Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Report: Zagat survey names Mighty Quinn's NYC's best new restaurant

Mighty Quinn's opened in late December over on Second Avenue and East Sixth Street ... And Ryan Sutton at Bloomberg reports this afternoon that the barbecue spot run by a former hedge funder was named New York's best new restaurant by the Zagat survey. (The survey is based on the responses of 48,114 participants.)

Never been here ourselves. Perhaps you have?
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20 comments:

  1. Sim City MayorOctober 1, 2013 at 3:43 PM

    I live nearby, and spent 8 years in Austin. The BBQ is legit, and I go there as much as my arteries can withstand.

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  2. ChadOctober 1, 2013 at 4:03 PM

    Agree with above. It is the only true southern barbecue I've had in NYC (and boy have I looked!). Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby!

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  3. AnonymousOctober 1, 2013 at 4:10 PM

    Disgusting. The scene is that of barbarians tearing meat off bones with their hands.

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  4. Sim City MayorOctober 1, 2013 at 4:41 PM

    Hill Country is about the same, but more geared toward sit down and bigger on the bubba-frills.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 1, 2013 at 4:50 PM

    What's wrong with barbarians tearing meat off of bones with their hands?

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  6. ahoy polloiOctober 1, 2013 at 4:58 PM

    Best new restaurant? Meh. I wasn't really impressed with Quinn's. If you want good BBQ, go to Hill Country on 26th.

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  7. AnonymousOctober 1, 2013 at 5:03 PM

    Anonymous 4:10: Vegetarian, are you?

    I've been several times and it's fine, but really, nothing spectacular, even in terms of barbeque in NYC. And best new restaurant in the city? A joke.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 1, 2013 at 5:18 PM

    Thanks for the tip. (See you at Angelica Kitchen, Caravan of Dreams, or John's for the vegan menu.)

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  9. 5:22 pmOctober 1, 2013 at 5:23 PM

    The answer is unrealizable, as in if it's true and this restaurant (please don't call this an eatery, or any other restaurants an eatery) is great and the best new NYC restaurant, then it just confirms that the EV is now the new South or Austin. And if it's not true or this place does not deserve the accolade, then it's just another trendeatery catering to the moneyed transients trying to be make it in the EV. Either way, the EV is a lost cause, which has been a lost cause for a while now anyhow.

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    1. AnonymousOctober 1, 2013 at 7:22 PM

      Good grief @5:22... So sour! As BBQ goes in the city... MQ is the best deal for the quality and a great addition to the hood, even for an old timer who hates change.

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  10. ahoy polloiOctober 1, 2013 at 5:38 PM

    @ Sim City Mayor

    Really? Moist brisket at Hill Country, almost as good as any you'll find in Lockhart.

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  11. ahoy polloiOctober 1, 2013 at 5:39 PM

    "Disgusting. The scene is that of barbarians tearing meat off bones with their hands."

    Is there anything more insufferable than a pretentious vegetarian/vegan? Almost makes you agree with Tony Bourdain's general stance on vegetarianism.

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  12. UnknownOctober 1, 2013 at 5:51 PM

    I think Hill Country's moist brisket is better but only just.

    Mighty Quinn's wins in the ribs stakes and the fact its two blocks away!

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  13. KarimOctober 1, 2013 at 6:46 PM

    "Is there anything more insufferable than a pretentious vegetarian/vegan?"

    Yes. A person slurping away at an animal carcass.

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  14. AnonymousOctober 1, 2013 at 7:33 PM

    There is nothing pretentious about being a vegetarian or a vegan. It is a healthy choice, especially for women; eating meat, especially meat that is full of hormones, is a bad health idea. That's for moi.

    Enjoy your meats! More for you!

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  15. Swinging FriarOctober 1, 2013 at 9:21 PM

    "The survey is based on the responses of 48,114 participants"

    Maybe the same participants that ranked NYC as the fourth city to have the best pizza and San Diego as to be the city to have best pizza, ie tourists. But if Artichoke is opening another outlet, then maybe NYC deserves to have the 4th ranking.

    Anyway, bring on more limos and SUVs with CT, NJ, MA, OH, MI, PA, and suburban NY plates. EV is the new midtown after all. Difference is, EV is mostly residential and midtown commercial. But hey, enjoy your ribs (and Artichokes), folks.

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  16. AnonymousOctober 2, 2013 at 12:26 AM

    They should rename this eatery -- sorry, Anon 5:22, I mean "trendeatery" -- Mighty de Blasio's. Then I might consider going there.

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  17. Chris F.October 2, 2013 at 1:23 AM

    Mighty Quinn's food is OK if you don't mind the fat. Hill Country's cuts are a bit leaner, I think. Wildwood and Virgil's are both tastier, but more expensive. They'll all do in a pinch when the Big Apple BBQ festival isn't in town.

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  18. AnonymousOctober 2, 2013 at 7:09 AM

    Woo! Midtown South!

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  19. Glenn BelverioOctober 3, 2013 at 1:48 PM



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