Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Meatball Factory opening next Tuesday; featuring the 'turducken' and more


Here's more information about the new Meatball Factory coming to IHOP Way East 14th Street and Second Avenue. Per Thrillist yesterday:

Surprisingly not a super-popular gym located just off the LIE, the Meatball Factory's a 1600sqft ball-eteria coming at you from OG Top Chef alum Dave Martin. The set up's like a rustic, industrial (rustdustrial?) bistro thanks to red brick walls, wine barrels aplenty, dark wood tables flanking the central bar, and a to-go counter, because you're going to need a snack on your way to working off all those meatballs at a gym just off the LIE.

If you still have an appetite, then here's a look at their menu via the Meatball website:


To be honest, we didn't make it past the Turducken: House Blend of Shady Farms Turkey, Bell & Evans Chicken, Hudson Valley Farms Duck Confit, Sage & Allspice (Dairy Free) $9

According to Thrillist, Meatball Factory opens next Tuesday. Eater has more information here.

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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 18, 2011 at 9:31 AM

    I never slept soundly again after I found out what a turducken was. Oog!

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  2. Dr GeckoOctober 18, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    There are worse things than Turducken, like (I'm not making this up) Turducken Dog Food, which I first saw at Mikey's Pet Store. I've never been the same since. Obviously, neither has Mikey's.

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  3. glammaOctober 18, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    gross.
    is this some kind of cr@ppy national chain?

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  4. HippieChickOctober 18, 2011 at 1:48 PM

    These are horrible! I loooove meatballs, but, like, NORMAL meatballs. Why do people insist on gunking these up with stupid extraneous ingredients?? I guess I won't be going there for my meatball fix...plus I'm still lamenting the loss of Nathan's fries...

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  5. AnonymousOctober 18, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    Honestly the ingredients here sounds tasty enough but-- and this is just a personal thing--the cutesy attitude is a turn off. But maybe that is what you need to sell to people these days. No, I take that back. It isn't what you need. Yeah I get it, I'm no fun. When I'm at an eatery and find myself having to say something like "I'll have the cluck, cluck and the lambda, lambda, lambda with the shroom central" that kind of thing gives me the douche chills and when I get the douche chills I get cranky. To paraphrase Bruce Banner you wouldn't like me when I get the douche chills.

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  6. AnonymousOctober 18, 2011 at 4:48 PM

    I think it's really nice that these guys created a vegan meatball, I mean that sincerely, at least they threw the vegetarians a bone (heh) and frankly it sounds tasty. But calling it "Vegan's Dream" is weird, because a vegan's dream ... would probably be a world without meatballs. Also, I would wonder how vegan a meatball really is if it's processed and cooked inside a "meatball factory."

    Not to discourage people from this place. Just some vegan, end-of-day spitballing here. It's almost quittin'/falafel time!

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