HUNGRY GERALD

HG reflections after some days in New York. Rents look like telephone numbers. Apartment prices look like the gross national product of a third world country. Every hip male under 40 has a beard (or some other facial adornment featuring hair).   Brooklyn has become the center of the food universe.  This is momentary. Renown brings high rents. High rents eliminate chance taking, creative dining.  Farewell to the chefs with a few pots and pans and a multitude of tattoos. The Bronx will have a comeback. Prediction: The Grand Concourse will be the site of hip cafes and Puerto Rican nouveau cuisine. The cuchifrito will be the cool guy’s caviar.   Three New York dishes have resisted all change and remain perfect (give thanks): Mutton chop at Keen’s Chop House; Sturgeon and eggs at Barney Greengrass; Oyster pan roast at Grand Central Oyster Bar.

§ 2 Responses to New York Classics In The City Of Change. And A Daring Prediction."

• Jeremy says:

  January 6, 2011 at 12:54 pm

  Liking the links! Keep It Coming Keed. JF

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  • Gerry says:

    January 6, 2011 at 1:07 pm

    Where I want to end up—condo on the Concourse..

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