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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,489 posts) Mon Apr 1, 2019, 04:39 PM Apr 2019

No one associates New York, a city in the eastern US, with good restaurants. That could change.

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No one associates New York, a city in the eastern United States, with good restaurants. That's beginning to change.

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No one associates New York, a city in the eastern US, with good restaurants. That could change. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 OP

i always assumed NY had GREAT resturants! samnsara Apr 2019 #1

You SHOULD, it DOES! elleng Apr 2019 #4

I hear the Olive Garden is fantastic jberryhill Apr 2019 #10

LOL!!!! elleng Apr 2019 #12

No one associates New York with good restaurants. ????????? elleng Apr 2019 #2

Granted, I wouldn't have expected, say Cajun Cuisine there Pope George Ringo II Apr 2019 #3

They've GOT to be kidding? defacto7 Apr 2019 #5

a parody of the typical NYT article about Los Angeles DBoon Apr 2019 #9

April Fools gags are getting ridiculous. TreasonousBastard Apr 2019 #6

Huh? I thought that was basically New York's raison d'etre. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2019 #7

Long synonymous with the mafia and the Statue of Liberty, New York City is opening a number of.... mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 #8

Funny - Great City and Great Food!! walkingman Apr 2019 #11

"Broadway Street, the city's main thoroughfare" Squinch Apr 2019 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author JDC Apr 2019 #14

This is an April fools joke, right? smirkymonkey Apr 2019 #15

Of course, there IS that really shitty one in Trump Tower jmowreader Apr 2019 #16

samnsara

(17,622 posts)

1. i always assumed NY had GREAT resturants!

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Apr 1, 2019, 04:40 PM

Apr 2019

elleng

(130,973 posts)

4. You SHOULD, it DOES!

Reply to samnsara (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 1, 2019, 04:41 PM

Apr 2019

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

10. I hear the Olive Garden is fantastic

Reply to elleng (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 1, 2019, 05:02 PM

Apr 2019

elleng

(130,973 posts)

12. LOL!!!!

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #10)

Mon Apr 1, 2019, 05:19 PM

Apr 2019

elleng

(130,973 posts)

2. No one associates New York with good restaurants. ?????????

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Apr 1, 2019, 04:41 PM

Apr 2019

No one associates New York, a city in the eastern United States, with good restaurants.

A couple of examples:

Churrasco That Rises Above at Paladar in East Harlem
Barbecue, Opulent and Austere

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/dining/paladar-review-east-harlem.html

What Has New York Pizza Been Missing? Little Old Rhode Island

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/dining/violet-pizza-review.html

Pope George Ringo II

(1,896 posts)

3. Granted, I wouldn't have expected, say Cajun Cuisine there

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Apr 1, 2019, 04:41 PM

Apr 2019

But I always thought it had a decent reputation for Chinese, Italian, a couple of others.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

5. They've GOT to be kidding?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Apr 1, 2019, 04:43 PM

Apr 2019

April Fools!

DBoon

(22,367 posts)

9. a parody of the typical NYT article about Los Angeles

Reply to defacto7 (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 1, 2019, 04:57 PM

Apr 2019

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

6. April Fools gags are getting ridiculous.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Apr 1, 2019, 04:43 PM

Apr 2019

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)

7. Huh? I thought that was basically New York's raison d'etre.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Apr 1, 2019, 04:44 PM

Apr 2019

To basically brag about how their culinary scene is supposedly so much better than everyone else's, and how every other city is basically just a po-dunk town whose best dining option is a late night Denny's.