Beer Good, Food not so Good

[Jim Dorsch]

Interesting piece in the NYT today: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/din...

I'm a burger guy, and I see that some establishments mentioned in this article couldn't even do that right.

[Flaco]

The article doesn't really hold water in that Manhattan and trendy Brooklyn have mediocre yet expensive food more times than not in pubs, wine bars, bistros, tapa places etc. regardless of the beer list. Fortunately there are plenty of exceptions where a nice balance is maintained. Asimov is right that a good beer is generally easier to find than good grub...

[Shaggy]

Good article, I agree that several upscale restaurants are serving more and better beers now. It's a nice trend.

[DougOLis]

What does "you didn't look the fruity-beer type" mean? Is the bartender insinuating that some beers are wussy (maybe true but kind of a ridiculous statement at a good beer bar) or that all fruit beers suck (ridiculous, there are some damned good fruit beers)?

[Josh]

Thanks for posting. Great article, and I couldn't agree more.