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Makai

Member
Wow at Three Philosophers beer. :U

10% alcohol
$10
Comes in a wine bottle

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hoggert

Member
Try Allagash Curieux if you can find it. A few bodegas in Lws/chelsea used to have it.

I totally missed the forecasts for today. A bit of a downer.
 
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Mega

Banned
davidwhangchoi said:
for some reason i don't like shakeshack burgers. although all my friends like it. so it must be just me.

bareburger all the way!
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Bareburger is awesome. Ditto Five Guys.

Shake Shack burgers have a distinct flavor that I could see someone disliking. There was a time I was binging on their burgers and I did sort of get sick of them.

I really liked Good Burger before they became Clarke's Standard.. which have all have shut down now. CS had weirdly greasy, watery burgers.
 
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Penguin

Member
Mega said:
Barbeburger is awesome. Ditto Five Guys.

Shake Shack burgers have a distinct flavor that I could see someone disliking. There was a time I was binging on their burgers and I did sort of get sick of them.

I really liked Good Burger before they became Clarke's Standard.. which have all have shut down now. CS had weirdly greasy, watery burgers.
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I only went into Good Burger because of the name... and was disappointed not greeted properly,but yeah their burgers was amazing
 
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davidwhangchoi

Member
JadedWriter said:
Bareburger was great..had my final date with my at the time gf about 2 weeks ago...good times...:(
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=/ sorry to hear. i will try to come to Brooklyn soon. we'll hang.

Mega said:
Bareburger is awesome. Ditto Five Guys.

Shake Shack burgers have a distinct flavor that I could see someone disliking. There was a time I was binging on their burgers and I did sort of get sick of them.
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that's exactly what happened. i used to take out my students for lunch at shakeshack. but one week i had it about 3 days in a row. after that i could never get back into the taste.

but i have Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich at least 2-4 times a week and it's still good...
eating that right now. Wendy's is open July 4th late night till 3am in Fort Lee
 
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backflip10019

Member
Mega said:
Bareburger is awesome. Ditto Five Guys.

Shake Shack burgers have a distinct flavor that I could see someone disliking. There was a time I was binging on their burgers and I did sort of get sick of them.

I really liked Good Burger before they became Clarke's Standard.. which have all have shut down now. CS had weirdly greasy, watery burgers.
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Fiancée and I ordered takeout from Bareburger last week and they delivered 3 burgers instead of the 2 we ordered. I was in heaven eating both of those burgers.
 
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Penguin

Member
davidwhangchoi said:
=/ sorry to hear. i will try to come to Brooklyn soon. we'll hang.


that's exactly what happened. i used to take out my students for lunch at shakeshack. but one week i had it about 3 days in a row. after that i could never get back into the taste.

but i have Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich at least 2-4 times a week and it's still good...
eating that right now. Wendy's is open July 4th late night till 3am in Fort Lee
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ARGH

I try as much as I can not to have the same thing often.

I kind of swear off Thai food outside of work because we do it for all events and got sick of it, but once or twice a month is fine.

Guess on that note, what area does everyone work in and where are your go-to spots for food?
 
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davidwhangchoi

Member
Penguin said:
ARGH

I try as much as I can not to have the same thing often.

I kind of swear off Thai food outside of work because we do it for all events and got sick of it, but once or twice a month is fine.

Guess on that note, what area does everyone work in and where are your go-to spots for food?
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yeah, i can't eat pad thai anymore after seeing it so much...

myeslf not in the city anymore but work in Edison/Princeton in NJ.

but when worked in the city, i was a staff worker @ Columbia University for one of the clubs and always got sandwiches at
"M to M"
and friend chicken at "Hamilton Deli"

by NYU i grabbed
"Mamoun's Falafel"

in Queens there were these amazing Vietnamese Sandwich place that was surreal called "Joju" in Elmhurst, NY
http://www.jojuny.com/
ahh, make sure to get an fried egg on the sandwich!

in Staten Island:
the best place for lunch was Pho Mac, i think it was the only Pho place where everyone on the Island would go.

I usually go to the K town food court on 33rd to meet and hang with people late night.
that's usually where alot my friends go to meet after work.
 
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JadedWriter

Member
I work in Times Square...I brown bag it. If I don't I usually just grab a soup and sandwich from Hale and Hearty. I usually get breakfast at Pax, but I'm on a budget till I get paid again...I miss those breakfast wraps. Cheese, egg whites, tomato onions or onions and mushrooms...so good.
 
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Penguin

Member
JadedWriter said:
I work in Times Square...I brown bag it. If I don't I usually just grab a soup and sandwich from Hale and Hearty. I usually get breakfast at Pax, but I'm on a budget till I get paid again...I miss those breakfast wraps. Cheese, egg whites, tomato onions or onions and mushrooms...so good.
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Oh what part of Times Square?

And thought moved to Brooklyn to be closer to work?
 
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Valtýr

Member
Anyone use Mealpass? Someone I work with has been using it and has enjoyed the service. It's like 130 bucks a month and you get to select lunch from various food places and pick it up at specific time.
 
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JadedWriter

Member
Penguin said:
Oh what part of Times Square?

And thought moved to Brooklyn to be closer to work?
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I'm on 41st and Broadway or some shit. I used to live on Long Island...Brooklyn is much closer to work by comparison. I just hopped on a Q this morning and was at work within 50 minutes. Not the hour and 20 minutes or the 2+ hours that I was dealing with last month when I was taking a bus in to Jamaica Center and riding an E from there, that shit was killing me.
 
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backflip10019

Member
JadedWriter said:
I work in Times Square...I brown bag it. If I don't I usually just grab a soup and sandwich from Hale and Hearty. I usually get breakfast at Pax, but I'm on a budget till I get paid again...I miss those breakfast wraps. Cheese, egg whites, tomato onions or onions and mushrooms...so good.
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Oh no, not Pax. My first job used to have Pax cater client lunches and important meetings with their sandwiches. They were always AWFUL.

If you want a similar sandwich/breakfast chain that's better, try Lenny's (or Lenwich, the idiotic rebranding of the iconic Lenny's).
 
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JadedWriter

Member
backflip10019 said:
Oh no, not Pax. My first job used to have Pax cater client lunches and important meetings with their sandwiches. They were always AWFUL.

If you want a similar sandwich/breakfast chain that's better, try Lenny's (or Lenwich, the idiotic rebranding of the iconic Lenny's).
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I never really had a problem with Pax to be honest, but I should give Lenny's a try, there's one right behind my building...I guess Pax's stuff has a bit of an acquired taste...oatmeal is horrible though, but it's still better than Pax's edible concrete mix.
 
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Penguin

Member
JadedWriter said:
I'm on 41st and Broadway or some shit. I used to live on Long Island...Brooklyn is much closer to work by comparison. I just hopped on a Q this morning and was at work within 50 minutes. Not the hour and 20 minutes or the 2+ hours that I was dealing with last month when I was taking a bus in to Jamaica Center and riding an E from there, that shit was killing me.
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Oh so you're like right by Midtown Comics!
 
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Mega

Banned
I wanna meet the person who thought Lenwich was a good idea and who miraculously convinced a group of stakeholders to go along with it. It sounds too stupid... I still call it Lenny's.

I actually think of Pax as one of the early "healthy" alternatives to regular fast food with their paninis, salads and whatnot in the 2000s. But like Tasti D-Lite in the face of Pinkberry and Red mango, their quality was inferior to the places that popped up in its wake so I have seen stores looking empty or closed down while other places thrive.

Whole Foods is a much better alternative to both Pax and Pret. I dislike the latter nowadays... they have weird tasting sandwiches and their soups suck compared to Hale & Hearty.
 
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JadedWriter

Member
Mega said:
I wanna meet the person who thought Lenwich was a good idea and who miraculously convinced a group of stakeholders to go along with it. It sounds too stupid... I still call it Lenny's.

I actually think of Pax as one of the early "healthy" alternatives to regular fast food with their paninis, salads and whatnot in the 2000s. But like Tasti D-Lite in the face of Pinkberry and Red mango, their quality was inferior to the places that popped up in its wake so I have seen stores looking empty or closed down while other places thrive.

Whole Foods is a much better alternative to both Pax and Pret. I dislike the latter nowadays... they have weird tasting sandwiches and their soups suck compared to Hale & Hearty.
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I'd love to shop at Whole Foods, but I'm not giving them my whole paycheck. I actually do like Red Mango...love Pink Berry, but I'm not searching for one. Whenever I was at Penn Station and craved ice cream I just got Tasti D-Lite, it's not that bad and the Red Mango in there closes too early.
 
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Mega

Banned
I don't mean spending your entire paycheck buying groceries at Whole Foods. You can grab lunch at WF and it's not bad price-wise compared to other lunch options that aren't cheap fast food.
 
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JadedWriter

Member
Mega said:
I don't mean spending your entire paycheck buying groceries at Whole Foods. You can grab lunch at WF and it's not bad price-wise compared to other lunch options that aren't cheap fast food.
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Oh I get ya. I usually just brown bag lunch. I usually end up spending something on breakfast though.
 
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Jhoan

Member
Porters?! Bleh! No thank you! I hoarded up some damn good cider from the beer festival called Wolffer No. 139. It's refreshing, it's strong at 6.9% ABV and best of all, not super sweet. Also Full Sail Blood Orange Wheat Ale has been great stuff. Then again, I'm a sucker for fruity beers although the sweetest beer I've ever had was a Raspberry Framboise a few weeks ago.

Heads up to anyone in the West Village area: Free hotdogs are being given away right now from 4PM-6PM at Washington Square Park South and Thompson Street so go get them while they're hot: https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20...given-away-washington-square-park-on-thursday
 
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