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I’ve been to Joe Beef and Liverpool house a few times. It’s not all that expensive or exclusive. Less than a typical steakhouse, getting a seat can be done wi
by parasubvert 7y ago
I’ve been to Joe Beef and Liverpool house a few times. It’s not all that expensive or exclusive. Less than a typical steakhouse, getting a seat can be done with a few days notice if you’re flexible on time. They are bistros with some interesting dishes and good wine. They feel very unpretentious.
And yes they have some dishes that are excessive, but not all of them . Not everyone wants a Foie Gras Double Down.
- spraak 7y ago> getting a seat can be done with a few days notice if you’re flexible on time You're still rationalizing away the point - that's still quite exclusive in the name of a working class hero. Would a working class person have a few flexible days to schedule eating out? They'd just go to a diner where as soon as they decide they're hungry, they walk in and sit down immediately.
- parasubvert 7y agoRationalizing? I refute it. My point is that these were two working class guys that built a successful business, and didn’t set out to create the world’s greatest restaurant with insatiable demand. The name was selected as a tribute to a good man, must they now change the name once they’ve become a global culinary icon? I don’t think it’s fair to suggest that successful restaurants can’t be tributes to working class heroes. Its also very presumptuous to project your own biases into what and where a working class person will eat or what’s important to them.
- cr1895 7y agoThat strikes me as quite patronizing. Why couldn't a working class person plan for a dinner out?
- leetcrew 7y agothere are plenty of working class people who enjoy a good dining experience. they might not be able to afford it often, but they are certainly capable of planning where to eat dinner more than five minutes in advance.