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L Train Six Course Gourmet Lunch For Just $100!

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John Del Signore

Published May 2, 2011

Modified May 2, 2011

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John Del Signore

Published May 2, 2011

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While some of you spent yesterday enjoying the beautiful cool spring weather, those with more refined palates were lunching on the L Train all the way from 8th avenue to New Lots Avenue. A Razor, A Shiny Knife, the funky culinary collective that stages elaborately delicious meals in unexpected locations, served a six course lunch on the L train. Of course, open beverages are prohibited on the subway—even the non-alcoholic ones you see here—but as Bob Dylan once sang, to live outside the law you must be hungry.

Studio Feast took the ride and writes, "I can’t even describe what just happened, but it was freaking awesome... [There were] new teams plating on platforms, serving, then disappearing. It went off flawlessly." The menu:

What, no noodles for these animals? The afternoon's "Self-Appointed Master Sommelier," Jonathan Cristaldi, a.k.a. Jonny Cigar, described the experience on his website Winetology. "In character as a front-of-house captain, self-appointed Master Sommelier and Supreme Badminton Champion, I poured water, served courses, offered cracked pepper and escorted walk-ins through the 'dining room.,' '" says Cristaldi. "Let’s call it the true manifestation of a 'pop-up dinner.' " We call it a miracle nobody got a summons!

Stay tuned for a video about the movable feast; one food blogger "wore a camera mounted to a headband for the entire platform plating & train car service."

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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.

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