Entries from Serious Eats: New York tagged with 'buffets'

Weekend Excursion: All You Can Eat Pre Yankees vs. Mets

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Pre-game buffet. (Photo courtesy of Eating in Translation)

With baseball season kicking into full swing, alot has been written about good eats around Shea and Yankee Stadiums, and with the Mets visiting the Bronx this weekend, I think the best suggestion I've seen so far has got to be this one from Dave Cook over at Eating in Translation. Sure it's in a different borough, but did you know that the Charles Southern Style Kitchen on Frederick Douglas (there are two locations) is only a 20-minute walk from Yankee stadium? What better way to lay the foundation for an afternoon of drinking than stuffing yourself at an all you can eat buffet. Show up at 11:30 a.m., and you'll have plenty of time to walk across the bridge for that one o'clock game.

Where Should Eliot Spitzer Eat?

The election is over, and we have gotten rid of quite a few turkeys. We have a new governor, Eliot Spitzer, and though he is a New Yorker he doesn't seem like he's the type of guy who cares about food. In fact I'd be willing to bet money (if Spitzer wouldn't throw me in jail for illegal gambling) that he's an "eat to live" kind of guy.

So I thought I'd give him a hand by offering him a list of five places to eat that might inject a little pleasure and fun into his life. The man looks like he could use all the help he can get in the fun department...

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