02/03/09

Ridiculous Prices and Poor Service

by hypatia1

Honestly, the headline says it all. They charge you the price of two containers of grocery store bought jelly and a loaf of bread for a kid to throw it carelessly together for you. Heaven forbid you'd rather have more carrots instead of chips, or two measly apple slices instead of carrots or chips. Then they'll throw a hissy fit and insist on charging an extra dollar. They react like you're trying to swap a few carrot sticks and a TINY bag of chips for a pound of caviar. As a local resident, I'm honestly shocked this place stays in business. Peanut Butter and Co is just busy, busy, busy perpetuating the crappy reputation of restaurants in this area which have very little regard for local customers - or any customers for that matter.

There's nothing 'comforting' about a PB & J sammich here. Thoughts of how little you get for your money and visions of snarky customer service will haunt you the entire time you're munching on it. Spare yourself!

• Pros: Peanut butter is good comfort food
• Cons: Not so comforting to your wallet, Poor service

06/26/08

Peanut Butter reigns supremely creamy

by janaschreiber8

I had to go here after watching a segment on the food network about places in NY. I am from LA and was excited and delighted to come here and see that it was everything I expected- quaint, nostalgic and a primo destination for peanut butter lovers such as myself. I wish I could have tried everything on the menu (maybe next time I am on the east coast) but I absolutely had to get the fluffernutter- something I had only seen and heard about on TV. It was delicious of course- but really made me feel like a little kid again which I believe is the emotion this places wishes to evoke (and sucessfully does). Next time I go, I am definitely trying the Elvis sandwich- I thinks it has honey, bananas, and bacon (yum yum)!

• Pros: Peanut Butter Extravaganza
• Cons: there isn't one in LA :(

04/29/08

best peanut butter

by hellskitchengrl

great lunch spot! I had the Elvis(peanut butter, honey, bananas on toasted bread) which was really good and fresh. I also had a banana vanilla milkshake which was good but a little over blended. Everyone I was with also enjoyed their food. The staff was very friendly and the place was clean. I highly recommend this restaurant for lunch or a snack but, only if you enjoy peanut butter.

• Pros: awesome peanut butter

02/15/08

Overpriced with unpleasant staff

by Jimmy2Times

Complete waste of money. I managed to spend ten bucks on half a sandwich (I threw the rest away) and a cold cup of coffee. I don't know how someone could botch making a peanut butter sandwich and handing it to me, but somehow the staff here pulled it off. Bottom line, I could make better sandwich for seventy-five cents and bring it to work with me.

If you really, really like peanut butter and you don't care if a restaurant charges you nearly twenty times what they spent preparing your food, this place might suit you. Unless you don't like surly workers who openly paw your food before they hand it to you.

• Pros: Peanut butter, and lots of it
• Cons: Unhealthy, overpriced, poor customer service

09/09/07

cute, comforting sandwiches

by nyustudent11

Now, at $5-8 per sandwich, this isn't the kind of place I'd frequent on a regular basis, but for a once-in-a-while nostalgic treat, Peanut Butter & Co's sweet, filling sandwiches h it the spot. Each sandwich comes with carrot sticks and potato chips and milk is about $1.60. There are also lots of other peanut-butter treats to choose from, including cookies, smoothies, and more.

• Pros: yummy sandwiches, cozy atmosphere
• Cons: too expensive

07/02/07

Really, very bad

by guillame

Waited almost 10 minutes for a PB&J sandwich, which I paid $5 for. When it finally arrived it had ever such a skinny spread of PB and, worst of all... THE BREAD WAS STALE. Yuck. I'd rather make my own. If you specialize in Peanut Butter, why not showcase it and give a good lathering on all of your sandwiches? Hopeless. Service was equally hopeless.

• Pros: Their PB - but have you ever had bad PB?
• Cons: Just awful - service, price, quality

04/20/07

No!

by joviandp

Great idea, but no! It just ends up becoming a hedonism that's not worth it! Not creative about their sandwiches or desserts, AT ALL! Just tasted like something I could have thrown together in 5 seconds, and possibly worse. NO.

• Pros: The idea of it.
• Cons: Just.... no.

04/01/07

FUN PLACE, NOSTALGIC, QUITE GOOD BUT NOT AMAZING

by amh2

This is a great break in the monotony, decently priced, nice atmosphere and a fun place to relive your childhood. The food is good and they have smartly created and wide varieties of combos and a few good other food options to eat. I enjoyed it and it's all quite great EXCEPT:

1) Surprisingly, the peanut butter flavors were all runny! We got the sampler platter and each one was literally dripping off the bread, apples, carrots. It was disappointing that it was slightly thicker than honey and it was not heated up. For me, I disliked the consistency (and the red hot flavor - great flavors were: Chunky, raisin/cinnamon and white chocolate). I like peanut butter to be thicker, personally.

2) They were out of a lot of items like one type of bread, celery, seltzer (which ruined most of their fountain/egg cream drinks) and some desserts.

3) The staff was nice enough but only about 75% into doing a great job. Service was slow...it's like a bunch of teenagers were running the joint.

4) The tea selections were gross (I know this is not a big deal for this kind of venue but FYI).

All in all, it's more good than bad and I'd try it at least once - but I probably won't go again for another year due to the runny consistency of their peanut butters.

• Pros: Novel Idea, Nostalgic, Cute, Basic Ambiance
• Cons: Runny Peanut Butter, Slow & Disconnected Service, Out of some items

01/10/07

A casual cafe devoted to a favorite childhood treat.

by Contributor

The Scene
If the whiff of homemade peanut butter doesn't grip you, then butter-yellow walls lined with vintage tins and classic ads for Sunbeam bread and Welch's jam are bound to make you feel good. Aside from a milk selection that includes soy, rice and Lactaid, the novelty rings true. Kids, parents and everyone in between appreciate the old-fashioned sandwiches served with a pile of chips and carrot sticks.

The Food
Though the "Elvis"--grilled peanut butter, honey, bananas and bacon--reigns king, many of the sandwiches on the menu are sweeter compositions. Oddly enough, the kitchen turns out a heck of a tuna melt and a particularly tasty grilled cheese. Feel free to save your peanut butter for dessert: Milk shakes, cookies and sundaes (one with peanut butter Cap'n Crunch) are worth the trip alone. The Bananarama Split with peanut butter, graham crackers, whipped cream and chocolate sauce has a cult-like following.

04/20/06

sort of like when you were a kid

by sortmon

i took my little sister here on saturday before seeing the circus and it was fun! sure, its $6 for a peanut butter sandwich, but this is ny & where else are you going to get interesting flavours like spicy peanut? i had their daily special sandwich, which happened to be chocolate peanut butter mint. delicious dark chocolate peanut butter with mint jelly. my little sis tried the cookie dough surprise cream cheese, chocolate chips, and peanut butter (smooth or crunchy). it didnt taste like its namesake, but it was interesting. sandwiches come with complimentary sides of chips and carrot sticks. staff are heavy-handed with the spreads. wash down your sandwich with a variety of milks/drinks. the store also sells a bunch of peanut related foods, so grab a jar of their gourmet peanut butters or a can of roasted peanuts ($5/can try the barbeque flavour).

• Pros: variety, satisfying, crusts cut on request
• Cons: limited seating, stale pb cookies