new york city related discussion itt

man i read like this whole thread thinking about how i would weigh in on the burg debate and then i realized that i was under no obligation to contribute and it was like a weight had been lifted

max do you like shake shack

i made it clear above i believe shake shack is fantastic

would love to try the minetta burg too

also love in-n-out

five guys does a good burg too

underrated in-n-out style local burg chain: whattaburger

i dont get burgs that often these days tho

whattaburger is a texas chain iirc

oh i didnt know, they have one in union sq that ive been to, found it enjoyable

sometimes i go to james on monday nights for their "burger night" $10 for a fancy burger and fries and a beer

ur thinking of good burger no

btw r there any good high end fast food style burgers in williamsburg

You know what I think is pretty good that I NEVER hear repped for is New York Burger Co.

blue 9 burger is dece iirc, early ny entrant into the elevated fast food landscape

oh maybe im thinking of goodburger

does fette sau do a burger? or that bar nearby that has good fried chicken and a nautical theme

kaz an nou in prospect heights/north slope does a sick fancy "caribbean" burger with a good spice rub and fried egg and mango or something

dont think fette sau has a burger, was thinking maybe this was the nautical place u were talking abt but no fried chicken http://thedrinkbrooklyn.com << nice place btw

no thats not it... its just this real divy place on metropolitan near the milk bar? shit what is it called? starts with an A? its real popular i cant believe i forgot the name

the comodore

never been there but ive heard people discuss their fried chicken at length, i has pies n thighs today btw

thats the one, the commodore! the commodore. good friend chicken, i bet they do a dece burger--if they do a burger

ny fapping should be done at the oyster bar saloon in my opinion

park ave armory slide show: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/12/22/arts/20111222-ARMORY.html#1

I'm an oyster bar fan generally but the staff has been v rude the last couple times I was there and I'm not usually someone who gets uppity about that

like my wife went there first and was trying to save us a spot until I got there to meet her, she sat down at an open seat at the oyster counter (that had several people eating at it) and the server pulled out a little placard sign that said "counter closed" and just sat it down in front of her and walked away, didn't even say shit. that's lame

then the bartender in the saloon gave us the gasface

why is it so fucking hot

gods gift to me
i ate at pearl oyster bar tonight and the chowda and crabcake combo is what that shit is about

New York Burger Co.

not to be slept on. although I always worry they will go out of business.

Yeah I don't know why that place doesn't do better - maybe it's a marketing/atmosphere problem, or maybe there's just burger saturation and they haven't distinguished themselves.

I vote for marketing/atmosphere... it's not really very "chelsea" in there. kinda feels like it got misplaced from union square or something.

yeah the one I've mostly gone to is near Mad Sq Park but I've been to that one too.

oh shoot, I didn't realize there were multiple locations!

http://www.newyorkburgerco.com/location.html

Yeah I guess looks like they have 3, all kind of bizarrely along the same parallel.

hay guys, we've had 50 million tourists this year.

GTFO of my way

o morbsy

I like tourists, they are too slow to get subway seats

some girl I knew from years ago moved to new york some months ago and on fb she complained about how she hated tourists cause they were making it so hard for her to enjoy her favorite parts of the city: times square, going up the empire state building, seeing the tree at rockefeller center

rimshot

I find tourists on the subway really entertaining and sweet -- they get all excited and nervous about the little things you come to take for granted

only time I resent tourists is if when they stand on the left side of an escalator, but non-tourists do this too

if/when

love this sign in front of the woolworth building
http://www.deadprogrammer.com/files/u1/tourists-are-not-permitted.jpg?9d7bd4

my fave tourist quote of the year was from a Broadway showgoer on the night of Occupy Times Square. "The riot on Wall Street has moved up here!"

Plus I sort of enjoy the game of instantly recognizing tourists and then analyzing what tipped me off - khakis, columbia sportswear, etc.

could've sworn it was "stand on the right side of an escalator." Oh well, adapt and zigzag.

you can't zigzag two people standing next to each other!

you're supposed to stand on the right, walk on the left

pretend the escalator is a highway

and your ass is a car

have never driven

that's when you break out the "SCUZE ME" spoken with the same intent as "FUKKEN MOVE"

driving is a lot like being an asshole pedestrian in grand central, except sometimes you get to kill people