Last October, I was pretty excited to find soft shelled crabs on the by the pound buffet at Cafe Duke (on 51st btw. 6+7th). Well, soft shelled crab season started up again last month, and Lunch’er “David” reports seeing them at the 41st and Broadway Cafe Duke yesterday. I stopped by the 51st Street location [...]
Posted: 3:30 pm, May 12th, 2009 under Buffet by lb., Cafe Duke, Seafood.
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Uh… yeah. You heard me right. Soft shelled mother f’ing crabs on a Midtown by the lb. buffet. That is what I discovered at the Cafe Duke on 51st btw. 6+7th yesterday. I’ve already written a bunch about how much I love their by the lb. buffet, but this just put it over the top. Soft [...]
Posted: 11:50 am, October 16th, 2008 under 51st btw. 6+7th, Buffet by lb., Cafe Duke, Seafood.
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I try my best not to be too negative on this site, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be able to vent. Every once in awhile I’ll share some of the more angry useful emails I get in a post called “Airing of Grievances”. (If the Eater Complaints Dept. would like royalties, I’ll be happy [...]
Posted: 2:30 pm, September 4th, 2008 under Airing of Grievances, Cafe Duke, Tad's Steak.
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Despite my extensive report on fake shrimp at by the lb. buffets, the word is not entirely out on this NYC deli tactic.
From commenter “Leo” on the post about Cafe Duke (51st btw. 6+7th):
Got fooled by the fake shrimp.
Called them to complain and the lady that picks up the phone had an attitude.
She said that [...]
Posted: 12:37 pm, February 6th, 2008 under Buffet by lb., Cafe Duke.
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Most people like to go to fancy lunches for their birthday. Me? I wanted buffet by the lb. so I loaded up at Cafe Duke (51st btw. 6+7th) with no guilt about the price (it ended up being $9.79 before tax). Fake shrimp, noodles, 5 dumplings. Screw the rules- today’s my birthday!
Posted: 12:24 pm, April 3rd, 2007 under Cafe Duke.
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Everybody in Midtown has a goto lunch, and although I try to eat at new places every week, my wife and I usually fall back on Cafe Duke. Last week, we hit up Cafe Duke for a quick lunch, and I decided to forgo my usual Bi Bim Bap in favor of a few things [...]
Posted: 9:48 am, November 13th, 2006 under *3rd Ave. btw. 49+51st, 45th btw. 5+6th, 51st btw. 6+7th, Buffet by lb., Cafe Duke.
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If you read this blog every day, I’m sure you get the general idea of my taste. I’m not really into those delis that litter midtown with their “choice”. Choice to me is
“Do I get my combo with the pork fried rice, or lo mein?”. I consider most sandwiches kind of boring, and I never [...]
Posted: 1:31 pm, August 3rd, 2006 under 51st btw. 6+7th, Buffet by lb., Cafe Duke, Deli, Korean, Salads, Sandwiches, Soups, Sushi.
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