Brick Lane Curry House & Good Health Burger Join the Midtown Lunch Fray
Photo courtesy of the Hungry Commuter
A lot of action lately on 53rd Street btw. 2+3rd Avenue, a small “out of bounds” block that I’ve covered a little bit in the past. Spoons, the tiny Korean/American take out deli closed up awhile back, and a second location of the East Village’s Brick Lane Curry house has opened in its place. The Hungry Commuter gets the first taste and reports that “the phaal isn’t as hot as the original. But give them some time. They just opened…” I’ve never been to the original Brick Lane Curry House in the East Village, which nobody will argue serves some of the hottest curry in NYC. Whether or not it actually tastes good, is a whole different argument.
But wait. There’s more…
Lunch’er Anastasia casually mentioned the newly opened Good Health Burger in her profile last week, but sends along this extra info:
Good Health Burger is amazing vegetarian (and some non-vegetarian) food, that even my carnivore husband said was fantastic. Most of the options are under $10, and the burgers are large and come with warm tortilla chips and salsa. I recommend the Black Bean Bacon Burger. I know it’s vegan, but it’s SO good. I hate giving up this gem of a secret, but I want them to stay in business and I want the MidtownLunch readers to taste the magic. Oh, and the dairy- and egg-free desserts are out of this world.
Good to know… for vegetarians. Good any news or tips to share? Feel free to send them to zach@midtownlunch.com
Brick Lane Curry House, 235 E 53rd St (btw. 2+3rd Ave)
Good Health Burger, 237 E 53rd St (btw. 2+3rd Ave), (212) 888-8007
Posted: 11:45 am, September 25th, 2008 under 53rd & 3rd, Brick Lane Curry, Good Health Burger, Out of Bounds, Vegetarian.
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59 Comments
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How’s the fish?
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If the Black Bean Bacon Burger actually had Bacon and Burger in it, it could be pretty awesome.
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Q: How many vegans does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: None, vegans can’t change anything. -
All I’ve got to say is this:
“For every animal you don’t eat, I’m going to eat 3!”
http://store.theworstpageintheuniverse.com/shirts.html#EVERYANIMAL
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Going for a curry tomorrow night…at the ORIGINAL original Brick Lane curry house……well one of the 80 odd that are there!
Enjoy the piss up later girls!!!
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shut up haters. moving on. what kind of veggie bacon are we talking about here? fakin’ bacon? tempeh bacon?
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Isn’t a bacon burger without actual bacon or a burger sort of defeating the purpose? And not to keep stirring vegan hate, but if it’s so bad to eat meat and animal by-products, why is there so much faux meat? It’s like drinking nonalcoholic beer!
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I never understood the whole vegan take-this-crappy-tasting-substance-and-mold-it-in-to-the-shape-of-different-meats thing.
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ohhh, yay for more east side choices! will definitely be hitting both these places soon. and as much as i enjoy my meat, that fake vegan stuff can be really tasty!
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Defeating what purpose? YOUR purpose of what a vegan or vegetarian should believe in? People become vegan/vegetarian for different reasons. Some people like the taste of meat but don’t want to harm animals, some people do it for health reasons, some for religious reasons and some simply don’t like the taste of meat (in which case, faux meat would not appeal to them either). Whatever the reason, it’s a personal choice to live one’s life. Which is the least harmful choice and belief relatively, to the enviroment, society and themselves. So what’s the problem?
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Apart from the holier-than thou/my shit don’t smell attitude?
…oh and pasty complexion?
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Yeah, step off already!
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Q:How many militant vegan feminists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: THAT’S NOT FUNNY!
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I’m with ya Su…stop hatin’ on the vegs…I thought this site was about lunch places, not a place to pick on people’s food preferences…ugh!
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Non-alcoholic beer??
BLASPHEMY!!!Speaking of… another shameless push to turn you all into gluttons and lushes:
Happy Hour, TODAY, 5:30, Rudy’s Bar…. watch our fellow ML finance workers get tears in their beers. j/k
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LOL, actually, it’s probably true that vegan/vegetarians’ shit probably don’t smell as much as people who eat a lot of meat. Don’t know about the pasty complexion. Can you walk down the street and tell who’s a vegetarian by their complexion?
Tongue-in-cheek aside, adopting a hater attitude toward people with a different diet/lifestyle is probably just as bad as being a snotty vegan/vegetarian (and added to the fact that most vegan/vegetarians I know are not preachy or snotty). It’s pretty similar to people who hate others for having a different religion or being too religious.
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…Done my Vegans/Mensturating joke.
Pity.
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wow for a moment there I thought A said, “stop hating on the vag.”
where is my mind lately… must be all this cold medicine?
As for the haterade… I’m going to drink some too. I just think it’s odd that people make these choices… then they fall back on what they knew growing up. What do they know? Vegan burgers? Clearly that’s a take on a beef burger, but with vegan friendly material. Seriously, if you love broccoli and turnips so much, go eat broccoli and turnips. Stop mish mashing things to make it look like something you’re used to eating. Then you’re just being picky.
And why not the haterade? I love McDonald fries. Contrary to what locavores and the slow food movement ppl have to say… McDonald’s fries *heal my soul*. Do I care it’s genetically altered potatoes grown in Antarctica and shipped by diesel fuel? F U! It’s salty and tastes great! And I’ll take all the shit you want to give me for loving what I love.
So all I gotta say to vegans is… just eat your food and take it. At the end of the day, we all eat what we like. What’s this with wanting other people to like the choices we make?! Make your choices and make peace with yourself. Have fun with your unclogged arteries and extra 5 yrs of life. Woopedity doo.
Goddamn this Theraflu. I’m seeing things and writing rants in comments.
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There appears to be a medical device of some type inserted into that curry. It may be a device used to measure harmful spore or viral counts. Perhaps it’s directed at protecting customers from the verpes virus.
For those New Yorkers who do not have infectious herpes yet … it’s only a matter of time, I fear.
At the very least, please make it your business to patronize places like this that perform rigorous testing of their food before serving it.
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Q: What do you call a vegan with diarrhea?
A: A salad shooter.
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Chucky, it’s a plastic spoon or fork.I understand you’re not allowed such impliments incase you self harm yourself or tingtong,but please don’t be such a fuckwit.
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You need not reveal your staggering inadequacies here in public, Mr. McBagel.
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Looks like the mysterious device sticking out of the curry is…. a fork.
Somewhat perplexed by the vegan comments… they eat what they wish, so whould you. If they want it to taste like meat so be it… they get the taste they desire without violating their ethical principles and the vegetarian life is generally more ecologically sound. I am an onmivore BTW
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Wait…… verpes? Come again?
On second thought, don’t there are enough asshats on this planet.
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Once again here’s another example of trying to box people into your own specific definition of vegetarianism, where all vegetarians should only like plain vegetables and nothing else. Again, people make these choices for many different reasons. For example, I became semi-vegetarian myself for health reasons. Doesn’t mean I don’t like meat or the taste of it. I do appreciate the variety and options out there for people like me. I’m very excited about the Good Health Burger place that is posted here. I love veggie burgers as I think they taste great. I’m sure your beef burgers are good too and I am not stopping you or making fun of you for eating it. So what’s the deal?
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I don’t understand the vegan haters at all. Not just on here, but in real life too. Why do so many of this post’s commenters sound so *threatened* and defensive? Do y’all know a ton of snobby offensive vegans? I only know one vegan and she is very nice and has never made me feel bad for eating my lardcakes.
Also, Anastasia, thank you for the tip and please keep them coming. Sometimes I eat vegetables too.
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Testy, testy, I think you guys all need some free hot dogs and beer.
Eh, if a vegan wants to eat a faux burger, so be it. I’ll eat one too just to even out the score in my arteries. Can we turn our attention to the egg- and milk-free desserts? Can someone, Anastasia, elaborate on what that would be? Chocolate? Just chocolate? Butter? Is there any butter in this place?
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Needs butter, ohhh yes……..Butter….hmmm.
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I need hot dogs, beer, AND butter. Though not necessarily all at the same time.
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The Brits would put butter on the bun of their hot dogs…
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As Marlon Brando said, “Bring the buttah”
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did someone say dogs and butter? hmm…
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I have had amazing Vegan desserts. Often Peanut butter/Chocolate concoctions.
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No dogs….. breakfast sausage sliced lengthwise, dijon and whipped butter (on the sausage so it melts and oozes) on light toast…. things that make you go yummmm.
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Man I just want to know what kind of fake bacon they have. Also, slightly unrelated I can’t come to happy hour tonight b/c I have to go to the stupid gym after work b/c I didn’t get up and run this morning b/c I was up too late drunk last night. Sigh. Sorry kids. Get some popcorn for me….
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I like tempeh, but to call it bacon is an insult to both tempeh and bacon.
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Sarah,
Do they still have popcorn at Rudy’s? I didn’t see any the last time I was there.
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I am definitley eating a monkey, a toucan and a Koala Bear! all this Vegan talk is making me hungry for meat!!!!
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I shall sip a nice muscat @ 10.30 gmt…..to join in from afar.
[Sniff]
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Muscat … the nectar of vagrants.
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You wouldn’t know a good wine if it fell on your fat hick head you redneck pikey peasant.
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all of the food reviewed on this blog is nauseating.
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@ Blondie: They have a chocolate mousse cake, which is basically a two-layer chocolate cake, with chocolate frosting in the middle, covered with chocolate mousse. They use no dairy or eggs, and that shizz is amazing. I love baked goods, don’t get me wrong, and I love baking, and their stuff is better than many “real” bakeries in town (the ones that use eggs and butter). It’s worth a try. They also have a lemon mousse cake, which sort of tastes like a silky cheese cake, but they put marmalade on that sometimes, and it doesn’t taste that great with marmalade.
@ Bossman: I am so not pasty, but I do eat fish….hahaha.
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oh Danny boy.
such venom for alternative lifestyles.
I think Su is right on. If she wishes to eat faux meat, more power to her. -
In all fairness, DocChuck “takes my temperature” (while I am dressed up as an elementary school boy, if such things incapacitate you) with a wide variety of implements, pretty much whatever he can get his hands on. His plastic silverware from his “Chili’s To Go” meal served in this fashion last night. So I can see where in his venereal-disease-addled state he’d confuse an ordinary plastic fork with a state of the art medical device. What I don’t understand is why during these examinations he asks me if my “pee-pee” gets all hard while showering with the other boys after gym.
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@stan, @su
you two are better people than i. we just run in different circles i guess.
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@Anastasia
My name is Thomas and I’m from Missouri, pics of tan lines will make me a believer.
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@Bossman: I didn’t know that they teach you to be delusional in Missouri. Notwithstanding, nice to meet you.
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Reality is an illusion.
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Getting philosophical this early in the morning?
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I sincerely apologize for my husband’s disruptive behavior.
He’s been on edge waiting for the wire transfer from Mr. Williams Kabor with the African Development Bank Group.
I’ll see that he gets back on his medication right away.
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I will be happy *TWITCH* to bite Mr. Williams Kabor’s nuts off
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I’m a meat eater and I’ve gotta say good health burger is pretty damn tasty. Much better than most of the other burger places in the area. I still love JG, burger joint… But this is a good change of pace.
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just because I like veggie burgers is no reason to devour extra flesh. i like meat too, but right now I’m not eating it. People, settle down and let me enjoy not eating it. Plus, eating fake meat reminds me of star trek food, and I like that, so step off.
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Hey kids, I’m new to this site, and if you ask me (not that anyone did), can’t we all just be friends?? As a vegetarian (who’s also a caketarian, so I’m not exactly thin), I’m excited about this Good Health Burger place. Seems to me that some meat-eaters are threatened at even the mention of tofu. You say you had tofu turkey for Thanksgiving and they act like you’re an alien from the planet Vegbarf. Just like there are some religious folks who act the same way if someone says they’re an athiest. Cmon folks, let’s learn to live (and eat) together, and respect and even rejoice in our different tastes. A round of beers for everyone, on me!
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I mold my meat into the shape of vegetables.
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Gave the burger spot a try on account of a vegetarian co-workers recommendation and my desperately needing something different to eat (especially for a working dinner, most place don’t seem to be open late enough)… have to admit, pretty darn good although, truth be told, I didn’t have anything vegetarian.. i had a really tasty chicken sandwich/burger, with some sort of lime-mayo sauce.. good size, good value. Haters stand-down.. cuz ain’t nothin’ to hate about… you got your meat options.
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on a vegeterian’s recommendation, you ate chicken?
a vegan burger? barf.