F & B
New York, NY 10011-2302
Phone: (646) 486-4441
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- 8th Avenue
- Directions:
- C, E at 23rd St
- Hours:
- Mon 11am-10:30pm, Tu-Fri 11am-11:30pm, Sat 12pm-11:30pm, Sun 12pm-10:30pm
Editorial Review for F & B – by Dan McAlvanah
The Scene
Milk-blue, Britpop-scored F&B is designed to accommodate as much human traffic as possible, with seating at small stools along two-foot-wide countertops. Service is prompt and cheery--a manager breezes around the room, delivering orders and clearing plates with a rare sort of prideful alacrity.
The Food
Any questions as to the source of F&B's popularity are immediately answered upon biting into a hot dog. Try the Great Dane, an imported Danish dog with a snappy casing and a garlicky bite, or a boiled Top Dog, smothered in winey sauerkraut and bacon with a cooking school-smooth squiggle of mustard. Best of all are the prices--a small sum buys a dog, a hot carton of crunchy, golden pommes frites (you can upgrade to sweet potato frites, or combine both with onion rings in the delicious Mixed Bag) and a cool cup of lemonade or iced tea.
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User Reviews for F & B
06/30/2007 Posted by stilettobrat
First to arrive on Saturday salivating for Beignets. Tried both Chocolate and Plain - can't tell you I could not finish one and they each came with 3 individuals. It made me hate NYC for not having Good Beignets prefected as of yet. They had them made and inside of a heating display all bready and dry sprinkled cheaply with powdered sugar. It was only a dollar for each flavor but felt cheated and stupid. I decided to try the vegetarian roasted onion hot dog the previous reviewer suggested. The onions were dehydrated onions, hot dog boiled but cold, but the only good thing was about the picked relish. I think this place is a complete disaster and is running on tricking tourists.
Pros: The music is all they had going for them besides the air conditioner
Cons: Hot dogs are room temperature if not colder. The Beignets are an insult to my intelligence. They should be ashamed of themselves!
11/20/2006 Posted by ameselle
the best veggie dogs i have ever tasted, hands down. I though they had mistaken my order and given me a meat dog, but no, they veggie ones are just that good. Killer tart lemonade, too.
