herbacidal

no reason why not. everyone's been self appointed thus far, i think.

but that's a different animal. with only one within a regional area, the volume passing thru any given location is higher, meaning the cost for land and etc. can be higher. the closest 2 IKEAs are to each other in the US i'm guessing are the ones in north Jersey and and in Conshohocken, PA, and soon to be on Delaware Ave. in Philly. Princeton to Woodbridge is already half that distance. Plus food shopping is more regular, meaning people to travel the distance to go just to Wegmans if they're a distance away, especially with other options in between.

Elyse, don't you know that the first rule of Burger Club is not to talk about Burger Club with anyone? i was wondering if someone was gonna throw that in. i expected a more direct quote though.

yea, whaddya do during the cold season? you should start diversifying your clientele.

okay, these are 2 day trip possibilities. but what about white manna?

Alas, Herb. You underestimate the draw of a great hamburger. Or a Red's lobster roll. Or a Rutt's Hut Ripper. Or BBQ from Allen and Sons or Oysters from Bowen's Island. The food is the thing, no other reason is necessary and distance is but a minor obstacle. but the hamburger is replicated everywhere. to varying degrees of gastronomical tastiness, but they're there. as opposed to BBQ or lobster rolls or rutt's ripper dogs. the food is the thing (as defined by my nyc trip last saturday) but only in comparison to what else is available.

Yeah, but it seems kind of silly for a bunch of New Yorkers to trek down to Philladelphia to eat at the local outpost of a New York restaurant. I think Pietro's (local outpost of NY's Patsy's) makes excellant pizza, but I wouldn't recommend it to visiting NYers. you're absolutely right. i glanced through the thread and thought it was going to be for philly people as well. although i've eaten at Nobu outside of NYC. but that's a bit different i suppose. really? to me it's a combo of philly people and new yawkers who need an excuse for day/weekend trip to visit friends/family/etc. or whatever else and would build this into it.

define the basic business concept. gotta start somewhere. one good way is: A) The Atlanta area doesn't have ...... this concept provides that. this is how that concept provides that. this is the operational structure for that concept. start with that before you get into thinking about the financing. small business loans you can do, but i wouldn't suggest borrowing any more than 40% of your total capital needs.

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nope. sorry. i'll join katie and anyone who wants to swing down this way for one. bleu, rouge, or any of the bars that serve stuff a step above normal bar food would be good (standard tap, royal tavern, bishop's collar, new wave cafe, etc.) If someone wants to give me a ride.... Oh yes! Come play with us in Philadelphia! It's a day trip in that direction too! We can eat burgers, and Herb and I will show you around. We can run up the steps of the Art Museum a la Rocky to work off the burgers and work up an appetite for whatever other Philadelphia delights you'd wish to sample on a day trip. A stop at Reading Terminal Market is fun, or a swing by the Italian Market could be amusing as well. A stop a La Colombe coffee for a mid-afternoon espresso to get us recharged might be appropriate. I'm not so sure that burgers and cheesesteaks on the same trip is a wise decision. I'll leave that up to you... I will run up the steps of the Art Museum a la Rocky if you first drink a dozen eggs. i'm wondering how bad that would be. tried my first raw egg last week. wasn't that big a deal. a dozen? maybe one of these days. not enough incentive tho.

nope. sorry. i'll join katie and anyone who wants to swing down this way for one. bleu, rouge, or any of the bars that serve stuff a step above normal bar food would be good (standard tap, royal tavern, bishop's collar, new wave cafe, etc.) If someone wants to give me a ride.... well, get a sidekick. or bat those baby blues at someone and be their sidekick.

nope. sorry. i'll join katie and anyone who wants to swing down this way for one. bleu, rouge, or any of the bars that serve stuff a step above normal bar food would be good (standard tap, royal tavern, bishop's collar, new wave cafe, etc.)

so alacarte, you trying to say it should cluck like a chicken when it comes out of the oven?

i disagree. thai iced tea is better than vietnamese coffee, iced or not.

name a few of those weird salads. i'm sure i've seen them, just don't remember them. haven't had any really good thai food, so i'll say i prefer vietnamese food. but then, vietnamese food is closer to cantonese food, which is what i am most comfortable with.

I didn't catch the original broadcast, so I'm catching up with the reruns on Bravo. Has the added bonus of airing right before Queer Eye... yea, i caught the first 2 episodes last week on late night bravo reruns. i liked them, thought they were pretty good. especially compared to the outtakes i was able to glimpse of the last 2 episodes, which were the only episodes i caught previously.

that's it. that's what i'm gonna do next nyc trip. brighton beach and difara's.

uh, sure you're not mixing boston in here? there's a westin, but there sure isn't a copley square. that's in boston.

uh, perkiness? don't think i have any of that. i'm usually semi-happy though. there's a dry sense of humor available on occasion too.

I know. She was the reason I went there.

Yea I know, it ain't really that hard to eat in NYC for under $40 a day. Here's how I did it anyway. Since I missed Varmint's luncheon, had to eat something on my own. Meandered over to West 4th and Sixth Ave. to Ony, my favorite noodle shop. A vegetarian spring roll and original menchanko later, I was one happy camper. About $15, including tip. Later in the day, I went looking around for Rice. I knew it was on a cross street south of Houston, because I happened past it on a previous NYC trip. I liked the idea of all the different kinds of rice, very simply served with a few choice selections. After some time spent finding it, I ordered Thai black rice with chicken coconut and sauce $5.50, it was counter service, and I took my bowl and sat outside and polished it off quickly. Not sure how legal that was, but no one stopped me. It was very tasty, the black rice had interesting texture, and the chicken coconut and sauce was perfectly creamy. After that I felt like poking my head in the door at 'inoteca. So about twenty minutes after I finished up at Rice, I was looking at the people crawling all over this new haven of wine, food, and hipness in the Lower East Side. Not a bad little place. As I wandered north on Ludlow, I noticed a place called Creperie. I decided to sample a chocolate fudge crepe. As I was polishing it off while sitting in front of the little storefront, I'm sure I lured in at least one or two other paying customers. $4, also counter srevice. After continuing north on Ludlow, I noticed some interesting bars with happening social scenes, like Luna Lounge and Paladar, although Paladar is a restaurant also. When I wandered west a block I noticed a place I had managed to see on every one of my previous trips to NYC, but managed to avoid thus far (I was actually saving it for a post-drinking meal, since it's open 24 hours). I poked my head into Bereket and ordered a doner kebab. Pretty good, but I've had better gyros in Philly. If I was drunk and it was 4am, I might feel differently. $5, a little expensive compared to some I've seen, but not too bad. Hmm, I think I left out the $2.50 I spent on a Fresh Samantha and the $1 for a bottle of water. Not to mention the $12 I spent on a Collins drink with a Filipino fruit whose name I can't remember at Jefferson on West 10th.

what happened was this: when i got there i went to bottom floor, second floor, third floor, in order. after looking through most of the 3rd floor, i was about to check behind the wall when the waiters told me the people you're looking for probably aren't there, that's a private party. i was like, hmm okay. now looks like it's 2 large round tables, indicating minimum of 18 people, too large for this thing i'm looking for. i think the waiter thought i was looking for chinese people (i'm chinese). now i suppose i should have at least checked to be sure, as that was a more likely scenario than you all finishing the meal after only 40 minutes or ditching Sweet and Tart and going somewhere else entirely. i'm not really disappointed at missing the food. i've had tons of chinese food, and actually eaten at sweet and tart before. but woulda liked to see Varmint. elyse, sadly I'm missing the pig pickn, so you won't get to send the pie.

sorry i missed it. got there late, didn't think you were that party behind the wall b/c i thought it was too big. hope everything was good.

the basic menu idea is done by a place in downtown philly called minar palace. as i recall, their menu is divided into sections as you indicate. don't know that they deliver. it's good quality, very cheap Indian food.

isn't it just more like seconds? then you come to your senses.