“It’s business lunch Applebee’s, their menu is diner-style all-over-the-place so there’s something for everyone without having to ask or worry about dietary preferences, but it looks reasonably nice inside”
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“It’s business lunch Applebee’s, their menu is diner-style all-over-the-place so there’s something for everyone without having to ask or worry about dietary preferences, but it looks reasonably nice inside”
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“All that effort and it still is just kind of meh. Like those French fries take 2 days to make. 2 days! Why?!?! They're aggressively average.”
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“Is it exquisite cuisine? No. It's diner food for people with expense accounts. But it's also so consistently *acceptable* that it's unlikely to piss anyone off.”
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“The Smith brought my wife food poisoning with their mussels and then tried to tell us she drank too much (she had one glass of white wine) when they caused her to puke. I was having a hard time thinking of a place to close until you said this. It is objectively the correct answer for so many reasons.”
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“what I got was maybe 10-15 nickel-sized rings of squid that were so thin that I was barely biting into anything past the breading.”
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“It gave my wife food poisoning. Their mussels were tainted. They accused her of being too wasted in the toilet. She’d had half a glass of white wine. Fuck the Smith.”
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“It was all just so flavorless and rubbery— just lame overall. I wouldn’t try any others because of that one experience.”
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“Tons of food and it was all very good!”
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“They are consistent and great for a group. They're the place for a warm, cozy burger or something you want that sticks to your ribs. It's way better diner food, and for the prices diners charge now, it's basically a bargain.”
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“We walked in there on a recent trip to NYC and it was fucking awful.”
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“the occaisonal times that I have the quality of the Mac and cheese was very inconsistent.”
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“from the first bite of the mac and cheese I knew it was far from excellent.”
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“The smith’s burgers are fucking disgustingly greasy. Last time we went my wife’s burger was soaked in grease, the bun was essentially a grease carrier.”
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“Preferred the shrimp scampi to the steak, but it’s always a solid backup restaurant.”
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“The Smith is the great equalizer. Not sure where to go? Large group? With coworkers from out of town? Need something for every diet? Just go to The Smith.”
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“The smith is perfect for out of town visitors when you’re playing tour guide because it’s huge and takes reservations. I’ve never had a bad time there”
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“I honestly don’t hate the smith. I am a steak salad girl and go there weekdays for lunch and it serves its purpose well. Good sized chunks of steak medium rare on an arugula salad.”
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“Someone once described the Smith as an Applebees with a trustfund, and I think that's about accurate”
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“the smith is perfectly fine. sometimes you need a perfectly OK place”
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“Enjoy your $30 dry roast chicken you bum.”
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“The smith is absolutely terrible, agree w the other comment it’s like airport food, stuff you can get anywhere in middle America.”
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“The Smith is good because it's like the perfect compromise.”
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“the smith Mac and cheese is so good”
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“but in terms of pure deliciousness the potato chips with blue cheese sauce rank pretty highly for me”
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“I never have a bad meal and the make a killer Bloody Mary.”
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“I got food poisoning at the smith in midtown. absolutely awful day at the office and i got to vomit on the sidewalk.”
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“The Smith is the perfect business lunch location. Bit too busy, but busy enough. Has something on the menu for literally anyone.”
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“I hate it because it's intolerably loud.”
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“I ordered a steak from The Smith and it wasn't even the whole steak, it was like half of the actual cut.”
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“ive had better service at the smith”
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“You can do better than the smith!”
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“Their caeser salad gave me food poisoning once”
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“The food is largely inoffensive but pricey for what you get. It's like the "New American" equivalent of a diner.”
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“The Smith knows exactly what it is, which is average, plus the fries aren't good so you don't have fomo ordering a side salad. Everyone wins”
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“Also, love the Mac n cheese”
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“The smith always gets unwarranted hate, but their Mac and cheese is consistently great”
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“Guilty pleasure but, I \*love\* The Smith's kale and quinoa salad and that's the only reason I go there.”
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“I live at Lincoln Center and I'd take the Smith every time over Luxembourg. Luxembourg is so middling, at least The Smith has good portions.”
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“I don’t care who owns it since it sucked the one time I tried it. How do they deliver a cold steak?”
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“Fine food but their sticky toffee pudding is something I still dream about.”
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“It's unobjectionable and overpriced but overpriced for that category. However, yes, not cringe at all.”
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“The Smith has never been reasonably priced, or particularly tasty for that matter.”
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“mac&cheese is pretty good tbh”
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“The Smith is where locals take their visiting parents with the knowledge that it easy, decent, but also totally boring.”
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“even if it’s no one’s favorite spot and they might not even remember what they ordered there a few weeks later, no one is actually mad at the food while they’re eating it.”
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“The Smith has a great salmon salad - the fish is never overcooked lol. The burger is pretty good”
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“their little gem caesar is fantastic”
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“It was.... not good..... and I was especially disappointed because I wanted my husband to get to know him, and we were just screaming in the general direction of his good ear this entire time.”
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“I’m addicted to their Kale + Quiona salad”
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“lol I fucking love their dessert”
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