is New York City dead?

DO U SEE?

Lol at coconuts
I think I bought the stones “flashpoint” at the location on 6th ave and 8 st.

Thanks. Have they ever been mentioned in an RIP Brick and Mortar Record Store thread before, I wonder.

i assume part of the reason for this is that the rent on 2000 sq ft of commercial space in midtown manhattan is <<<<< the rent on 10000 sq ft in williamsburg. it might even be less than the rent on 2000 sq ft in williamsburg.

Yeah really curious to see what happens in Manhattan. My anecdotal data suggests Williamsburg is totally popping and even downtown Manhattan is lively but flatiron to midtown is a ghost town.

woooo midtown is where I work, and I revisit the office for the first time in over a year tomorrow. kinda excited. to get chopt for lunch.

fyi I like midtown

Me, I am looking forward to eating at Cava again.

that's my alternate, but after a year of... not being so great about exercising, the green salad might get pride of place

TS CAVA vs. Chopt

Chopt does have the reggae soundtrack thing going for it as well.

Also hear you about the exercise

I guess I forgot about the reggae soundtrack. tomorrow will be the first time I *ever* commute from my current apartment to work. moved in last july. what a trip!

I had cava for lunch today. Falafel pita. They fucking smothered that thing in sauces

And how did that work for you?

👍🏻

Got halal guys a few weeks ago and let me tell you how awesome it was

Why don't you bring on over to: The Flashy Crawl on Biryani Carts, Convenience Stores, etc.

Cava is the best.

Halal Guys is has nothing on Sammys Halal and it makes me angry.

I am baffled by the love for Halal Guys. They have the worst hot sauce and white sauce I’ve ever had. I would take generic halal truck over them any day.

You know what’s underrated though speaking of bowl places - Dill & Parsley. That place is the tits.

All those office lunch factory spots are soul sucking imo

You got a better idea?

Man I’m getting so hungry thinking about dill and parsley. If it sucks my soul, it does so deliciously.

Well yes not many options in midtown

I mean these are office lunches, not dining experiences. I’m comparing them to what I can get for lunch (outside of the apt) in my Bronx neighborhood.... and could eat on a daily basis without falling asleep in the afternoon.

Yeah when I worked in midtown it was great. I wouldn’t like drive down there for it but it was good eats. Also the teriyaki cart.

Hey Andrew yang, Take it to the upstate thread or something

People who leave NY are always experts about NY

Where are you from calstars?

Remember those numbered Afghan Kebab Houses what ever happened to those

I never found Afghan Kebab House #1, the lowest number was Afghan Kebab House #2, I think it was in Woodside. I was so excited when i found that.

The #5 was like half a mile down the street from me at the time, I was kind of baffled by the name and more than curious to know the locations of Afghan Kebab Houses #1-4 and 6-
How many were there?

Loathe to admit it but Cava is really good.

First time I walked into a sweetgreen, I thought, wow they have sabzi yess this is too good to be true, and it was. I think that was also the last time I walked into a sweetgreen.

Google maps shows 3 remaining Afghan Kebab Houses in NYC, their awnings read "Afghan Kebab House #1" , "Afghan Kebab House" and "Afghan Kebab House Floral Park".

But I don't know if Afghan Kebab House #1 is the real Afghan Kebab House #1 or only got promoted to #1 after the closure of other Afghan Kebab Houses.

There’s no Afghan kebab house in Woodside. There’s one on Jackson Heights.

My favorite Manhattan lunch factory may be Hummus and Pita Co.

Also Sophie’s Cuban is a dependable chain.

my brother in law swears by "dig inn" but the name is disqualifying imo.

I love any business that uses the ‘in’ —> ‘inn’ construction

i like the double pun of the classic "dew drop inn" but the word "dig" isn't something i want adjacent to my office drone lunch bowl

It’s great but it’s rebranded. It’s now just Dig. Somebody agreed with you.

if they agreed with me it would just be "inn"

top union square lunch slop stop is rainbow falafel though it is instant heartburn agony

I was once staying in a fancy hotel in NYC on someone else's time and I got Halal Guys and ate it in my expensive hotel room and felt a frisson

Blue Afghan House No. 3

dig inn/dig is definitely adequate lunch fare, beats chipotle or five guys or whatever. feels ok to be eating a meat and couple of veggies. probably oversalted but otherwise good enough. amazing what you can accomplish in business by just taking "picadilly cafeteria" and making it all upscale and designy.

The thing is, it's office lunches/eating at your desk that's soul sucking. These bowl places try to improve the situation by bringing a bit of dignity and serving something resembling real food. They can't overcome the situation, but it's not their fault.

fair point!

would love a union square picadilly

the great innovation is the online ordering bit. sweetgreen is so much sweeter when you just walk in grab your shit and leave. truly do not understand waiting on line at these places

I agree eating at your desk makes it very difficult to really savor a meal. Also, midtown around Bryant Park is pretty good, but if you get too close to Central Park, it becomes kind of a dead zone. I thought I'd tried Cava but I realized I was confusing it with Naya, which is a similar concept.

is maoz still going?