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brooklynite

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13. "The Rich" vs "everyone else"?????

Reply to cinematicdiversions (Original post)

Wed Sep 29, 2021, 04:21 PM

Sep 2021

“Everyone else” is (as the purists here have complained) spending $330 for a Vegan menu. If people want to make a special order, what’d the problem?

FWIW - my wife and I have the finest Umbrian beef, cooked rare, for this evening’s dinner. Only Eurp 50 a person for four courses and wine.

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Eleven Madison Park's Vegan-Only Restaurant Has a Secret Meat Room for the Rich [View all] cinematicdiversions Sep 2021 OP

Hoo boy! I guess next it'll be a steak house with a secret vegan room! nt abqtommy Sep 2021 #1

Or a Steak & Shake serving a steak. LiberatedUSA Sep 2021 #2

For those unfamiliar edhopper Sep 2021 #3

Their vegan meal is a $385 price I believe. Nt cinematicdiversions Sep 2021 #4

Then, everyone who eats there is rich wryter2000 Sep 2021 #8

It's not a secret room edhopper Sep 2021 #9

:) No kidding. Fwiw, their site says they donate 5 meals to Hortensis Sep 2021 #25

Can you imagine being "Food Inscure" cinematicdiversions Sep 2021 #31

Lol! A luscious turnip, but nicely plated with an artistic swirl of sauce. nt Hortensis Sep 2021 #32

That is for the full chef's menu edhopper Sep 2021 #10

The $335 (not $385) for a the full 10 course tasting menu (I am NOT saying that's a good deal, btw) Celerity Sep 2021 #26

I agree with the mandatory tip thing dsc Sep 2021 #27

I say just pay them a decent wage (like most of the rest of the advanced world does). Celerity Sep 2021 #28

I seem to remember a thread here BradAllison Sep 2021 #5

Was it Olive Garden? Dr. Strange Sep 2021 #17

LOL n/m BradAllison Sep 2021 #18

So the facile class resentment really IS hilarious. Hortensis Sep 2021 #23

No reason to feel sorry for the people getting eggplant wryter2000 Sep 2021 #6

that's horrible Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #7

How so? People can eat whatever they like, what's the big deal? Dial H For Hero Sep 2021 #12

Waste, excess, extravagance, etc... LanternWaste Sep 2021 #15

Fwiw, probably little wasted or excess food in a restaurant Hortensis Sep 2021 #34

Yeah I put this about 80 million on a list of problens in the world jimfields33 Sep 2021 #14

:) +1. Hortensis Sep 2021 #35

That review of the vegan restaurant was fucking hilarious. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #11

That is damn pretentious, right up there with some of the reviews I've read of other nouveau... Hekate Sep 2021 #20

"The Rich" vs "everyone else"????? brooklynite Sep 2021 #13

If they use the same pot, pans, utensils, etcetera marie999 Sep 2021 #16

I have to confess I have never understood this. cinematicdiversions Sep 2021 #21

For the Vegans I know it is close to a religion. marie999 Sep 2021 #22

Sure, but no doubt most of those who eat there knew about the Hortensis Sep 2021 #24

The vegans I know act like it's a religion. The religious I know with strict diets shun places... Hekate Sep 2021 #19

You don't know enough vegans. Voltaire2 Sep 2021 #29

❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️ Lucinda Sep 2021 #30

According to the original story Dorian Gray Sep 2021 #33