This week I was reminded of what it is like to live on the East Coast during the winter. My my my, New York was snowed in, but thankfully I had enough time to go to dinner with my good friend from grad school, P. She lives LES, so I figured we should order from someplace near her. P swears that Otarian is the best, but their West Village shop shut down, and they wouldn't deliver from Midtown. And with impending snow, it's like the whole city was shut down. Kind of magical, actually, but I was definitely not headed to midtown. So we hit Yelp along with recos from P's other friends and came up with Tiny's Giant Sandwich Shop. This burger sounded amazing...with the works, even fake bacon. I have never had a veggie burger with fake bacon, but that sounded good. I accidentally deleted the photo from my phone, but I promise you that it looked incredible. Thick burger, layers of goodness and toppings...not to mention that P and I were two hungry working girls! Probably all of that chatter (it had been way too long since we last saw each other) got our appetites going...
Grade: B
What I liked: Toppings galore! Who wouldn't like fake bacon (well, if you already like veggie burgers). I mean, the thing is called the "Big Mack Daddy," yes, spelled with a K. The special sauce, whatever is in it, was awesome, and there were a ton of pickles, something I really appreciate. Everything that was not the veggie burger was awesome! Can you guess where I'm going?
What Missed: The burger itself was way too protein-y for me. It definitely stuck together, but it was far too Boca Burgerish. All protein and no veggie. That is not for me. Also, they didn't serve anything but that owl-brand of chips. That's kind of ridic.
What P liked: I think we are in agreement here. P, weigh in if you have other thoughts on this. And let people know what is so fabulous about Otarian's burger...which I will try next time I'm in NYC.
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