Monthly Archives: November 2006
‘Read and Feed’ would have been a better name, I think.
The Traveler Restaurant (Exit 74 off Interstate 84) 1257 Buckley Highway Union, CT 06076 Dear “The Traveler Restaurant,” Your food sucks. It’s flat-out awful, in fact – your chef or team of trained monkeys can’t even cook an omelet without … Continue reading
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Chateau Blanc? Oui, oui.
Finally ate my first full meal ever at a White Castle – it was only my second lifetime trip to one of the revered/reviled outposts, in fact. (Westerners are savvy burger consumers, but I can’t imagine the idea of White … Continue reading
Why can’t they be friends?
I have recently eaten at BOTH of the feuding Manganaro’s outposts, located on the same block of 9th Avenue between 37th and 38th Streets, as recommended to me by a friend. He, having grown up in Hell’s Kitchen, said that everyone … Continue reading
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More cowbell.
Having neglected uptown for too long, I was immediately receptive when my friend Jas suggested an excursion to one of the many fine and cheap establishments north of 96th Street. We settled, after a piece, on El Fonda Boricua, a U-shaped … Continue reading
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Tofu au Naturel.
Last week, I took a few of my friends to Natural Tofu in Sunnyside. As I suspected, they quite enjoyed the massive $8 tofu bowls, as well as the lovely array of panchan (though not everyone thought kimchi was a good … Continue reading
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For that "adventurous" third date.
Mabat, located just off Kings Highway in…Midwood, I guess…falls into the category of restaurants that are “cheap for their category” or “could be cheap if you order carefully.” That didn’t hinder a friend and I, though, as we shared a … Continue reading
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