Burger blowhards are everywhere these days. Just as every Ray's Pizza calls itself "the original," every place that can scoop together a handful of ground meat and throw it on a grill likes to call their burger "the best." After a disappointingly diminutive burger at Resto and a misfired one at Bar Marmont, I was getting ready to give up. A victim of false advertising, I actually believed Bar Marmont's menu when it touted the restaurant's own burger as a "darn good burger." The presumptuousness in the name seems akin to Bruni's pet peeve, wherein "eat" is interchangeable with "enjoy" in every waiter's vocabulary. ("Are you done enjoying...
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I returned to Keens last night with two companions who were eager to try an authentic New York steakhouse. I started with the House-Cured Salmon ($12.50), which was wonderful
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I had a great lunch at Keen's Chophouse today, and I was reminded what a cool place it is. It's a zillion years old, it's all old wood and glass, there are thousands of pipes hanging from the ceiling, and the food is really quite good if you stick to the basics. I had the sliced steak, which had the minerally tang of good prime dry-aged beef. It was just the right amount of red meat for lunch, it came with a salad with tangy Neals Yard Stilton crumbled over it(I special-ordered the cheese from out friendly waiter), and the iced tea refills were free. And burger freaks should note that Keen's bar serves a terrific hamburger with fresh french fries that would be perfect if they were saltier and fried a little longer so they would be golden brown instead of off-white. You can't get the burger in the main room at the restaurant. The sliced steak was only $22, and I wasn't paying anyway, so I would describe the prices at Keens as being quite reasonable. Keens is a perfect place to eat before an event at the Madison Square Garden. It's a five to seven minute walk from the The World's Greatest Arena.
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Frank Bruni’s review in last week’s New York Times aroused my curiosity, so I dropped into Keens Steakhouse the next day to try that "legendary" mutton chop.
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