First Look: Schnipper’s Cheesy Joe
Last friday I spotted the “Mac & Joe” creation at Schnipper’s Quality Kitchen, the new self service diner at the bottom of the New York Times Building, but didn’t get a photo because they ran out of sloppy joe before I got to the front of the line. In my excitement for half mac and cheese/half sloppy joe, I completely missed the “Cheesy Joe” which, based on this photo uploaded to the Midtown Lunch Flickr Photo Pool by Ann Darsh, looks to be a sloppy joe sandwich, topped with cheese. Considering that the mac and cheese looked to be more cheese than mac, I’m guessing this is pretty much the same as the mac & joe, just in sandwich form. Either way it looks like a hot mess, in the best possible way, and has reinvigorated me to return to Schnipper’s ASAP to try it out. You can read more about it on Darsh Eats.
Posted by Zach Brooks at 3:00 pm, February 5th, 2009 under Schnipper's Quality Kitchen.
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Looks like they only give you about 4 rings.
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Looks like its going to come out the EXACT same way.
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It looks so good–but again–11 bucks for a sloppy joe with onions rings is STEEEEP! I mean, they’re not using the darn black label mix to make the sloppy joe! Ground beef is dirt cheap! Even quality ground beef if you buy it in any type of bulk. I strongly believe you can make a good profit without raping people’s wallets. Volume people–volume!!!!
I think this goat needs to open his own cart up and start robbing NYers blind, I mean vending quality product, with just slightly less overpriced fare….I have made so many special “Midtownlunchesque” sandwiches myself, but since I don’t have a vendor license, I am SOL….
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Hot mess ?
Looks more like a Hot Carl to me
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Wow that looks intense. Have you had sloppy joes at Millburn Delicatessen?
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@ Sarah: Milburn NJ Milburn???
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How are you even supposed to pick that up?
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You dont pick that up. you just scoop it into your mouth with your fingers, and use the bread to mop up the last bites.
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I had a Mac & Joe for lunch today. It doesn’t come with a bun, so watch out for that. Mac & Cheese is good, Sloppy joe is good. Together? Not so good. It’s not the place’s fault (mostly), but the sloppy joe meat is so powerful it drowns out the mac & cheese. I found a better experience eating the two parts separately.
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they should serve that with tater tots
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wayne wins.
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Monique, I love you.
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if they serve it with tater tots, they might as well call this place Sonics Drive-in
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Hey Sarah – I think I understand your Millburn NJ reference, but the originator of the sloppy joe was in the 30s by Town Hall Deli in South Orange NJ. Millburn’s might be better though – they get a ton more traffic, so everything is fresh.
To clarify for everyone else, the original sandwich called a sloppy joe is much different from the manwich looking sloppy joe that you see in the photo here. It’s probably a regional thing….(like Indian food).
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I thought loosemeats originated in Iowa
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yep, maidrite–1926
http://www.maid-rite.com/aboutus/unique.shtml -
“Looks like they only give you about 4 rings.”
I went there on Tuesday and ordered the mac & joe and onion rings, and that’s exactly how many onion rings I got for 3.50. I don’t understand why people recommended them. The mac & cheese was good though… Next time, I’ll probably give their burger a shot.
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Don’t even bother with the mac n cheese. I had this on Wed. and it was awful. It was just like brown goo!!
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this place is over-rated, $6.00 milkshake they made smaller after week 1.. 4 undercooked onion rings for $3.50… $10 for a tiny burger … get real if you want to envoke a road side stand feeling bring your prices down and quality up
Im Sorry….but that looks like a double Whopper with Ebola.