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| Dishes (Midtown East) | ||
| Address:
47 E 44th St. Phone: 212/687-5511 |
Neighborhood:
Midtown East Website: dishestogo.com |
Cuisine: Lunch Smorgasbord |
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I'm not sure when the
fancy salad bar joint became the latest. Maybe it's always been there.
Maybe it's a midtown phenomenon that only exists in the land of business
casual and Treos--an area with which I've only recently become familiar.
Go to Eighth Ave. to the West and Lex to the East, and these places
all but disappear. Places like Dishes try to be everything to everyone.
They have salads and sandwiches and sushi and hot lunches. The main
feature is the by-the-pound smorgasbord bar. This used to be the low
class territory of ragged secretaries and subcontractors, but the
browsing bar has elevated itself above Roseanne Colletti sneeze guard
stories and has become trendy and hip. Gone are the suit dudes standing
in front of a greasy mirror shoveling a slice into their holes, replaced
with high ceilinged, modern decor (think West Elm) and beauties in
skirts picking through haricot vert and Turkish couscous. All this
comes with a price (both monetarily and emotionally), as the joint
gets super crowded and can run you over ten bucks for some odds and
ends in a plastic container and a Coke. The food is pretty good, though,
and is convenient for little groups of coworkers that can't decide
on one thing to eat. Kind of makes you ashamed to eat at that shit
deli, really. [MF] Other Locations: Dishes (Midtown East II) |
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