.