Comments on: CMH in the NYC http://cmhgourmand.com Culinary Discovery & Misadventures in the Ice Cream Capital of the World (Columbus) Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:28:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: cmhgourmand http://cmhgourmand.com/about/sidedish-sidetrip-cmh-in-the-nyc/#comment-469 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:35:04 +0000 http://cmhgourmand.wordpress.com/sidedish-sidetrip-cmh-in-the-nyc/#comment-469 I guess I was expecting to not like NYC so much… no particular reason. But it really seemed like several smaller cities to me – connected by a subway. It worked.

]]> By: PhilVille Phil http://cmhgourmand.com/about/sidedish-sidetrip-cmh-in-the-nyc/#comment-467 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:37:04 +0000 http://cmhgourmand.wordpress.com/sidedish-sidetrip-cmh-in-the-nyc/#comment-467 Jim, you wrote, “NYC was not what I expected.”

Well, just what DID you expect? And why was it not?

]]> By: Joe http://cmhgourmand.com/about/sidedish-sidetrip-cmh-in-the-nyc/#comment-132 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:59:13 +0000 http://cmhgourmand.wordpress.com/sidedish-sidetrip-cmh-in-the-nyc/#comment-132 I moved back to Ohio (Clintonville) this year after spending 10 years (off an on) in NYC- most recently Brooklyn.

Clintonville has a lot to offer- beautiful neighborhoods, affordable housing, central location, etc- but, as far as dining options go, this place is the pits.

In Brooklyn, for example, I had a hard time choosing between 4 good Thai restaurants- in Clintonville I have to decide if it’s worth the drive across town to eat mediocre Thai food.

Don’t get me wrong- Nancy’s is cool and a nice place to hang out. But, realistically, you can not compare dining options in Clintonville to any place in NYC- except maybe some extremely residential or extremely undesireable neighborhoods (The Bronx comes to mind).

And even then- those neighborhoods usually have local butchers and produce markets with great food that you can cook at home- or prepared foods specific to the neighborhood (e.g. mexican, dominican, italian, etc.)

At the very least- they have a bar and a liquor store. :)

It’s true there are a lot of mediocre- even bad- restaurants in NYC. That’s why there are sites like chowhound.com to help you find the good ones- and there are a lot of good ones.

Anyway- I love being back here in Ohio- and I love living (again) in Clintonville.

But I certainly do find myself, sometimes, missing the food in NYC.

]]> By: mac http://cmhgourmand.com/about/sidedish-sidetrip-cmh-in-the-nyc/#comment-130 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 02:49:23 +0000 http://cmhgourmand.wordpress.com/sidedish-sidetrip-cmh-in-the-nyc/#comment-130 NYC has it all, but they don’t have it great. They have a great diversity in the mediocre. In the time that I lived there (even when I thought I was staying forever) I missed the better and more accessible resturants in Chicago. I will agree that if you want authentic NYC you need to go to Katz’s. But you can also roll Clintonville and do Nancy’s and be just as cool and just as satisfied.

]]> By: bellydj http://cmhgourmand.com/about/sidedish-sidetrip-cmh-in-the-nyc/#comment-129 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 02:35:36 +0000 http://cmhgourmand.wordpress.com/sidedish-sidetrip-cmh-in-the-nyc/#comment-129 Oh man Jim, that sandwich looks 5 inches high!

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