I thought that there were 2 posters in this thread who thought the food was pretty good? I’m too lazy to scroll through to check…
2:2 then
For a restaurant of this caliber I would hope for 10+ positive reviews before a Chowseeker takedown.
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Hahahaha! Just ordinary steak knives for us. I assumed it was because we didn’t order the short rib, but perhaps we just weren’t baller enough.
I was morbidly curious. Interestingly, despite lacking tomatoes and being repriced accordingly, the onions are still listed on the menu as “Ode to Peter Luger.”
I ate here the other day.
Wedge salad: Big portion, ample blue cheese chunks and good dressing to lettuce ratio (i.e., I wasn’t left with undressed lettuce at the end). Bacon on it was really good too.
Prime-rib: Huge portion cooked to a perfect medium rare. There was a good amount of fat on / around it but I personally enjoy that provided it’s soft and not chewy. Also some gristle that needs to be worked around but I think that’s par for the course for a massive bone-in ribeye. Gwen serves their rib-eyes already sliced which obviates this issue. But there’s something to be said for being presented with a hulking slab of meat warts and all.
Overall I enjoyed the meal and would go back if I’m looking for a classic steak house experience.
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Consider yourself a martyr for the cause
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I’d request a refund…
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Still calling it Peter Lugers.
What a dumb ode - even if the name was correct.
Without the tomatoes and PL sauce its an ode to:
– an onion field
– The Onion
– a kind of pizza
– something that is like - but isn’t - a shallot.
I don’t get it.
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As part of my recent omakase, Shunji served me a sublime sweet onion in dashi braised with hamo (pike conger), garnished with baby ginger. An ode, not to any person or place, but rather to early summer…
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Based off that review, there are too many “odes to Peter Luger”
We should chart it like stock prices.
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Where does he get this intel?
"His parents divorced when he was 13, and mom ended up getting re-married to allergist Paul Lang. Lang served as a worthy stepfather, and as a result, the young Chef added his surname to his own. "
Funny post from a KE commenter:
“Anonymous Anonymous said…
I don’t know if 135 dollars for a cold steak or five bucks for three slices of onion is funnier”
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I thought the photo of the burrata and stone fruit was a bit off-putting, too. A small dollop of burrata with 5 tiny slivers of fruit for $16? But I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised considering they want you to pay $5 for 3 slices of raw onions.
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You gotta be real good at reading between the lines.
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My thoughts as well - ridiculous.
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I think I would order the Caesar salad and the Tuxedo Mask and be perfectly happy.
I think I hate this restaurant
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