Frog Club

[MitchW]

6 hours ago, GerryOlds2TheReturnofGerry said:

I like absurdism, but I'm feeling less confident than I was initially that the food will make up for the schtick.

If we could only figure out the schtick...

[Wilfrid]

Wait till she figures out her food.

[Diancecht]

no photo policy and $34 hamburgers

[Diancecht]

If you wish for an of-the-moment drink, there’s the pricey Dirty Kermit, $26, featured with a trademark symbol on the drinks list. This is no dirty martini, but Frog Club’s play on a Bloody Mary: It’s green with chunky green tomatoes, and an olive garnish made to look like the Muppet’s eyes.

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[MitchW]

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 But as a restaurant — rather than as a clubhouse or a thing to brag about — I didn’t find much to recommend Frog Club.

pre-shucked oysters in shot glasses with a too-vinegary beet mignonette; a saddish burger on a too-plush bun served with a little cup of whipped butter, if you’re feeling suicidal. I might not have minded the lobster pierogis — a kind of upcharged crab rangoon — if they had tasted more of lobster and less of their creamy filling, but even more than that, I couldn’t quite make out where they fit into the mix. “We call it the new nostalgia,” said our waiter, natty in his white jacket and green tie, when we asked what brought the restaurant’s offerings together. Aha! A faint suggestion of Houlihan’s.

 

This may be in Matthew Schneier's review, if it gets published.

I can't wait to never go to this restaurant.  

[backyardchef]

I wonder what will be in that space next...

[MitchW]

15 minutes ago, backyardchef said:

I wonder what will be in that space next...

The 86 Club?

[Orik]

bāryū and only people who know why will be allowed in.

[small h]

 

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tutti frutti coulis 

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[rozrapp]

19 hours ago, MitchW said:

This may be in Matthew Schneier's review, if it gets published.

I can't wait to never go to this restaurant.  

It was published this morning on Grub Street. (I received it yesterday via email.)

[Wilfrid]

The link: https://www.grubstreet.com/article/frog-club-nyc-opening-first-impressions.html

Entertaining piece.

[backyardchef]

5.9 from The Infatuation.

"With so many regulations, it’s fair to expect a memorable meal. You’ll get one, but for the wrong reasons. Emaciated chicken wings leave you picking at bones that look as if they were donated by sparrows, and shrimp scampi arrives with a small pyramid of rice that tastes like it came out of a box. Not to be outdone, a $27 spinach soufflé quickly deflates into a gummy frittata the color of a shrink-wrapped pistachio muffin, and a green pepper dip sports six melancholy baby carrots."

[Orik]

When are we doing a mff dinner there?

[Diancecht]

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Even if I wanted to go back to Frog Club, I might not be allowed to. The mysterious restaurant, which opened a few months ago behind an unmarked door in the West Village, maintains a somewhat tongue-in-cheek code of conduct, codified by a ten-item list of ways to get “eighty-sixed,” restaurant parlance for “kicked out.” Some rules are easy enough to follow: don’t be rude, don’t steal or vandalize, don’t kiss the chef without her consent. Other forbidden activities are more surprising. No. 2: “Taking photos inside, this includes bathroom selfies.” When you arrive outside the restaurant, a doorman in a beret and amphibian-green ascot will check your name against his iPad and then, with disarming charm, ask you to present your phone for stickering: one over the device’s front-facing camera, one over the back. No. 5: “Touching the memorabilia, thinking about touching the memorabilia.” The restaurant’s ceilings are crisscrossed, somewhat medievally, with metal chains, to which are wired hundreds of ceramic plates bearing the Frog Club logo, and the occasional frog. One such specimen, suspended near the bar, looks to be sculpturally constructed from pieces of scrap metal. He seems like he would feel cool and heavy against your fingers, smooth and matte, a little sharp at the welded seams. Clearly, I’ve thought a lot about touching him. Now you have, too.

 

 

[backyardchef]

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What made Frog Club great is what made it awful is what made it irresistibly fascinating: its exclusivity, its gleeful snobbishness, its ostentatious secrecy. 

She didn't mention that this is what made Frog Club a place that I would never want to go. 

 

It was never about the food at all. Just suckers on the vine. 

[small h]

https://www.grubstreet.com/article/frog-club-closing-rumors.html

Also https://resy.com/cities/new-york-ny/venues/frog-club?date=2024-07-23&seats=2

Edited July 23, 2024 by small h

[backyardchef]

Cursed. LOLOL

[small h]

Is there a term for throwing a hex on yourself?

[GerryOlds2TheReturnofGerry]

Oh my... 

 

[Orik]

That, and his girlfriend sucks! 
 

 

[Wilfrid]

And it all seemed so promising. 

[small h]

https://ny.eater.com/2024/12/9/24317273/frog-club-chumleys-liz-johnson-closing

Don't fall over dead from shock.

[Wilfrid]

It was a bit like a frog trying to cross the FDR. Squelch.

[Diancecht]

Ice-cream spaghetti under berry marinara was one of three desserts on the menu, next to a mysterious fourth item called Razzle Dazzle.

“What’s a Razzle Dazzle?” I asked.

“That’s all three desserts,” the server said. He gave a small shrug that meant, “It is what it is.”

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the new yorkiest room in new york

[GerryOlds2TheReturnofGerry]

I love that kicker.