JURY DUTY LUNCH
Sucks to be me… or does it? Next week I have jury duty at the courthouse on Centre St. & Lafayette. Positives: It’s close to Chinatown. Negatives: I have freakin’ jury duty. Has anybody had to do this before? Do you get a lunch break? What’s the deal, and where should I go? Maybe I’ll look through Daniel’s “Downtown Lunch” posts…
Posted: 3:45 pm, September 9th, 2008 under Asides.
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I had State jury duty on LI and they gave us a lunch break.
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get your Bahn Mi fix.
right up a block or two on lafayette on the east side of the street is a video store/bahn mi place. pretty good.
i had jury duty last fall. got picked for a trial that was a week and half. not too bad, better than real work.
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You’ll be close to the teeny street with a mess of really good, really cheap vegetarian places, like Vegetarian Dim Sum House on 24 Pell St. When I did it a couple of years ago, they would let us out for the day sometime around noon because nothing was going on.
If you’re in state court you can get wifi for about $10 a day, so bring your laptop and camera because you have no reason not to tell us about your lunch!
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Unless you have grand jury (I did, for a month, from 2-5pm every day, ugh) – you’ll get a break between like 12-2pm for lunch. It’s great – show up at 9am, sit and listen for a few hours, leave for lunch, sit from 2-5pm, go home (or back to work)… you’re not far from Bubby’s down there, either.
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When I did it I got on hour lunch per day for 3 days of jury duty. Its not bad just boring bring a book or laptop
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It’s not too long of a walk to Banh Mi So #1 at 369 Broome St. Had jury duty a few months ago, and had plenty of time to walk up, grab a sandwich, and eat it in the park down the street from the courthouse on Centre. Good stuff. Get the #1 sandwich (the special).
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You usually get a 2 hour break so you’ll have plenty of time to try everything…Make sure you go to Green Bo on Bayard between Elizabeth and Mott (across from icecream factory).
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I had jury duty in march down on Centre St. As that was my old law school stomping grounds, I was saddened to find all my old local places gone. Luckily, I was able to hit Sam’s falafal in the park across from Ground Zero. Still the best falafal in Manhattan! I went there both days, in the freezing cold, and enjoyed my lunch outdoors! Since you are a falafal afficionado Zach, I implore you to try out Sam’s. Daniel Krieger wrote about it and his review was spot on!
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Last time I had jury duty I took advantage of a much less crowded Joe’s Shanghai to get my soup dumpling fix…. really the only good part of jury duty!
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Jury duty is the best! It’s like a mini-vacation. I had it last year in Brooklyn, it was great. I never got called to do anything, I had a whole day to myself, ahhh.
Why isn’t Green Bo ‘New’ Green Bo anymore? Did they get a newer one? And the ice cream at the ice cream factory is so GOOD! I’m jealous of your jury duty. -
Jaya on Baxter street between Bayard and Walker for Curry noodle woup. YUM!
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I have had considerable dealings with the court system and can tell you from my own personal experience that well-fed jurors are indispensible to our American system of jurisprudence.
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Yes, dumplings, Bahn Mi, and scallion pancakes!
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That is an AWESOME location! oh man, that’s so good!! Go to Excellent Pork chop House. Dollar dumpling places. And get some soup dumplings! oh man, I’m jealous…
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bon bon chicken on chambers for your jury duty korean fried chicken fix
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You’re in such a great spot. Of course you get a lunch break. Now you get the chance to eat cheap lunch as long as your jury duty lasts.
Which, hopefully, won’t be that long.
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i have jury duty next week at that location too! maybe i’ll see you zach. thanks to everyone for the suggestions.
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Chinatown lunch for sure! My own jury duty there last year, and subsequent multiple Chinatown lunches, set me off on a roast duck rampage (after years of not eating it) that hasn’t really ended yet.
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I had jury duty 2 years ago – I refer to it as my “jury vacation”. I was picked for a 5 day trial – most days we didn’t have to show until 10, had a 90+ minute lunch hour and were done by 5. I had awesome lunches – chinatown, little italy. I read 3 books and practiced vocab for the GRE in my down time (of which there was a lot…)
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Zach, I’m doing my civic duty in Queens this week as well. One hour lunch, 1-2pm. Although tomorrow I am actually in the jury box, and when you get picked they keep you in a little room and feed you..shudder
And remember, if you don’t think they did crime they were charged with, they definitely did something else, so always vote guilty
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@wayne
Yeah they always did something…even in the off chance that they didn’t…
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Only did Jury service once.
I was out-voted 11/1 for the death sentence.
It was considerred rather severe for Jaywalking.
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For Thai duck (or beef) noodle soup, go to Saha Thai at Centre and Grand. I haven’t actively been searching for the best one around, but IMO it’s pretty close to the real thing.
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someone else already mentioned Green Bo, but you should definitely check it out. stellar soup dumplings, scallion pancakes, and tomato with beef dish.
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Jury duty is the worst. Both times that I’ve been picked it’s been for criminal cases in Rochester; once for attempted murder and the other for involuntary manslaughter.
Each trial was awful—ridiculously long and nerve-wracking.
I wish you luck and hope you get a civil case…or a dismissal. -
nha trang on centre street – get your pho (tasty noodle soup), spring rolls and iced coffee on just around the corner from jury durty.
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I highly recommend the Shanghai Garden Restaurant, 14A Elizabeth Street directly opposite the police precinct. Phenomenal soup buns and dumplings, dirt cheap, only 10 tables. Twice as good as Joes at half the price and a quarter of the hassle. Dont go into the bathroom if you are a clean freak.
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Did anyone say New Pasteur yet? I’m a New Pasteur kind of person, myself.
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One of my CT spots ive been taking the subway to for lunch lately is Wah Mai
(Hester bet Baxter and Mulberry)Chicken Leg & Thigh over rice with that amazing greasy brown sauce.
That or if you can get there early, Grand btw Mott and Elizabeth, the Good Dumpling Shop has amazing Steamed pork buns (Choi yuk bao) that usually sell out by 9:00 (medium sized ones)
Love CT and miss working downtown. Sometimes I think I should have been born asian.
Enjoy
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Excellent Dumpling House on Lafayette is close. A little farther afield, you can’t go wrong at New York Noodletown for noodles and Cantonese roast meats (Bayard and Bowery) or Jing Fong for dim sum (Elizabeth between Bayard and Canal).
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Not only do you get a lunch, it is a full 60 minute lunch. Sometimes longer depending on the judge’s schedule.
And you get paid. Full-time, salaried workers collect their regular paycheck while serving jury duty in NYS. I think hourly or freelancers are paid $100 per day during service.
Jury duty RULES!
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Love jury duty for the most part. Be glad that you are doing it now while the weather is still nice & you can be out & about for your (probably) 2 hr lunch. I’ve been unemployed for quite a while now and would love to be called for jury duty now! I have done grand jury as well … not as much fun (1/2 a day every day for 4 weeks, going back to office job for that other 1/2 of the day).
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Doyers Vietnamese on Doyers St btwn Pell & Bowery is an excellent jury duty lunch option. And you get a little walk in too. I had jury duty a few years ago and went every day for lunch. Yum!!
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You should read the downtown lunch column on midtown lunch ;)
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