Ummburger opened this week at 99 First Avenue at Sixth Street.
As the name implies, this place sells a variety of burgers as well as salads. Here's a look at their menu from the Ummburger website...
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The drinks menu includes what they are calling "Ummazing Chalices," 38-ounce fish bowl cocktails on dry ice, including the Mari Juana, which pairs apple, pineapple, kiwi liquid smoke and vodka. ($25).
The previous tenant at this address, Mancora, moved across Sixth Street this past summer.
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The Fern is now open at 166 First Ave. near 10th Street. The bar-restuarant is from the same folks who run the Belfry on 14th Street between Second Avenue and Third Avenue. Don't know anything else about the place at the moment. The Fern only has a placeholder website at this moment.
This address was previously, in fairly quick succession, North River and The Nite Owl, which closed in September 2015.
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And Kokus, billed as NYC's "first plant-based soft serve with organic cultured coconut cream and lightly sweetened with raw honey," is serving its wares through Sunday at the Bowery Market, 348 Bowery at Great Jones. (They started on Wednesday.)
Not only do we get new restaurants, but they also created new foods. Ummburger created its own vegetable - the Nappa Cabbage!
ReplyDeletep.s. it is usually spelled "Napa".
38-ounce cocktails? Glad I don't live near the shitshow this place will no doubt become. Wonder how they plan to deal with the alcohol poisoning that will no doubt result when young guzzlers quaff two or three of them in an attempt to get a quick buzz on.
ReplyDeleteThe fern restaurant has ferns on the entrance. Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty lame.
ReplyDeleteUmmburger should come up with better name for their cocktails, ummazing sounds close to unamazing which will lead to disappointed customers calling it unappetizing on the Yelp.
I never had gluten-free ice cream or dairy, but I bet it tastes like dirt.
Ummburger? UmmIdon'tthinkso.
ReplyDeleteI like the look of The Fern's entrance. I have not been inside yet, though it looks inviting.
ReplyDeleteGojira - and don't forget the dry ice. really gotta amp those drinks up to flavortown.
ReplyDelete"38-ounce fish bowl cocktails on dry ice, including ... liquid smoke"
ReplyDelete38 OUNCES? Seriously? And "liquid smoke" sounds awful. No thanks! But I'm sure the bro's will be lining up to get shit-faced on fancy 38-ounce drinks.
Bonus points to the restaurant for gratuitously sacrilegious naming of menu items.
Maybe each drink should come with info about where to find the nearest AA meetings? Or will there be EMT's or an ambulance stationed nearby?
That burger mural looks so disgusting, I can't bear to look at it. They'd do well to surround their storefront with plants like the Fern, which looks pretty nice.
ReplyDeleteI see that the "we hate everything" crowd is cranked up this Friday. The word of the day is: sanctimonious.
ReplyDeleteAnother reason we can't have nice things. The ferns look pretty to me.
ReplyDeletePlease enjoy, Anon at 1:17 but crap is crap. And this place is a crapfest.
ReplyDeleteLet's see when someone burns her or his self touching the dry ice and files a liability suit. The dry ice will be hasta la vista pronto!
ReplyDeleteUuuummm what's in the Good Morning Vietnam burger's secret sauce, Napalm?
ReplyDeleteCan I get a side of Nagasaki atomic wings with that?
Pretty aggressively douchey menu at that Umburger. So nu-American it hurts. Kind of thing belongs in a mall or airport, not NYC IMO.
ReplyDeleteRemember all you future alcoholics, it's not really an authentic East Village bar unless there's a Beetejuice imitator taking selfies outside or offensively themed Fried Chicken sandwiches. Oh, I'm sorry, that was "Merica, the sorry excuse for a bar down the block that closed a half minute after it opened. This is Ummburger, with those totally authentic grafitti looking giant drinks painted on the rolldown gates to remind you why this bar exists in the first place. Feel free to drink as many of those 35-ounce coma-inducing sugar-laden concoctions as you like, but remember that if Mt Sinai's ambulance comes to pick you up off the sidewalk to take you to the hospital, it;s a long ride up to 101st Street, so you might want to pack a lunch and bring a good book. Welcome to BroDeo Drive.
ReplyDeleteYes, 1:17 p.m. we hate everything: that caters to the moneyed tourists and transients; the kitschy "restaurants"whose main item in the menu is really liquor; and to those who patronize such establishments-- they have no connections to the neighborhood the are stomping on and no respect to the residents they are disregarding.
ReplyDeleteIf anyone who is sanctimonious, it's this tyoe of restaurant, its patrons, its defenders, the greedy landlords and developers enabling for restaurants such as this to open, CB3 and SLA for granting liquor licenses to a "burger" joint (ummm, ok, burger? sure)... Ummmmm, Capiche 1:17 p.m. Enjoy your $25 pretentious cocktail. Because you all are so special and better than everyone.
Love the funny comments - and exactly right - whats with some of the names, they just sound wrong.
ReplyDeleteFern sounds and looks pretty.
stellar comments today!
ReplyDeleteFree bars were actually a thing in the early 70s
ReplyDeleteAnd are making a comeback . Originally considered a safe place for women to drink and mingle https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.popsugar.com/food/Cocktail-Historian-Martin-Cate-Explores-Fern-Bar-1970s-12311384/amp
When the world’s first fern bar opened its doors in New York City, in March of 1965, most co-ed drinking still took place in the home. At the height of cocktail culture, in the late nineteenth century, the United States had boasted one saloon for every two hundred and fifty people, but few respectable ladies ever frequented those establishments
ReplyDeleteIt's 38 ounces of liquid. Who knows how much liquor is in there?
ReplyDeleteP.S. It's like the 'pint glass of beer' - the 'pint' is when the glass is filled to the rim. Anything less, and you are paying for a short.
What is up with that spot on 10th & 1st? They can't seem to keep a business going there and it's always the same basic drink establishment. I think something fishy is going on and I for one will never patronize it.
ReplyDeleteDear 5:03:
ReplyDeleteWhat about moneyed, long-time residents? We need entertainment too.
The Fern looks fantastic. Who the fuck hates greenery? Assholes, that's who.
Ummburger needs a new mural.
Can someone tell these asshats that the movie "Good Morning, Vietnam!" was NOT a comedy?
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