[Wilfrid1]

The glory can conveniently be shared this week, as Eating in Translation got the big currywurst platter, and the Pink Pig got a range of the other sausages.

This is an authentic little German sausage counter, serving most of the wursts on custom paper plates rather than in rolls. Good tap beer, and good prices. First Avenue between 7th and 8th. If you make it a destination, realize that it's a place for a quick fix rather than somewhere to linger, and seating is limited.

[Lex]

The glory can conveniently be shared this week, as Eating in Translation got the big currywurst platter, and the Pink Pig got a range of the other sausages.

This is an authentic little German sausage counter, serving most of the wursts on custom paper plates rather than in rolls. Good tap beer, and good prices. First Avenue between 7th and 8th. If you make it a destination, realize that it's a place for a quick fix rather than somewhere to linger, and seating is limited.

I like the idea of a being able to order them sans roll but I wish they'd also add the totally inauthentic but very tasty option of serving them on toasted Martin's potato rolls.



Danny Meyer has been using the round version of these at Shake Shack for years with huge success.

[Wilfrid1]

Schrecklich.

[Lex]

Schrecklich.

I hope you're referring to the Shack and not the rolls.

The SS cultists went on and on about these for the first couple of years. They seemed to believe that they were baked by a race of elves that lived under Madison Sq. park and sprinkled with Danny Meyer pixie dust. And all the while they could be bought at most local supermarkets.

[Wilfrid1]

Schreck Shack. Yes, that works.

[Lex]

Schreck Shack. Yes, that works.

You'll like this. People on CH report that at last weekend's exhibition game at Citi Field there was a thirty minute wait for Shackburgers.

Finally we have an answer to the question - "What's dumber than waiting on line in Madison Square park for 30 minutes?"

[Sneakeater]

It's a good thing they can't charge admission to Madison Square Park.

[Wilfrid1]

Schreck Shack. Yes, that works.

You'll like this. People on CH report that at last weekend's exhibition game at Citi Field there was a thirty minute wait for Shackburgers.

Finally we have an answer to the question - "What's dumber than waiting on line in Madison Square park for 30 minutes?"

In 1975, I missed the first part of Clive Lloyd's century in the first world cup final, because service in the Lord's restaurant was slow. One wasn't surrounded by TV screens in those days, either.

[Wilfrid1]

Chuckles from Chowhound.

[marauder]

I remember the hysteria over the SS buns. It went hand in hand with the Chowhounders insisting that the SS burger was ground beef molded around a big knob of butter. This was before pat lafrieda and his ground beef were the Thomas Keller of the hamburger world...

[Orik]

Their early PR said the wurst are from schaller & weber. Not that that's a bad thing.

[Wilfrid1]

From a butcher is all I could prize from them, which is not inconsistent with Schaller & Weber.

[mongo_jones]

shurely there is nothing wrong with controversy over buns manufactured by the s.s? though who knew?

[Lex]

shurely there is nothing wrong with controversy over buback in 2004.ns manufactured by the s.s? though who knew?

Some people knew in 2004 -

Burgers, some say, are best eaten in cars, or at least in parking lots. This poses a problem in New York, since nobody owns a car, and parking lots charge gazillions an hour. Shake Shack, a sleek new takeout stand in Madison Square Park, gives Manhattan an alternative to the drive-through. Restaurateur Danny Meyer made his name with Union Square Café and Gramercy Tavern; here his young staff dishes out Chicago-style hot dogs, knockout crinkle-cut fries, and sublime, meaty burgers on chewy Martin's potato rolls, garnished with romaine and tomato and wrapped in wax paper.

The Burger Lives

[Lex]

Back to Wechsler's. It was reviewed this week in the Voice.

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