Fatty Crab: Not the cheapest dog on the list, this $12 creation, available only at the Upper West Side location, takes sliced pork sausage made with XO sauce and tops it with pickled chiles, garlic, radish, cilantro and cucumbers (212-0496-2722).
Alan Richman hits all four N.Y.C. outposts of the burgeoning Shake Shack empire.
Upper West Side, Tuesday, 10:30 p.m.; 8 people in line, 3-minute wait
You want a shack, this is it. The tables and benches appear to be government-issue lawn furniture, molded from scrap metal. Downstairs is a small seating area that looks like an underfunded senior center with a donated flat-screen TV. All of the burgers, again ordered rare, came medium-well. They seemed bigger and greasier than the others—this was the first Shake Shack where fat from the meat dripped on my pants. The fries seemed to have been cooked in not-quite-pristine, late-night oil, which enhanced their taste. Both milkshakes were fully mixed and uniformly creamy. The caramel had just the slightest dab of flavoring, which meant it tasted like a weird vanilla shake. I ate outside, on a bench, with artificial turf underfoot. No professions of piety toward society or the environment were in sight. This is a Shake Shack for truckers and motorcycle gangs.
![12 Awesome Weekday Breakfasts in New York City - Eater
Sarabeth’s West
423 Amsterdam Ave New York, NY
The second location of Sarahbeth Levine’s southern-inspired American restaurant is the best place on the UWS to get an epic comfort food breakfast. A number of very … good fresh cereals and porridges are also available, if that’s your thing. Open daily at 8AM. [link]](http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7m2q77RTX1qzml0co1_500.jpg)
12 Awesome Weekday Breakfasts in New York City - Eater
Sarabeth’s West
423 Amsterdam Ave New York, NY
The second location of Sarahbeth Levine’s southern-inspired American restaurant is the best place on the UWS to get an epic comfort food breakfast. A number of very … good fresh cereals and porridges are also available, if that’s your thing. Open daily at 8AM. [link]
from Rants: Broker-blogger Malcolm Carter takes a break…
Broker-blogger Malcolm Carter takes a break from condo auctions to ream out the Upper West Siders who have already sullied the brand new subway entrance at Broadway and 96th Street. Their chief weapon of mass destruction? Chewing gum. On the lovely new stonework! This is why you can’t have nice things, Upper West Side. [Malcolm Carter]
