NY Times Bi-Monthly Upper Middle Class Angst Article.
In one of my posts yesterday, I complained about service at restaurants at the Jersey Shore. Coincidentally, The NY Times had a lengthy article today about some of the problems that people encounter when they move from the City to the suburbs. Towards the end of this article, this paragraph describes the Jersey restaurant “scene” or lack thereof.
[But one thing many transplants never adjust to is the food. Barbecues aside, "the food in New Jersey is some of the worst food I've ever eaten in my life," Mr. Aloe said, citing the generic quality of many restaurants. "How can you explain a 40-minute wait to eat at Chili's?"
Beth Little of Summit, N.J., said a good selection of restaurants is "the one thing we always say we miss."]
The rest of the article is pretty good, too - lots of wealthy people complaining about how rough life is in the suburbs.
[But one thing many transplants never adjust to is the food. Barbecues aside, "the food in New Jersey is some of the worst food I've ever eaten in my life," Mr. Aloe said, citing the generic quality of many restaurants. "How can you explain a 40-minute wait to eat at Chili's?"
Beth Little of Summit, N.J., said a good selection of restaurants is "the one thing we always say we miss."]
The rest of the article is pretty good, too - lots of wealthy people complaining about how rough life is in the suburbs.
posted by Little_Silvered at 7:06 PM
2 Comments:
The food is not that bad.
You get fairly generic food options in Manhattan as well now, save for a few top notch restaurants. The majority of the food in the city, regardless of it's ethnic origin, is blase.
There are many top notch places to eat in NJ that are not Chilis, Olive Garden, etc. The state is filled with ethnic hot pockets which offer a variety of cuisine, some of which you can't find anywhere else in this country.
I don't think the food is bad in NJ. Only that it is often over-priced. If I have a mediocre meal in NYC and pay $25 to $35 per person for it, I at least know that the overhead for the restaurant there is pretty high.
When NJ restaurants try to charge NYC prices, and the meal is only so-so, I get annoyed because I know that the overhead is low compared to NYC.
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