“It’s a fucking iconic place and I love the history and the atmosphere and it’s probably my favorite burger on the face of the earth.”
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4.8/10American
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The move people repeat is lunch at the bar, a with a slab of bacon and a , under $40 a person. The is dry aged and fans say nothing in the city beats it. Others say the service is rude, the room feels like a cafeteria, and the sides arrive unseasoned. Skip the tomato and onion plate, that one gets mocked constantly.
NYC classic — German-born Peter Luger opened the Williamsburg spot in 1887 as Carl Luger's Cafe, Billiards and Bowling Alley, with his nephew Carl cooking. After the family sold it at auction in 1950, longtime customer Sol Forman bought it for about $35,000 and turned it into an institution built around one dish: a dry-aged porterhouse for two. Wikipedia
“It’s a fucking iconic place and I love the history and the atmosphere and it’s probably my favorite burger on the face of the earth.”
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“luger is consistently the best meat in the city-are the sides better at keens? yes. is the room prettier at hawksmoor? yes. on steak alone, luger can't be beat.”
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“This burger was soooooooo…. mid. Advertising a burger with dry-aged meat means that at least someone somewhere in the establishment should be smelling something that smells somewhat like dry-aged meat. Absolutely nothing. All I got was an undersalted burger patty which was admittedly cooked very well, topped with cheese on raw onions and a bun of nothing noteworthy”
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“Sides that taste like microwaved citarella stuff and good steak. Clientele includes lots of tourists with kids in iPads. I’d never go back but it’s kind of worth going once.”
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“Their tomato and onion dish is an embarrassment. They aren't even seasoned. The only place such a dish wouldn't be out of place is a "make your own burger" station at a BBQ.”
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“I will take Peter Luger every day and twice on Sundays. Always cooked perfectly, the way it was ordered and consistent. Plus it’s significantly cheaper and the fries are better”
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“It was a joke. Unless you’re refilling the “make your own burger” table of a cookout, you don’t present someone a plate of unseasoned and uncooked tomatoes and white onions. Not with a straight face anyway. Certainly not for $15.”
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“The Burger (with a slab of bacon), free bread, and a Holy Cow Sundae (to split) is less than $40 per person. You really get your money’s worth.”
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“The service there is as bad as any restaurant I've ever been to.”
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“No other restaurant on this subreddit gets more hate than Lugers. Personally, I love it.”
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“still, my best bites of steak have all come from that porterhouse.”
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“I liked the food at a Peter Luger a lot. The ambiance was absolute trash with kids running around and people talking to grandma on FaceTime on speaker at full volume. But it was tasty.”
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