PSA: Avoid the at Lemon Potatoes at Chirping Chicken
While checking out the new Apple store in Grand Central a few days back, I decided to get lunch at the food court downstairs. I’ve managed to mostly avoid the Grand Central Terminal Food Court, seeing as it’s mostly overpriced, mediocre foods catering to tourists and people on their way out of NYC but needing to grab a quick bite. But now that Tri Tip Grill is opening today (I can finally get a Toasty!) and Shake Shack is on the way, Grand Central might turn into a pretty exciting lunch spot. Of course lines at those two places are likely going to be pretty epic… so I figured it might be good to have a contingency plan.
After walking around for a bit, I settled on Chirping Chicken. The chicken on the rotisserie looked promising and I do love eating chicken. For $6.89 I got a quarter chicken and it came with a side plus pita bread- though when I got back to my office and opened the box I was shocked to see what I got for lunch.
BOOM! This is what I saw when I opened the box. It looked very very sad. I didn’t have high hopes for this place but was certainly not expecting this. I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and say that maybe the box was too big (?) The chicken was actually pretty tasty (could’ve used some sort of sauce) and the meat was tender and juicy. The skin was surprisingly flavorful and crispy which to me is the most important part of the chicken.
As for the one side, I got lemon potatoes. Well, if you love super sour foods, this is for you. I couldn’t finish the potatoes because they were just way too sour. I guess I was picturing roasted potatoes with lemon zest or but nope. These must have been soaked or or boiled in lemon juice. They were unbearably sour and I threw half of them away.
If I ever go back to Chirping Chicken, I probably will stick with their regular sounding sides… but here’s hoping Tri Tip Grill keeps the lines moving quick enough that I won’t have to!
Chirping Chicken, 15 Vanderbilt Ave (Grand Central Terminal Market) (212) 517-9888
Posted by Donny T. at 11:30 am, January 12th, 2012 under *Grand Central Terminal.
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They’re actually very good when they’re done right. You see them a lot in Greek restaurants – Uncle Nick’s in particular does lemon potatoes very well.
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I think that for $6.89 and I saw that in my styrofoam, I would be pissed.
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That picture is really pathetic. We should have a ML contest to find the saddest picture of a lunch, together with its price listed below.
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Just take a picture of a korilla or calexico burrito….it will bring tears to your eyes.
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i second this. there’s a lot of sad looking lunches out there, bless our souls.
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Skordalia is a Greek potato dish that is doused with lemon and/or vinegar and it’s awesome.
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I wouldn’t eat at Chirping Chicken unless I was homeless, but some people swear by them, and claim they can be very location specific (“UWS good, UES not so good,” type of stuff). In Astoria there’s a knock off called “Chicken Shack” that basically has the exact same menu and logo, but does everything better, I’m guessing including the lemon potatoes. You’ll find those on the menu at pretty much every Greek restaurant in town and are usually both very lemony and tasty.
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i liked two boots when i worked by them so i had their number 6 special when i was there recently, i thought it was very tasty but i am also pretty sure it was out of price range
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just saying there are a lot of options down there if you want to explore
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That’s a seriously pathetic looking lunch.
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Too much monies for bad food. I’d rather eat American-Chinese take-out. WIN!
lemon potatoes? WTF. that sounds awful.