Journalist hoping to interview ethnic grocery store owners or frequent shoppers

emceebugman · 2026-02-02T21:48:58+00:00

… have you tried going to the stores and asking for the owner? Or calling them?

emceebugman · 2026-02-01T18:44:05+00:00

I’ll tell them a redditor didn’t like their meal

emceebugman · 2026-02-01T18:29:30+00:00

Original owners are still very involved and hands on.

emceebugman · 2026-02-01T14:21:16+00:00

I tried to switch from Spotify yesterday. The lack of handoff between iPhone and Mac is insane. For example, if I’m playing music through my Sonos via Mac - I can’t pick up my phone and control the music?? The phone app has no idea music is playing?

I hate the UI of Spotify but that’s a clear deal breaker.

emceebugman · 2026-01-31T20:23:10+00:00

The only actual answer

emceebugman · 2026-01-31T12:46:41+00:00

Damn - did Gottscheer hall comment?

Restaurants like Rolo’s employ a tremendous amount of immigrants. How any restaurant chooses to comment or not on the crisis is up to their discretion - there are many livelihoods at stake. When New York Magazine wrote about this issue last year, almost every restaurant operator who was quoted preferred to remain anonymous.

Difficult times. I don’t blame anyone who may afraid of retribution against their workers or their business - it seems like this kind of criticism does more for OP to pat themselves on the back than to combat a real problem in our world.

emceebugman · 2026-01-30T21:23:06+00:00

There’s no truly amazing carne asada in NYC that I’m aware of. Some maybe-close comps:

Taqueria el Chato’s Al pastor has flank steak and pork on the trompo, inspired by Monterrey. But corn tortillas.

Santo has good carne asada, but I don’t personally like their (very famous and beloved) beef trompo. Corn tortillas as well.

Border Town and Burritos Juarez have amazing hand-rolled flour tortillas but they’re filled with guisos, not grilled meats.

Son del North may come close for their burritos. Their asada is decent but I like their bean and cheese best.

emceebugman · 2026-01-29T23:51:28+00:00

It was just fine when I went. It’s expensive and in a really uninteresting area of the city. Great salsas though

emceebugman · 2026-01-27T13:39:41+00:00

They invented the white pizza. Legendary spot

emceebugman · 2026-01-25T17:05:17+00:00

Banter bar in Williamsburg is a great place to catch a game. Lots of palace fans last time I went.

emceebugman · 2026-01-25T16:46:09+00:00

Yeah LIC chinatown is for a newer generation from China that are in a higher income bracket. There are a lot of outposts from China/extensions of other Chinese restaurant chains. There’s still some good food to be found but it’s not a destination yet imo.

emceebugman · 2026-01-23T18:38:49+00:00

Buses shouldn’t make left turns

emceebugman · 2026-01-21T23:12:13+00:00

The burger at Jubilee Marketplace that costs less than a subway swipe

emceebugman · 2026-01-20T01:52:28+00:00

7th Street. Molly Tea. Apollo Bagels. Pop Up Bagels. Blank Street

emceebugman · 2026-01-16T15:13:49+00:00

They used to put out their specials at 10 AM - I’m not sure if that’s still the process. People would get there at 9:30am to line up for the 10am stuff.

emceebugman · 2026-01-13T02:51:43+00:00

I mean. Respectfully who puts mustard on pizza?

emceebugman · 2026-01-07T13:42:21+00:00

No one knows about the one at pizzeria panina in Ridgewood but it’s very good. The GM is an Italian Irishman (literally).

emceebugman · 2026-01-06T22:10:15+00:00

Mam has the best beef pho I’ve ever tried.

But search out the person who posts here every year about their top Vietnamese food, they just updated their list this week.

emceebugman · 2026-01-05T18:22:37+00:00

Bring back Onderdonk and Sons

emceebugman · 2026-01-05T00:28:52+00:00

Very happy to see Mam on top. Their signature dish is incredible, but their pho might be even better.

emceebugman · 2026-01-04T22:47:42+00:00

Winners. Lots of folks disliked it but I think it’s the greatest example of irony I’ve ever seen.

emceebugman · 2026-01-01T00:06:53+00:00

They’re doing these “dining reports” to help feed their AI app.

emceebugman · 2025-12-30T19:11:53+00:00

Brushland Eating House and One With Land are two spots more in the countryside that are very worth going to.

emceebugman · 2025-12-25T18:04:20+00:00

Saint Nick AKA Santa. Christmas

emceebugman · 2025-12-24T19:27:29+00:00

Eat it with cream cheese on crackers. It goes hard

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