Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Today's sign of the apocalypse: IHOP will have a bouncer

As you're painfully aware, IHOP opened yesterday on East 14th Street. And, according to the Post today:

IHOP is so convinced its new East Village location is going to be an after-hours hipster hot spot that it has hired a bouncer.

An off-duty cop will stand guard outside the East 14th franchise each night from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. in order to keep the bar crowd at bay, manager Michael Carlos said, explaining, “When people have a few drinks, they can get rowdy.”

Hipster hot spot? Uh-huh.

Anyway, let's give it up to Niall Gibbons for this quote:

“IHOP is bland and belongs in Times Square — it doesn’t make sense in the East Village. The neighborhood has lots of character, but the character fades when something like this comes along.”
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14 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2011 at 8:06 AM

    It's brilliant. After ingesting mass quantities of alcohol, what better way to prevent vomiting than a big fat stack of sugary, gooey pancakes ?

    The 'burbies will flock there.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2011 at 8:41 AM

    Come for the irony. Stay for the carbs.

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  3. nygrumpSeptember 21, 2011 at 8:51 AM

    Obviously Gibbon hasn't actually set foot recently and doesn't realize IHOP is perfect for the college town the E Vil has been developed into.

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  4. Ken from Ken's KitchenSeptember 21, 2011 at 8:53 AM

    IHOP could absolutely be the spot for pancakes after a night spent drinking at the Beauty Bar (for an ironic laugh) or the Blind Pig (for the Pick-A-Pancake Combo).

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  5. esquared™September 21, 2011 at 9:14 AM

    ihop is so bland, it doesn't even belong in times square; only in the 'burbs, only in the 'burbs

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  6. EV GrieveSeptember 21, 2011 at 9:18 AM

    I've never eaten at an IHOP. Just wanted to share that.

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  7. Morgan TsvangiraiSeptember 21, 2011 at 10:55 AM

    You mean I'm gonna be hassled by some bouncer after I stumble in from Hype Lounge after some brewskis with some bros for tutti frutti pancakes???

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  8. starzstylistaSeptember 21, 2011 at 10:56 AM

    Dear Niall:

    The East 14th Street location is not now, and has never been,* the East Village. 14th Street has always been the DMZ between downtown and "up there".

    Best Very Old East Village Denizen.

    *This blurring of the great divide began to occur when the EV went from being a neighborhood to a marketing idea.

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  9. Lux LivingSeptember 21, 2011 at 11:29 AM

    @Grieve

    I've eaten there as a kid, but to be fair, the rhyming menu options did sound fun at the time.

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  10. esquared™September 21, 2011 at 11:54 AM

    next thing you know they'll have a velvet rope and be offering bottle service and patrons get vip treatment for every $300 worth of bottle of syrup purchased

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  11. glammaSeptember 21, 2011 at 12:25 PM

    yo bro i'm on the list at ihop tonight

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  12. Scott S.September 22, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    Where was the nearest Horn & Hardart? Where was the nearest Chock Full O' Nuts? Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

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  13. KurtSeptember 22, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    @Scott S - I'd like to add Woolworths lunch counter to that excellent list.

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  14. esquared™September 22, 2011 at 3:06 PM

    horn & hardart or chock full o'nuts or woolworth's didn't need a bouncer

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