Barney Greengrass 100th Anniversary Prices: I Couldn't Help Myself
The short line outside Barney Greengrass this morning.
I wasn't going to eat anything. I swear. This morning I decided to check out the scene at Barney Greengrass, which is celebrating its 100th birthday today by rolling back its prices to 1908 levels. I went up there at 9:30 expecting a mob scene. Surprisingly there was just a very short line.
A bagel sandwich with sturgeon, Nova Scotia salmon, cream cheese, onion, and tomato; and pastrami on rye.
I looked at the day's menu. I saw my favorite Barney Greengrass sandwich, sturgeon, Nova Scotia salmon, cream cheese, a slice of onion, and with any luck a slice of non-salmonella-inducing tomato. For freaking $1.90. Normally, as in tomorrow, it would be $18.75. My plate of breakfast heaven, the sturgeon scrambled with eggs and onions, was just $1.75 instead of $17.00. A pastrami on rye, which is not something I usually order at Barney Greengrass, but was recently touted by a serious eater, was $0.75 (usually $9.50).
I couldn't resist. I ordered all three from my typically wisecracking waiter, along with a medium fresh orange juice (only $0.40 instead of $3.75). "Talk to me, babe," he said to me with a shrug. "And make it fast."
