tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post4581570678481968847..comments2024-03-28T15:30:55.364-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: [Updated] Chopt opens today at 51 Astor Place; free salads in return for a donationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-7629931741378739222016-02-24T08:12:19.774-05:002016-02-24T08:12:19.774-05:00So in other words, 12:11 … eat salad? Watch out, w...So in other words, 12:11 … eat salad? Watch out, we got a badass over here.<br /><br />This thread is weird. I know people are weary of chains, but a chain in an office building like Death Star makes some sort of sense. Also, I have never seen Chopt's line on 17th "block the sidewalk" (Sweetgreen on 18th yes, Chop't no) nor have I paid $14 for a salad -- WTF are you getting on your salad? I get a Mexican Caesar with all kale and extra jalepenos from 17th Chop't about once a week and it is $8 and it is huge. And the kids working there are lovely. And 17th Street is chainy, yeah, with Liquiteria and Pret a Manger and Hale N' Hearty blah blah, but that battle was lost long ago, and office people need lunch. I'm grateful to be employed and I like fucking salad. If the chains bother you on 17th, go to Lillie's, or Udo, or the farmer's market, or Republic, or RAINBOW FALAFEL. Or you know, keep bitching, that works too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-55737082014225134922016-02-24T00:11:52.929-05:002016-02-24T00:11:52.929-05:00I'm gonna say it and sure to bring on a war:
...I'm gonna say it and sure to bring on a war:<br /><br />Salas is the worst healthy food and total shit. No taste. You have to put stuff on it to give it taste and not even as it's just tasting what you put on it and having to stomach the nontaste of the salad in between bites of the topping and tastes of the dressing. Yes it fills you up but it's worthless nutritionally.<br /><br />Eat asparagus, spinach, kale, string beans, peas, broccoli, and celery - all the greens you need.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-55880886777681658132016-02-23T23:04:47.655-05:002016-02-23T23:04:47.655-05:00Yes, but you will have to chew it and taste it. Ch...Yes, but you will have to chew it and taste it. Chopt saves you all that extra work- and only charges you almost twice as much for the convenience.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00681878998323265280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-71108721294934728602016-02-23T17:00:25.104-05:002016-02-23T17:00:25.104-05:00WHY keep this shit hole in business when you can g...WHY keep this shit hole in business when you can get EXCELLENT healthy food at EVA's, a REAL New York City community-based business (since 1978), just a few blocks west on 8th Street (on the north side of the block between Fifth Avenue + McDougal)? <br /><br />I'm enjoying a wonderful HUGE falafel with hummus in a whole wheat pita stuffed with lettuce, tomato + cucumber (only $7.25) right now.<br /><br />Remember folks: A dollar is a vote. YOU decide who stays in business by where you spend your money....chris flashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-9298293372101088522016-02-22T22:55:23.626-05:002016-02-22T22:55:23.626-05:00I will never enter the Death Star. That building ...I will never enter the Death Star. That building killed the architectural soul of the East Village and Downtown in general. You are making a deal with the devil if you go there. Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16018698439789288968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-6532290319952396692016-02-22T17:59:37.878-05:002016-02-22T17:59:37.878-05:00Salad lemmings!Salad lemmings!Gojiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-23819649608452461872016-02-22T15:12:36.728-05:002016-02-22T15:12:36.728-05:00Chopp'd are ridiculous, $14 for a salad and a ...Chopp'd are ridiculous, $14 for a salad and a lemonade under fluorescent lights amidst a line of lemmings pleased with themselves they're eating healthy. Also, what's so bad about salad ingredients that they need to be ground up with large chopping blades into minuscule flecks? Michael Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16212346866966454125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-26903580658186078202016-02-22T13:46:42.240-05:002016-02-22T13:46:42.240-05:00The line was out the door but it moved quickly. H...The line was out the door but it moved quickly. Hibiscus tea is great!NyBabyMindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630351737334340335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-53042013812322591792016-02-22T13:15:44.703-05:002016-02-22T13:15:44.703-05:00Eating just salad isn't exactly healthy.Eating just salad isn't exactly healthy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-52780655099690495162016-02-22T11:37:19.744-05:002016-02-22T11:37:19.744-05:00Another healthy food place is a good addition. I w...Another healthy food place is a good addition. I wish them luck.<br /><br />- East VillagerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-83183964287523675252016-02-22T11:25:18.114-05:002016-02-22T11:25:18.114-05:00Now there are two Chop'T between my apt @ 5th ...Now there are two Chop'T between my apt @ 5th St & 3rd Ave and my office @ 17th St & Bway- along with 2 Duane Reade's, 2 Staples, 2 Walgreens, 2 Cafe Bene, 2 Starbucks, 2 Basics Plus...and too many others to mention.<br /><br />Chop'T on 17th looks always busy, with lines out the door in the summer, blocking the sidewalk. They seem to be built deliberately with too little seating for their volume of sales, making it look busier than it is and thereby attracting even more customers. The Astor Place venue is well placed for their spill off to populate the new plaza. Why offer seating when the city will pay for it? Same for garbage removal. <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00681878998323265280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-91348032819563434762016-02-22T10:54:04.491-05:002016-02-22T10:54:04.491-05:00I wish these places would support local NYC charit...I wish these places would support local NYC charities like the Bowery Mussion, the Yorkville Commin Pantry, etc. Something in the neighborhood that actually helps people. Paying the salaries of folks at some nonprofit isnt my idea if charity. Help real people in the area. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-59613506876650116092016-02-22T10:51:34.822-05:002016-02-22T10:51:34.822-05:00Note anonymous commenter at 9:38 AM:
"I am f...Note anonymous commenter at 9:38 AM:<br /><br />"I am fairly certain that Astor and Broadway are not considered to be within our boundaries or even generically considered as Midtown South." - John Mudd, president of the Midtown South Community Council<br /><br />http://evgrieve.com/2013/06/report-maps-show-that-midtown-south.htmlKen from Ken's Kitchennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-2629584994603137412016-02-22T09:53:34.396-05:002016-02-22T09:53:34.396-05:00I walked by Saturday. They were offering free sala...I walked by Saturday. They were offering free salad. I didn't go in but the tables were packed with people taking them up on the offer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-59133144111973272092016-02-22T09:38:57.172-05:002016-02-22T09:38:57.172-05:00Mid-town south may not have enough office workers ...Mid-town south may not have enough office workers to keep either of these places open for long. I wonder which business will open in this space next?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com