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Bill's Bar and Burger Review: Bill's Burger and a rant about auctions

When it comes to American classics, quite a few things come to mind. Of course you have the All-American pie or the awesome donut. Even beating out those two things is the hamburger. It's so much a classic that you can even find it in France. Here in NY, almost everyone likes Shake Shack. They perfected the burger and then came along this new player in the smashed burger scene, Bill's Bar and Burger. The original location is in the Meatpacking although now they got one in Rockefeller Center too. How do these patties stack up? As a notorious line-hater, I just can't stand being in a queue for long periods of time. Sure the weather might be nice and you might want to have your burger in a park...

Santouka Ramen Review: I think Mimi Sheraton is stupid

Mimi Sherton is a fucking bitch. And Mimi Sherton, if you think there's nothing in Brooklyn, then you're fucking stupid. My oh my, where are my manners?! Oh wait, I'm a food blogger. Mimi, you're quoted as saying, "The Times has certainly been very exaggerated in its Brooklyn coverage, because most of them live there. They begin to see it as being better than it is because it's so close to them. I would go to Brooklyn if it were exceptional." First of all, a lot of Manhattan restaurants are not exceptional. I know this because as a normal human being, I eat at all kinds of places, not just four star restaurants. And let me tell you, there's plenty of bullshit in the city. In fact I ate real well outside of Manhattan a few weeks ago. It was not even in NY! It...

Stop consuming shark fin soup

If you care about the consumption of almost extinct foods, you should definitely read the op-ed by Jonathan Gold in last week's LA Times.. It should be obvious that Chinese people everywhere should stop consuming shark fin soup. I've had it a few times. The last time came in 2004 when I was in Palo Alto for the wedding reception of a second cousin. It's something I would never order, though not due to a higher moral fiber, but mostly due to an ever thinning wallet. Sharks fin is expensive shit, if you didn't know. To eat it is a sign of status. And my second cousin's parents are supposed to be baller as hell, and the wedding reception was for their friends and family, so I guess they had to have it. (When I get married, at the reception, I will serve cocoa puffs,...

Dinosaur Barbecue Review: Get ribs if you go to Dinosaur BBQ

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is probably the one thing that's an easy bet to be overrated. Since it's a transplant from Syracuse, there's lots of 'Cuse alumni in the city that love to talk about how awesome Dinosaur BBQ is. That's the thing, New York City is pretty big and we've got a few fairly serious 'cue joints. And it's not always the best to trust someone's opinion on what is the best food if that person also belongs on a meal plan. When I first got out of the ripoff that is college (don't ever go to that private university in the village that's not an Ivy), I started working at this weird ass education company doing HTML. There was this guy, Jeff, who went to Syracuse, who loved to talk about Dinosaur BBQ. And this was back in 2004 around when they first opened a...