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(212) 772-0022
1064 Madison Ave
New York,
NY
10028
40.7775
-73.9615
Neighborhoods: Upper East Side, Midtown
Price:
$$
Last updated 8.29.11
Category:
Bakeries, Restaurants, Wine Stores, Ethnic Food Markets, Bakery Products, Catering, Delis And Delicatessens
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What People Are Saying About Eat Gourmet Foods
Featured Review
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In Short – It's a bakery, takeout place and cafe all in one. Prices and quality are upscale, thanks to dishes prepared using the ingredients stocked at Eli Zabar's gourmet food empire (Eli's Bread, Eli's Vinegar Factory, etc.--although descended from the West Side founders of Zabar's, he isn't affiliated with that store.) A checkered floor, black tables and mirrors decorate the small dining room, which attracts Upper East Side residents and tourists for sandwiches, salads and the "tower of bagel," as well as for the dinner menu's steak, grilled stuffed salmon and chicken paillard.
Editor's Tips
- The Extras:
- E.A.T. Gifts is right next door.
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| food quality | 80.0% positive |
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| return potential | 100.0% positive |
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| service | 100.0% positive |
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| value | 100.0% positive |
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04/01/07
market side overpriced as well
by noahd1 at Citysearch
One reviewer said that you are better off on the market side than the restaurant side. It's just as expensive. My girlfriend ordered chicken salad, bread salad and a loaf of bread and it came to $77. Our mouthed dropped when she told us how much it was - we just left. What's in the food, the body of Christ?
02/20/07
Please don't go to E.A.T.
by spacenuke at Citysearch
My friends and I decided to give E.A.T. a shot cos it was close to the MET Museum where we were going and really regretted going there. The decor was kinda cool, but the food was so ridiculously priced. Expensive food is ok if it's good, but their food was definitely mediocre at best.
We walked past a diner on our way there, and we were left wondering why we didn't just go to the diner as we were walking out of E.A.T.
- Pros: Ambience, proximity to the Met Museum
- Cons: Price, bad and slow service
06/11/05
Ridiculously Expensive for Unappealing Food
by nycgrli at Citysearch
We ate in the restaurant one day having been satisfied with the deli previously. Wow we really should have stuck to the other side. First I asked the waitress for a Strawberry Lemonade, which I passed on the way in and she said they didn't have any, I was tempted to go to the deli side and get it myself, then my boyfriend ordered a grilled chicken salad, which was just that, literally a small piece of chicken on nothing but lettace for $18.95 unbelievable! Our bill was $80 for a simple lunch that we did not even enjoy. We will NEVER return back, the wait staff was not very pleasant either. Having eatten at hundreds of NYC restaurants I can honestly say this is one of the first I have been extremely dissapointed with.
- Cons: Way overpriced, Disappointing Food, Unpleasant Wait Staff
11/21/03
way over rated!
by ahiatus at Citysearch
and way over priced!! i think that says it all. oh, and if you're there for drinks at 3:30 on a weekday afternoon, when the place is empty - and ask for a bread basket - they'll charge you $6. even though our drinks came to close to 20$ and the guy next to us ordered a 7$ bowl of soup and got bread included. where's the logic??
06/16/03
Good, not great
by jay at Citysearch
Ate breakfast on Sunday. Food was average. Service good. Nothing extraordinary, except the prices.
Better off buying from the market side instead of eating in the restaurant.
- Pros: nice market
- Cons: average food, above average prices
The Details on Eat Gourmet Foods
Place Categories:
- really good food
- fantastic place
- wonderful gourmet salads
- kinda cool decor
- very pleasant wait staff
- good service
- nice gift
- nice gift shop
- wonderful sandwiches
