Comments on: Is Empanada Joe’s Using Single Women To Attract Customers?

By: NYCEEDave

NYCEEDave — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:28:49 +0000

Empanada Joes is a nice clean place with reasonably good food that’s not terrible for you. Why all the hate? Their empanadas imho are a lot better tasting than Empanada Mamas hard crumblers or those calzone things Rubin’s serves up. Is Joe’s the ultimate authentic Empanada? No but they have several: pulled pork, sausage and peppers, mozzarella and tomotoes, that are damn tasty.

By: Andre Mika

Andre Mika — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:26:24 +0000

Agree with above comments… side dishes are nasty and undercooked, but the empanadas are actually pretty good, and I’d grab a box of them for a party or slam a few for lunch when in the neighborhood….

By: Dubbininbklyn

Dubbininbklyn — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:12:27 +0000

That place will be a WAMU/Luxury hi-rise by summer….

By: Sarah the Carnivore

Sarah the Carnivore — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:20:35 +0000

Good catch, W&D. Professionals don’t “go on break for lunch,” and people working at Ann Taylor Loft can’t spend $15-$25 for lunch–that’d be spending their entire morning’s earnings (after tax) on lunch!

By: jhg

jhg — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:05:50 +0000

I too gave Empanada Joes a second chance after they included two side orders, instead of the singular terrible rice dish.

I won’t be back. I got what was supposed to be a spicy corn salad, which was terribly bland, and potato salad, which was just plain bad. The two were also combined into a single container. Not horrible, but if there were two really disparate flavours(of which there were thankfully none!),putting them together would be so wrong.

The empanadas aren’t bad, just small and not too flavorful, more or less relying on the sauces to provide flavoring. I’d head to Empanada Mama if I really was craving non-cart empanadas.

My non schill-ey 2 cents.

By: Empanada Joe Sets a Honey Trap; George Mendes in Over His Head | The Feedbag

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:26:48 +0000

[...] Zach Brooks suggests that Empanada Joe, not content with serving fine lo-cal empanadas, is trying to draw in male office workers by suggesting the rare presence of a single woman in Times Square. Midtown Lunch [...]

By: Goats

Goats — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:06:00 +0000

Someone’s pants are clearly on fire here. that is about as authentic as Taco Bell is to real mexican food. Total shill. Another place that will not be entertaining my dollars….

By: ben

ben — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:55:13 +0000

@ Wined & Dined

Exactly, that’s the language the managers at Empanada Joe’s probably use when they tell their poorly paid staff to scram for a half an hour so they comply with labor laws.

By: Wined & Dined

Wined & Dined — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:43:48 +0000

Anyone that works in Times Sq. and describes grabbing lunch as “having to go on break for lunch” cannot afford $15-25 lunches. That’s a hard shill to swallow.

By: The DP

The DP — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:21:12 +0000

I wouldn’t want to date someone who likes this place, total dumpster food, so the point is moot