Posted by gambit50 on May 25, 2008
MarkJoseph Steakhouse, Financial District, New York, New York
The original Peter Luger clone. Former employees copying the winning formula and transplanting it to Manhattan. Unfortunately, this is not mathematics and copied formulae do not guarantee the same success. So, let us see how this went.
I was turned onto MarkJoseph by one of my closer acquaintances and his roommate who lived in Battery Park City. They praised it, saying it was very close in quality to Luger and in Manhattan and easy to walk into. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by gambit50 on May 25, 2008
The Post House, Upper East Side, New York, New York
The Post House is not one of the most talked about steakhouses in Manhattan. It is not a sexy type of place and it not in the few block radius of business hubbub, though close enough for me nor is it the type of place that the stodgy, money crowd of the Upper East Side would be slave to. Well, that is how I would guess it would be. Thus it is interesting to reveal what is within.
The Post House is located within or adjacent to the Lowell Hotel. It gives the usual pleasant vibe from the outside, that whole quiet feel of the townhouse blocks in the neighborhood. At this point it could lead to the UES crowd that I am no big fan of. Read the rest of this entry »
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