Paul Lukas, the Intrepid Uniwatcher and friend of YFSF, ventured forth to the Bronx for dinner at NYY Steak. The meat was good, the service friendly, and the flat-screen TVs plentiful, though they were not tuned to the Yankee game then in progress because it was on "My9" and not the YES network. (You're doin' a heckuva job Brownie Randy!) Dinner for two cost $302, not outrageous for a premium steak house (though you'd be better off at Luger's) and well below a decent box seat! If only you could watch the game….
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13 replies on “Steak Out in the Bronx”
funny!
..and just about the ugliest menu ever.
I feel my arteries hardening just after reading about that meal.
who orders 9$ asparagus?
It sounds like a decent place to eat, if I was to ever venture that deep into the lair.
“who orders 9$ asparagus?”
the amazing thing is that after you eat it your pee smells like money. I think there’s a line from The Great Gatsby about this.
Nick owes me a new keyboard.
> who orders 9$ asparagus?
Crap, I don’t want to write this because Nick is so funny, but I will. I order $9 asparagus. It’s not on a whim.
Young asparagus and young beet are pinnacle vegetables when treated with proper respect, augmented reservedly. Pee jokes aside, there’s nothing like peak asparagus/beets in the vegetable world. They need so little help other than slight seasoning, so delicious and complex are they; so ready to eat as-is with only reserved cooking approaches.
To me, good asparagus is one of the few flavors that can stand up to a quality steak and not seem weak/throw-away filler/crowd pleaser. I’m trying to say that please, don’t kill my palate with a bloated, starchy russet loaded with cream and bacon. Give me that lovely green shoot with a pinch of salt and pepper so I can taste my steak without the dairy lacquer. Well cared-for cows eat grass. Asparagus is grass. They taste great together.
Wait, what was I talking about? Anyway, $6 for effing blue cheese? It had better be some of the stankiest, gooiest, filthiest bleu i’ve ever smelled.
Hey, this might be nitpicking, but $302 is a big premium for a good steak joint. At places like Sparks, Lugers, Palm $100 a head should get you all you need plus some half-decent wine. No stent though.
Sounds like a place to completely avoid.
Isn’t going to a stadium for a sit-down dinner (out of sight of the game, no less) like going to the Met for racquet ball lessons? Then again, $100+ meals are a different universe to me, so I might be the wrong person to ask.
Well written. Very funny.
I was laughing out loud at work.
The New York 151 Volcano is clearly a symbol of the team’s recent past: everything up in flames! It is also perhaps one of the more awful looking desserts I have seen in a while.
And Gerb is right: beets rule. Good beets prepared well are just amazing. I’d pay more than nine for a plate of’em done right.
7:11 p.m.: As we admire the two different kinds of salt on our table, a waiter in a pinstriped shirt appears, introduces himself as Robert, and pours us some water from a logo-emblazoned bottle. “We filter our own water on-site, to reduce our carbon footprint,” he says. I ask if this same water is used in the stadium water fountains, and he says no. Translation: Those slobs watching the ballgame are sucking down raw sewage, while Mike and I are drinking the good stuff. We clink glasses to celebrate our superior hydration.
This stuff is gold! Great article YF.
Not such a fan of beets but I would totally spring for $9 asparagus in the right joint. And creamy mashed potatoes with a little bit of that blue cheese mixed in is a great complement to steak as well… and maybe a little bearnaise sauce too… mmm.