Comments on: Pearl St. Diner: Look Past The Seediness And Find A Pretty Stellar Burger http://midtownlunch.com/downtown-nyc/2011/01/31/pearl-st-diner-look-past-the-seediness-and-find-a-pretty-stellar-burger/ Food Adventures for Your Urban Lunch Hour Tue, 02 Feb 2016 06:22:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: seaweed http://midtownlunch.com/downtown-nyc/2011/01/31/pearl-st-diner-look-past-the-seediness-and-find-a-pretty-stellar-burger/comment-page-1/#comment-2267 seaweed Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:04:23 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/downtown-nyc/?p=19157#comment-2267 Seedy and storied. Pearl St. Diner used to be open overnight when the mafia ran the Fulton Fishmarket. I guess they could make a go of it after losing that clientele because they actually would seat and serve you even if they didn't know you. There were quite a few little places in the area back then that were always "booked up", even if they were empty. I like the grilled cheese too. And the scrambled eggs. Seedy and storied. Pearl St. Diner used to be open overnight when the mafia ran the Fulton Fishmarket. I guess they could make a go of it after losing that clientele because they actually would seat and serve you even if they didn’t know you.

There were quite a few little places in the area back then that were always “booked up”, even if they were empty.

I like the grilled cheese too. And the scrambled eggs.

]]> By: fishman@panix.com http://midtownlunch.com/downtown-nyc/2011/01/31/pearl-st-diner-look-past-the-seediness-and-find-a-pretty-stellar-burger/comment-page-1/#comment-2266 fishman@panix.com Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:49:13 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/downtown-nyc/?p=19157#comment-2266 Suggestion: get around the disintegrating roll problem when you order a burger at a diner by asking them to put it on a heard roll rather than a hamburger bun. This is not something that you can usually do at a usual hamburger place but at a diner there should be no problem. Harvey Suggestion: get around the disintegrating roll problem when you order a burger at a diner by asking them to put it on a heard roll rather than a hamburger bun. This is not something that you can usually do at a usual hamburger place but at a diner there should be no problem.

Harvey

]]> By: jenspeed http://midtownlunch.com/downtown-nyc/2011/01/31/pearl-st-diner-look-past-the-seediness-and-find-a-pretty-stellar-burger/comment-page-1/#comment-2265 jenspeed Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:24:50 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/downtown-nyc/?p=19157#comment-2265 I used to go here a lot with my co-workers, but I think people were regularly disappointed with their food, so we stopped. I stuck with grilled cheese and fries and that worked out pretty well. The veggie burger, however, was terrible, while the curly fries and chocolate egg cream were great. I used to go here a lot with my co-workers, but I think people were regularly disappointed with their food, so we stopped. I stuck with grilled cheese and fries and that worked out pretty well. The veggie burger, however, was terrible, while the curly fries and chocolate egg cream were great.

]]> By: djai695 http://midtownlunch.com/downtown-nyc/2011/01/31/pearl-st-diner-look-past-the-seediness-and-find-a-pretty-stellar-burger/comment-page-1/#comment-2263 djai695 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:38:30 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/downtown-nyc/?p=19157#comment-2263 The pickles that they start you off with are great. Combination of half sours/new sours. Not many diners around here offer that. The pickles that they start you off with are great. Combination of half sours/new sours. Not many diners around here offer that.

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