Re: Irresistible Greasy Dives


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Posted by Frank on April 08, 2003 at 15:25:29:

In Reply to: Irresistible Greasy Dives posted by Gary Press on April 07, 2003 at 23:34:31:

a place that Gary is very familiar with...

Big Nick's in NYC (Broadway and around 78th or so). They have everything, all the time. A friend ordered a banana milkshake. They picked up the phone and 3 minutes later a guy from a local bodega runs in with a bunch of bananas.

It's famous for it's burgers, and is also known as the Burger Joint, or BJ (there are signs inviting patorns to join the "BJ club", I kid you not). They have 1/4 pound, 1/2 pound, and a 1 pound "sumo burger". You can get pretty much any cheese on top, not to mention many other things.

I have a not entirely pleasant memory of Gary eating a bacon double blue cheese burger with a fried egg on top. I tended more towards the classic 1/2 lb bacon cheddar, but to each his own.

They also served the water with sliced fruit in it. I'm sure they had an excellent reason. Maybe if there was fruit in it you didn't notice anything else that was in it.



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