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Street-Meat-A-Palooza
Posted: 12:11 pm, May 28th, 2009 in Midtown Eating
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With ML's new popularity, better consider the Javitz
I'll volunteer to drive the courtesy shuttle
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Do you guys have public atriums up there? Downtown we've got a couple of atriums that are open to the public - like 180 Maiden Lane's that occasionally has a classic pianist playing music, and it's basically their lobby but has tables/chairs scattered around for people to enjoy sitting. It's a little weird the first time you go to another office building's lobby to sit and eat lunch, but the glass enclosure with lots of light filtering through plants, it's actually kind of nice. I wonder if there's a list somewhere of all the public atriums in Manhattan.
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Good idea Yvo. There are indoor public spaces in Midtown. Can't beat Free AC.
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Here are two ideas for indoor public spaces in the heart of Midtown:
The Altria (aka Philip Morris) Atrium on the SW corner of 42nd and Park Ave. It is not a huge space but there are quite a number of tables for eating.
Grand Central Terminal Food Court is probably the biggest public open space to eat. If you got there early, you'd have no problems sliding a few tables together for a a small group.
There is also the Crystal Pavillion Food Court, Citigroup Center, and the IBM Atrium.
Here is a website that lists all the registered public spaces in NYC. I designates which ones are indoors (or at least covered spaces).
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I hope the participants contest comes out soon. A lotta peeps will likely swarm at the chance to judge street meats.
Damn the rain and gloomy weather today.
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Not sure exactly what this is since I'm a new member, but it sounds awesome to me...
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Zach, the panel should be choosen at your discretion and not be a contest. We need true Street Meat vets here.
We also need to wait for the weather to get nicer and to keep the location a secret or else we'll have half of midtown there.
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Besides Zach, who are the Street Meat vets on ML? Just wondering. Possibly bloggers on the ML Blogroll? The vets def. can't be retired vets. Street food changes year-to-year so the judges had to be keeping their palates up-to-date. I really hope a couple of spots do end up being contest-based so MLers can join the occasion, perhaps 2-3, especially if the panel is 20 deep.
Weather shouldn't be a serious issue if the venue ends up being indoors and much shorter lines to buy the food if weather is crappy like today. Definitely would be easier if it's a secret hideout. However, if the location is out in the open and people have their iphones/crackberries handy, it's only a matter of time when the crowd shows up to spectate. Just one Tweet away. Haha.
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lol freaking crazy Zach stalkers... has he appeared on Gawker yet? Easiest.prey.ever!!! Easily identified by his adorable baby... awww
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stalkerpalooza!!!!!
wait a minute...
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Another note, too many vendors actually read this site. If we disclose who is on the list and what day we're doing it they could step up their game big-time just for that day. Zach, you actually have that much pull knowadays. Crazy.
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I don't know how it went down last year but Zach nor his kid should visit any of the vendors that day. Yes, a sad day for the baby when he can't visit his fav. street meat joints. But other people should gather the platters to the location so the vendors won't know what's going on. There could be a post to openly suggest newer places for this Street-Meat-A-Palooza 2. Only Zach should ultimately have the final list, actual date and to delegate the street-meat purchasing in Midtown. Maybe somebody knows where there's a well-ventilated bomb shelter to avoid any audience or paparazzi gathering. ;P
As a part of the street-meats judging, might I suggest blindfolds? Just by looking at some of the plates kinda puts a lil bias my taste-buds. If I'm eating the food and want to be impartial to all plates, I don't need to look at it. I would say just taste each bite til you have a winner(or look at the wonderful specimen after you take the initial bite). :P
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Considering how Zach eats cart food all over midtown and walks all over midtown, I'm guessing that he knows what the basic indoor options are (e.g. Citigroup and Sony come to mind, but nothing centrally located). Maybe he's hoping someone will be able to pony up an office conference room or something.
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this sounds very intersting...
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When is this going down? Who will the entries be and should we expand the entries to make this a sort of mid-town Vendy awards?