Blue Nine Burger

People here say that Blue Nine Burger is the In N Out of the East Coast. I agree for two reasons. First, they both use wax paper to serve their burgers and second because they both serve burgers that are tiny and inadequate by themselves. Other than that they have nothing in common.

What makes Blue Nine interesting, besides that you can order candy and beer while you're there, is that the burgers can come one of three additional ways:

Mango Infusion - Lettuce, tomato, mango chili sauce on bun. Available with or without onions.
Medieval - Infused mustard, grilled onions, extra lettuce, pickles, sauce on both sides of the bun.
Firecracker - Lettuce, tomato with hot sauce. Available with or without onions.

The order they are listed is the order I like them in. Firecrack is just plain okay and just doesn't seem right. Medieval is good and mango is yummy.

Their fries stink but their milkshakes are pretty good as the mint chip shake actually had pieces of chocolate in it.


92 3rd Avenue
(between 12th St & 13th St)
New York, NY 10003

firecracker

mango

Philly's Cheese Steak

I have a rule about not going to restaurants that are named after places that aren't where the place is located. For example, I won't ever go to the Time Square deli on 32nd and Madison (Time square starts at 42nd and Broadway). However, I don't think Philly's Cheese Steak violates that rule because Philly Cheese steak is a kind of food and I don't want to have to go to France to eat french fries or go to Boston to have a boston creme donut. I also, probably, don't want to tell people I went to Philly's Cheese Steak.

It really just wasn't that good.



191 E Houston St
New York, NY 10002

Ashiya

Pork gyoza, shrimp shumai, and nabiyaki udon (wheat noodles with crab stick, chicken, raw egg, shrimp tempura fresh cake & vegetable in a hot pot).

Just okay. Gyoza were the best of the three.

167 1st Ave
New York, NY 10003