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frozen food + multiple microwaves = hundreds of available items.
If you watch Kitchen Nightmares, even supposed quality/trendy/high-end restauarants with limited menus serve re-heated frozen items.
I don't have a problem with a diner doing it, as long as the original ingredients are of a decent quality. Besides, it's not like I'm ordering the lobster.
When you have that many items on the menu you can be sure most of it isn't good. For the most part LI diners stink. I watch these "diners drive ins and dives" shows and I yearn to have ONE of these places around here..everything that they show on LI is a roadside take out place.
A sit down, privately owned place, with a freshly prepared limited menu that doesn't run you $100 the minute you step in the door..that isn't red sauce Italian based.
And no, Crickets in Sayville is not the answer. Their food is not very good.
I watch these "diners drive ins and dives" shows and I yearn to have ONE of these places around here...
DId you see Hildebrandt's in Williston Park on that show? They showed them making the ice cream that they are famous for in the basement. NASTY! I can guarantee you the health dept has never been down there!
I stick to the diners that actually have the owners cooking in the kitchen, or at least working there. They are harder to come by.
I worked in a high end restaurant on Shelter Island one summer and the only thing they had frozen were the items on the kids menu (chicken tenders, french fries, etc.) and some deserts. Everything else was delivered frequently, and the special changed constantly depending on what the owner's boat brought in that week.
DId you see Hildebrandt's in Williston Park on that show? They showed them making the ice cream that they are famous for in the basement. NASTY! I can guarantee you the health dept has never been down there!
Exactly the sentiment that makes a good, non chain, original mom and pop shop like dman (and I) yearn for a rarity on LI. Between the snarky, "eww" attitude, oppressive code Nazis, taxes, and Nimby dingbats, nothing short of Chipotles, Wendys or another generic Italian place can survive for long. I've had great food all over the world and some of the housekeeping wasn't top of the line but it looked like a kitchen, the employees and owner's family ate there and the food was phenomenal. That's more important to me than someone mandated to pretend to clean the bathrrom every xxx minutes or maintain 47 separate sinks per insurance and food police regulations. The absolute best soup I ever had was made by a little old lady on a rickety boat with a hot plate in Vietnam.
Exactly the sentiment that makes a good, non chain, original mom and pop shop like dman (and I) yearn for a rarity on LI. Between the snarky, "eww" attitude, oppressive code Nazis, taxes, and Nimby dingbats, nothing short of Chipotles, Wendys or another generic Italian place can survive for long. I've had great food all over the world and some of the housekeeping wasn't top of the line but it looked like a kitchen, the employees and owner's family ate there and the food was phenomenal. That's more important to me than someone mandated to pretend to clean the bathrrom every xxx minutes or maintain 47 separate sinks per insurance and food police regulations. The absolute best soup I ever had was made by a little old lady on a rickety boat with a hot plate in Vietnam.
Couldn't have said it better. Coming from someone who's sampled the roadside jerk chicken in Jamaica.
I'm sure the basement at Katz's deli looks bad too. Uppity bougie LIers with their excessive obsession on everything looking like a miracle mile boutique. Get over yourselves.
Couldn't have said it better. Coming from someone who's sampled the roadside jerk chicken in Jamaica.
I'm sure the basement at Katz's deli looks bad too. Uppity bougie LIers with their excessive obsession on everything looking like a miracle mile boutique. Get over yourselves.
Love the double standard
Ive never been to the M.M. in my life.
I worked in a restaurant that changed management between summers I was there. Amazing what a difference bone's standards make...went from roach-free the first summer to "leave your purse in the car" the next. No excuse for not running a clean shop and the dirt doesn't make your food better...neither does Jose not washing his hands after he loos mid-shift.
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