Posted by Gordon Mark, May 1, 2008 at 10:00 AM
The Liberty City Restaurant Guide
We managed to convince our intern Gordon Mark to step away from playing Grand Theft Auto IV and come to Serious Eats headquarters so we could scan the manual's bar and restaurant information. It includes Al Dente's in the Borough of Algonquin's Fish Market South: "Heavily processed food, deep-frozen in huge warehouses, just like mama never used to make."
And there's the Homebrew Cafe in Beechwood City, in the Borough of Broker (Brooklyn): "Assume the goat is goat, and don't ask where the beer comes from at this Jamaican bar, where they take the smoking ban about as seriously as they take the local police."
Full-size scans, after the jump.
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Posted by Adam Kuban, May 1, 2008 at 1:30 AM
Tipster Dan Dickinson was in North Algonquin earlier this morning and brings word that the Liberty State Institute of Food Hygiene has shuttered the Cluckin' Bell there.
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Posted by Gordon Mark, April 30, 2008 at 6:00 PM
For previous real-life GTA IV locations: Food and Restaurant Screenshots in GTA IV
'Johnson's,' aka Nathan's Famous
In the "Borough of Broker," in the "Hove Beach" neighborhood, stands "Johnson's," the "Home of the Wiener":
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Posted by Adam Kuban, April 29, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Or, 'Where to Eat in Liberty City'
After much anticipation from millions of gamers, Grand Theft Auto 4 debuted worldwide today. This being Serious Eats, we did some digging around on the game's website for any food- or restaurant-related material inside the game, which takes place in "Liberty City," a metropolis loosely modeled on New York City. Here's what we found.
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