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[Melonious Thunk]

No taste. taaaa dummm.

I walked in alone and said "one for lunch" to the lady at the desk. "Reservations?" she asked. "No" I said, looking around at the 1/2 empty place. She picks up a menu and starts to walk behind me to the bar area saying "sit in the cocktail area?" "No" I said, looking again at the 1/2 empty dining room with its large tables in a brightly lit space. "In there."

"Order simple," I said to myself. Guinness and Stella-1/2 and 1/2, clam chowder and lobster roll. The chowder was sweet, tasty and rich, full of tough clams. The lobster roll arrrived buried in double fried frites that were crunchy but not too hot. The roll was hollowed out with the top filled by shredded lettuce and two slices of tomato. There was, maybe, 1/2 pound of lobster meat, but for its lack of taste it could have been boiled chicken.

Oh well, scratch another seafood place.

City Lobster
W. 49th between 6th and 7th Aves.

[Slapsie Maxie]

any relation to City Crab which is fairly "yuk" too?

S

[Wilfrid1]

If City Crab is the one on the Park, then it is indeed yuk. Although I suspect I can't blame the kitchen for the bout of food poisoning which came on during the course of the meal.

Seating. Yes, in the nice but ever-empty Kasadela recently, two of us took a table for four. The server warned us that he would have to move us if he needed the table. Only one other table was occupied. Twit.

[Robert Schonfeld]

Are these City places part of thr Alan Stillman group of restaurants by any chance?

[Orik]

not sure about the name of the group, but I believe it's under the same ownership as Chango [1], Steak Frites, Chat & chew and L'Express.



[1] Hands down the sorriest excuse for Mexican food I've tasted.