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Peter Luger Steakhouse Backlash: Brooklyn Paper Piles On!
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John Del Signore
Published Jan 7, 2009
Modified Jan 7, 2009
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Gersh Kuntzman at the Brooklyn Paper has jumped on the Peter Luger backlash bandwagon with a savage evisceration of the legendary Williamsburg steakhouse. Take it away Gersh! "It needs to be said, and said loudly: Peter Luger is an over-rated, obnoxious, pompous, unsatisfying, overpriced and underwhelming restaurant that serves a single, well-prepared dish." For his money, the new Brooklyn outpost of Morton's "is the better restaurant. Yet I remain unsatisfied with the realization that no amount of negative reviews will destroy the Luger hegemony." And it's true; history has shown that no force—not rats, not Lohan, and certainly not some disgruntled local muckraker will ever bring Luger to its knees.
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John Del Signore
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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