I will use any excuse possible to visit 67 Burger in Ft. Greene.  Sunny out?  Take a burger to Ft. Greene park.  Raining?  Plenty of space in the actual restaurant to camp out and dry off over a burger and beer.  Not hungry? It’s a long train ride back to Harlem, you might be before you get back.  It’s just good. The curly fries are everything the curly fries of my childhood should have been but weren’t.  They also have a nice selection of beers on tap, I believe I went with the Kelso IPA on this particular afternoon.I will use any excuse possible to visit 67 Burger in Ft. Greene.  Sunny out?  Take a burger to Ft. Greene park.  Raining?  Plenty of space in the actual restaurant to camp out and dry off over a burger and beer.  Not hungry? It’s a long train ride back to Harlem, you might be before you get back.  It’s just good. The curly fries are everything the curly fries of my childhood should have been but weren’t.  They also have a nice selection of beers on tap, I believe I went with the Kelso IPA on this particular afternoon.

67 Burger Bacon Cheese w/Curly Fries

67 Burger Bacon Cheese w/Curly Fries

La Frieda Burger + Fries @ Black Market, East Village

La Frieda Burger + Fries @ Black Market, East Village

I used to spend many a late night at the Tiki Bar in the basement of Niagara right next to Black Market…  As well as in the Pizza Shop next door that now houses Black Market.  I was worried that they’d gone all “grown up” at first, but then I had the burger. Delicious, although that’s the least I’d expect from a LaFrieda patty.  Not necessarily as “hypeworthy” as folks exclaimed in the beginning, but I’ll take it, especially to line my stomach before those delicious cocktails at Lovers of Today…  I’ll be back for oysters.  I appreciate these guys, all in all the upgrades seem only to contribute to that most elusive of nightlife goals…  to get the singleton laid.

Chicken Burger from STAND, Union Square, NYC

Chicken Burger from STAND, Union Square, NYC

STAND is a reliably good burger, reliably strong cocktails, reliably perfect fries. It’s like my therapist, a consistent guiding hand for those moments when a hunk of meat and bread is calling your name, but you don’t want garbage. Never a disappointment.

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