Just wanted to put in a plug for the Famous Cozy Soup 'n' Burger (24/7 since 1972) on Broadway at Astor Place...
I had randomly stopped by for a cup of coffee at the counter... see!
...and the empty seat next to me with bonus tile footage...
The place was pretty crowded (I'd guess that half the tables were tourists) this past Sunday... a lot of deliveries. I wanted to get a photo of their Wall of Fame photos, which includes a framed shot of Alf. (Next time.)
Good times for $2.45 ...
And bonus nighttime photo via the Cozy website...
Free refills?
ReplyDeleteYes!
ReplyDeletei will go! thank you!
ReplyDeletenice post; a 40s noir neon dream!
ReplyDeleteMy go-to place for burgers in the neighborhood. Or onion soup and turkey sandwich.
ReplyDeleteSo glad this place is still here decades later.
Also, the food is so good!
ReplyDeleteThose of us who have lived in the EV for the last 30+ years know that this place is an easily missed gem. A real neighborhood fixture.
ReplyDeleteI ordered a Tuna Melt there one lunchtime & it was pretty heavy duty, i.e. I skipped dinner b/c I wasn't hungry.
ReplyDeleteGotta run the picture of ALF!
ReplyDeleteGrieve, I hope you rounded that check up to $5.00 for the tip. :)
ReplyDeleteLovely Greek family owned joint with literally dozens of relatives working various posts and multiple generations hanging out on weekends. BEST pea soup and French Fries in the city but other food tends towards the meh and overpriced.
ReplyDeleteOrder the veggie burger with jalapeños and some onion rings, delicious.
ReplyDeleteI've been in the East Village 40 plus years, and I long ago decided this place wasn't that great. Thought it was over-priced and just didn't feel that welcoming and "cozy", if you will. Of course, I was comparing it to The Stage, which was top-of-the-charts on so many levels. However, I recently met a friend for lunch at the Soup & Burger and thought, "What the hell was I thinking?" It was great. Good food, reasonable prices and very pleasant staff. What's not to love? I now understand I have to enjoy the legit neighborhood spots while we can!
ReplyDeleteOK, now I wanna go. I haven't eaten there since the early '90s!
ReplyDeleteI appreciate their commitment to proper punctuation in this era of falling standards. ('n'!)
Also, maybe this is a SIGN: I have a tattoo of an old coffee cup that I was planning to cover up...but the cup is resting on the EXACT SAME SAUCER as the coffee at Cozy Soup 'n' Burger. Maybe I should just leave the tattoo in tribute?
shout-out to 10 am's description of the tuna salad as "heavy duty" (*hat doff*)
ReplyDelete2.55 tip for a 2.45 total cup of coffee?
ReplyDelete1.55 is more than enough of a tip.
If a counterperson served a cup of ready-brewed coffee every six minutes that's 15.50 an hour in tips just for serving coffee (9.30 an hour in tips just for serving a cup of coffee every ten minutes.)
To each his/her own...
Don't be a cheapskate, it is more than a cup of coffee. It is a seat, a counter, the waiter, the electricity, the rent. A different er is a place to eat, not sip coffee casually and while away the hours.
DeleteWrong-o boy-o! The tip is for service. The cost is for those things like rent, etc.. So the buck and and half suggestion, given the free refill service was used, is correct. Laying a fiver is just throwing around rich kid guilt money, not the proper tip.
DeleteIs Cozy Soup 'N' Burger technically in Greenwich Village since it's on the west side of Broadway if we assume Broadway is the western(most) border of the East Village and the east side of Broadway is the outer limit of the EV? I think so.
ReplyDeleteI consider the East Village's borders to be as follows:
North - The south side of 14th Street
South - The north side of E.Houston Street
East - Along the East River
West - The east side of Broadway
Long time favorite since I worked at the old Brentano's bookstore on 8th St at University, which closed in 1983. Like me, it's a neighborhood survivor!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe you took pictures at Cozy and didn't photograph the neon clock in the back. I love that clock. I go there at least once a month, and the clock is a large part of why I go. The Five Alarm Burger is the other large part. :-)
ReplyDeleteThe $2.45 price already takes care of the seat, the counter, the electricity, and the rent, or the price would be higher.
ReplyDeleteA $1.55 tip on a $2.45 cup of coffee is more than fair considering it takes seconds to fill the cup.
Again if a server poured six cups of coffee an hour or one every ten minutes and made a $1.55 tip per cup that's $9.30 an hour in tips on pouring coffee alone. Wait on even just three tables in an hour where you get $12 in tips and that's $21.30 an hour in tips plus $7.50 an hour in shift pay for $28.80 total hourly pay.