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Cynthetiq · 10-21-2005, 08:28 AM

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<SPAN class=inside-head>It's a Plus-sized menu for a big pool hall </SPAN><DIV class=by-line>By Jerry Shriver, USA TODAY</DIV><DIV class=intro-copy>Customers can probably wrap their minds — but not their hands — around the new noshing concept at Plus, a bar/lounge/pool hall in New York's booming Chelsea neighborhood.</DIV><TABLE class=sidebar cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD colSpan=4><IMG height=20 src="http://images.usatoday.com/_common/_images/clear.gif" width=1 border=0></TD></TR><TR><TD rowSpan=2><IMG height=180 src="http://images.usatoday.com/travel/_photos/2005/10/21/plus-inside.jpg" width=180></TD><TD rowSpan=2><IMG height=1 src="http://images.usatoday.com/_common/_images/clear.gif" width=10 border=0></TD><TD class=sidebar vAlign=top width=75><SPAN class=sidebar><SPAN class=sidebar>Dig in: Try a 14-inch pie-cut burger or a 54-ounce Porterhouse steak.</SPAN></SPAN></TD><TD rowSpan=2><IMG height=1 src="http://images.usatoday.com/_common/_images/clear.gif" width=10 border=0></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=bottom align=left><SPAN class=sidebar>J. Scott Wynn</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=inside-copy>Executive chef Ale Aziz is pumping up his menu with gargantuan appetizers, entrees and drinks, all meant to be shared, in theory at least. Among them are a 14-inch pie-cut hamburger ($28), a 54-ounce Porterhouse steak ($100), a 32-ounce steak sandwich ($46), a pastry-wrapped sausage for three ($24), 22-ounce milkshakes ($9), a 40-ounce martini for four served in a 16-inch-tall glass ($36), and for dessert, the tasty if not tastefully named 38 Double D Blondie sandwich (two sugar cookies with vanilla bean ice cream, $6). </P><P class=inside-copy>Owner Telly Hatzigeorgiou's expansive explanation: "The venue is a really large space, with a 60-foot bar, big banquettes, big tables and a tall ceiling, and it attracts a lot of big groups. So it just lends itself to a family-style menu with oversized food."</P><P class=inside-copy>Could this be the salvation for all of those pencil-thin club kids?</P>

Well I think that this is a bit over the top but then again there's lots of burgers here with lots of weirdo things in it pushing it over $10 into the totally ridiculous range...

okay but I'll try to finish the martini by myself...

maleficent · 10-21-2005, 08:43 AM

40 ounce martini? OK... when we goin' Cyn?

I am totally a burger gal... but that's too much burger... and I doubt they'd server to me rare... but the martini... mmmm? 4 straws though? Who dey kiddin?

florida0214 · 10-21-2005, 09:07 AM

Wow I never thoguht I would say this but that is too much to eat. I might be abelt o get one of those burgers down me but I would puke later on. The idea is awesome, especially for groups. Do they have especially large balls on the pool tables and you can hit them with baseball bats instead of pool sticks? that would be cool.

JStrider · 10-21-2005, 09:14 AM

reminds me of the 72 oz free steak in amarillo... only free if you eat it all in a certain amount of time... www.bigtexan.com

StanT · 10-21-2005, 10:03 AM

Dang, I split regular sized meals with my wife because they are too large.

I wonder if they'd consider margaritas. While we don't eat much, we can easily put away a pitcher of margaritas.

splck · 10-21-2005, 10:13 AM

just give me a decent meal without the gimmick...thanks

oversized food = oversized people

pig · 10-21-2005, 10:17 AM

Reminds of family-style Italian restaurants, or a lot of Greek restaurants I've been to. I don't really see a problem with it....sort of like ordering pizza for a large group.

edit: the martini sounds like too much backwash at the end. icky.

albania · 10-21-2005, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by JStrider

reminds me of the 72 oz free steak in amarillo... only free if you eat it all in a certain amount of time... www.bigtexan.com

I don't think I could eat that much 4.5 pounds, that's a huge steak, I think I can down about 2 pounds of food, but, 72 ounces I don't know, kind of makes me want to try it, too bad I don't live near there. I wouldn't mind going to a restaurant like that once in a while, but I don't think I’d go there regularly. Eating that much usually only happens as a challenge.

BigBen · 10-21-2005, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by splck

just give me a decent meal without the gimmick...thanks

I'm going to have to agree with my non-vowel friend here. When did it become okay to sacrifice service with gimmick?

I am not saying that the service at this particular establishment is bad (how would I know, one way or another?) but that instead of genuinely improving the experience, they walked down the "Gimmick" road. I give this place a year before they:
1. go in another direction
2. go out of business
3. become so famous that they turn into a cultural landmark, and everyone stands outside the restaurant for hours waiting to get in.

What is that Deli in New York with the fucking huge sandwiches that is on TV all the time? That is the way to work the gimmick angle.

serlindsipity · 10-21-2005, 12:12 PM

Looking at all of the food would make me ill.

However, the martini sounds fun. And the marg idea is even better.

maleficent · 10-21-2005, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by BigBen

What is that Deli in New York with the fucking huge sandwiches that is on TV all the time? That is the way to work the gimmick angle.

Carnegie, Stage, katzs, Second avenue.... take your pick.. they all make a reuben that could serve a family of 4 four a week.. but ohhhhh they are sooooo good...

BigBen · 10-21-2005, 12:17 PM

Carnegie, that's the one.

When some guy living at 53 and 102 (latitude and longitude) knows the name of your deli, you are working the gimmick angle well.

Cynthetiq · 10-21-2005, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by BigBen

I'm going to have to agree with my non-vowel friend here. When did it become okay to sacrifice service with gimmick?

I am not saying that the service at this particular establishment is bad (how would I know, one way or another?) but that instead of genuinely improving the experience, they walked down the "Gimmick" road. I give this place a year before they:
1. go in another direction
2. go out of business
3. become so famous that they turn into a cultural landmark, and everyone stands outside the restaurant for hours waiting to get in.

What is that Deli in New York with the fucking huge sandwiches that is on TV all the time? That is the way to work the gimmick angle.

we have lots of delis but maybe you are thinking of Carnigie Deli or Stage, both make huge 2.5 lb sandwhiches. Of course there's still Katz in the Lower Eastside made famouse by Meg Ryan's orgasmic meal.

In a city with thousands of restaurants where you can eat at a different restaurant every day for your whole life and never eat at the same two, gimmick sometimes is enough to get people to come inside... there's a hotel that just offered the $10,000 martini a few months back, martini comes with a diamond engagement ring. Do lots of people get engaged there? Not really, but they did get press, and I did hear of one buyer. Buyer meets first beforehand to pickstones etc.

Siege · 10-21-2005, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by albania

I don't think I could eat that much 4.5 pounds, that's a huge steak, I think I can down about 2 pounds of food, but, 72 ounces I don't know, kind of makes me want to try it, too bad I don't live near there. I wouldn't mind going to a restaurant like that once in a while, but I don't think I’d go there regularly. Eating that much usually only happens as a challenge.

You also have to finish the baked potato, among other things.

I remember the local newspaper showing some statistics on how often people finish. Women had a WAY higher percentage of finishing, but that makes sense since women don't tend to try to impress people with how much they can eat.

On a side note, I can put away 2 pounds of steak no problem. And i'm a tiny asian guy

/threadjack

maleficent · 10-21-2005, 01:45 PM

the food network had some special on a few months ago -- and they featured a pizza place somewhere that servied something like a 15 pound pizza( deep dish) and the challenge was to finish it in an hour.. .two guys tried and failed miserably - but did get a feww pitcher of beer for their trouble..

MooseMan3000 · 10-21-2005, 03:03 PM

Pfft. I could do the steak sandwich and a milkshake in 20 minutes. And I'm not even very big. (5'11", 200 lbs).

And man... that burger makes me hungry. I can never get enough of the fantastic gluttony that is America. We rule.

Manuel Hong · 10-22-2005, 08:54 AM

Has Giant Hamburger seen this?!

Marvelous Marv · 10-22-2005, 10:01 AM

What a disappointment. I read the title and thought I was in Tilted Sexuality.

Gabbyness · 10-22-2005, 11:08 AM

This place sounds kick-ass!

I'm bout it.

10-21-2005, 08:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	40 ounce martini? OK... when we goin' Cyn? I am totally a burger gal... but that's too much burger... and I doubt they'd server to me rare... but the martini... mmmm? 4 straws though? Who dey kiddin? __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

10-21-2005, 09:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
florida0214 Crazy Location: South Florida	Wow I never thoguht I would say this but that is too much to eat. I might be abelt o get one of those burgers down me but I would puke later on. The idea is awesome, especially for groups. Do they have especially large balls on the pool tables and you can hit them with baseball bats instead of pool sticks? that would be cool. __________________ "Two men: one thinks he can. One thinks he cannot. They are Both Right."

10-21-2005, 09:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
JStrider Poo-tee-weet? Location: The Woodlands, TX	reminds me of the 72 oz free steak in amarillo... only free if you eat it all in a certain amount of time... www.bigtexan.com __________________ -=JStrider=- ~Clatto Verata Nicto

10-21-2005, 10:13 AM	#6 (permalink)
splck it's jam Location: Lowerainland BC	just give me a decent meal without the gimmick...thanks oversized food = oversized people __________________ nice line eh?

10-21-2005, 10:17 AM	#7 (permalink)
pig pigglet pigglet Location: Locash	Reminds of family-style Italian restaurants, or a lot of Greek restaurants I've been to. I don't really see a problem with it....sort of like ordering pizza for a large group. edit: the martini sounds like too much backwash at the end. icky. __________________ You don't love me, you just love my piggy style

10-21-2005, 10:03 AM	#5 (permalink)
StanT © Location: Colorado	Dang, I split regular sized meals with my wife because they are too large. I wonder if they'd consider margaritas. While we don't eat much, we can easily put away a pitcher of margaritas.

10-21-2005, 12:12 PM	#10 (permalink)
serlindsipity Psycho Location: Boulder Baby!	Looking at all of the food would make me ill. However, the martini sounds fun. And the marg idea is even better. __________________ My third eye is my camera's lens.

10-21-2005, 12:17 PM	#12 (permalink)
BigBen Comedian Location: Use the search button	Carnegie, that's the one. When some guy living at 53 and 102 (latitude and longitude) knows the name of your deli, you are working the gimmick angle well. __________________ 3.141592654 Hey, if you are impressed with my memorizing pi to 10 digits, you should see the size of my penis.

10-21-2005, 01:45 PM	#15 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	the food network had some special on a few months ago -- and they featured a pizza place somewhere that servied something like a 15 pound pizza( deep dish) and the challenge was to finish it in an hour.. .two guys tried and failed miserably - but did get a feww pitcher of beer for their trouble.. __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

10-21-2005, 03:03 PM	#16 (permalink)
MooseMan3000 wouldn't mind being a ninja. Location: Maine, the Other White State.	Pfft. I could do the steak sandwich and a milkshake in 20 minutes. And I'm not even very big. (5'11", 200 lbs). And man... that burger makes me hungry. I can never get enough of the fantastic gluttony that is America. We rule.

10-22-2005, 08:54 AM	#17 (permalink)
Manuel Hong Addict Location: Land of the puny, wimpy states	Has Giant Hamburger seen this?! __________________ Believe nothing, even if I tell it to you, unless it meets with your own good common sense and experience. - Siddhartha Gautama (The Buddha)

10-22-2005, 10:01 AM	#18 (permalink)
Marvelous Marv Cunning Runt Location: Taking a mulligan	What a disappointment. I read the title and thought I was in Tilted Sexuality. __________________ "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher

10-22-2005, 11:08 AM	#19 (permalink)
Gabbyness Chicken scratch. Location: Japan!!!	This place sounds kick-ass! I'm bout it.