tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post5369568097880913610..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: Restaurant review: Pita JoePhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-56470092420441564062008-09-17T12:46:00.000-04:002008-09-17T12:46:00.000-04:00Paul Gowder: I want this Gods-falafel!Petey:I plea...Paul Gowder: <BR/><BR/>I want this Gods-falafel!<BR/><BR/>Petey:<BR/><BR/>I plead cheapness and gradstudentdom, not poverty, because of these heaps of cultural capital I'd have if anyone much cared about knowledge of French Jewish history.<BR/><BR/>Artichoke was overrated, but this does remind me that I have in fact broken the 14th Street rule in the not-so-distant past.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-62302666127272470162008-09-17T11:23:00.000-04:002008-09-17T11:23:00.000-04:00And as long as we're on the topic, I'm a enormous ...And as long as we're on the topic, I'm a enormous fan of pizza. Given that pizza is relatively cheap, and that lower Manhattan is home to the best pizza in the Western Hemisphere, (with a passable counter-argument to made for New Haven), I tend to eat my fair share from places like <A HREF="http://www.luzzomania.com/id2.html" REL="nofollow">Luzzo's</A>.<BR/><BR/>So when <A HREF="http://nymag.com/restaurants/reviews/underground/45775/" REL="nofollow">Artichoke</A> opened up recently to relatively good reviews, I was pretty psyched. Until I realized that it was on 14th Street.<BR/><BR/>Which would prevail, I wondered, the good reviews or the 14th Street curse?<BR/><BR/>Turns out the pizza there is awful. 14th Street curse uber alles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-64136379630910201742008-09-17T11:10:00.000-04:002008-09-17T11:10:00.000-04:00"I broke my years-long rule of not eating anything...<I>"I broke my years-long rule of not eating anything that comes from 14th Street"</I><BR/><BR/>While I agree with your rule in general, it's worth noting that there is a Chickpea on 14th Street which is perfectly fine.<BR/><BR/>-----<BR/><BR/>And tangentially, since you are always pleading poverty to a degree that would make a sensible person a left-winger, are you are aware of the existence of <A HREF="http://www.nickyssandwiches.com/" REL="nofollow">Nicky's Vietnamese Sandwiches</A>? Very cheap and very good. And Sarah Palin <B>hates</B> the place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-22997364983562958412008-09-16T22:43:00.000-04:002008-09-16T22:43:00.000-04:00Should you ever show up in Northern California, pi...Should you ever show up in Northern California, ping me and I'll direct you to the Falafel of the Gods.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com