Comments on: Murray’s Salami Challenge: Take 2

By: Stevenp

Stevenp — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:15:22 +0000

Fair enough Danny. Although I would point out that even regular markets have tasty ‘gourmet’ meats and cheeses that aren’t simply mundane ‘deli meat’ (and which aren’t as overpriced as they tend to be at ‘gourmet delis’!). Besides, this is Midtown LUNCH, where it’s all about getting good food at reasonable/affordable prices. It’s not “Midtown Gourmet”! How else to explain the (great) street vary and hole-in-the-wall reviews? It’s not about the experience of visiting an ethnic deli, is it? You can generally enjoy a much better, bigger ML sandwich lunch if you assemble it yourself, regardless of the source.

By: Yvo

Yvo — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:12:19 +0000

What, NO ONE wants to take my throwing down of the hockey gloves?! Come on. I don’t even actually WORK in Midtown!

By: Danny

Danny — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:33:55 +0000

@stevenp,

I think the point is to go to these gourmet places. The idea being that if you go to a gourmet shop to get a sandwich, the premium meats are worth it. If we just go to Food Emporium, this might as well be Midtown Pack-your-own Lunch. I think all of us can pack lunch with deli meats that don’t come close to $10 dollars.

If we get away from the premium providers, we need to make the price limits more crazy… say… $5. Get good bread somewhere, then get some deli meat from a grocery store in midtown and… boom!

By: DocChuck's hamster

DocChuck's hamster — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:38:27 +0000

I think it is great that Zach allows DocChuck the freedom to launch repeated verbal assaults on the readers here. Even though it comes at the expense of the reputation of his blog (among readers who dislike having to deal with my landlord, as well as among other blog owners, who have all long since banned DocChuck for his antics and laugh at Zach for letting him continue he does) Zach bravely carries on. I mean, it’s almost like DocChuck takes a dump in Zach’s room and then puts a cigarrette out on Zach’s face half a dozen or so times a day — every single day — and yet Zach takes it all without a word. Long live freedom, and long live Zach! Very damn few folks turn the other cheek like Zach does!

To the rest of ya….*TWITCH*…..I will happily bite your nuts off!

By: Yvo

Yvo — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:11:44 +0000

I still think that’s a paltry lunch! I think I can scarf that down no problem. I can meet you guys there next Friday for lunch. Except I don’t want gorgonzola. =P
Yes, I can be very gross in how much food I can consume. You’ll see when I post my birthday-week-of-eating – it’s pretty horrifying how much food I put away.

By: Dubbinbklyn

Dubbinbklyn — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:45:30 +0000

Big apple meats is on 42nd and 9th. They even sell bulk condiments. The place is a dump, but I can even get briskets cut by them. I cant find them anywhere else.

By: stevenp

stevenp — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:19:48 +0000

This reminds me of when I backpacked thru Europe with a friend one summer. We’d pick up some bread, meat and cheese from wherever we were and make the tastiest sandwiches. Lots of options with this one.

To go one step further, are there any real supermarkets in midtown to pick up sandwich ingredients from? I think there’s a Food Emporium around 50th and 8th. Lots of sandwich-making options there. Much better/bigger/tastier than many of the pricey pre-made ‘gourmet’ sandwiches at the upscale sandwich shops, I’ll bet.

By: DocChuck

DocChuck — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:22:38 +0000

My dearest Ben

It’s clear that Zach is as erudite as you are inconsequential.

Cheers,

Chuck

By: sickchangeup

sickchangeup — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:22:33 +0000

Seems everyone is getting squeezed on the 1/4 lb of gorg!

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:16:35 +0000

^ I still would have been full …