<p>Finally, some good press for Columbia! Apart from a few glaring omissions (Deluxe, 107 West), I think this is a fairly accurate portrait of the neighborhood.</p>
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Though snooty foodies may condemn Morningside Heights' restaurant scene as a wasteland,
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<p>I've posted repeatedly that there isn't a single restaurant in Morningside worth going to if you don't live in Morningside. Glad the NYT things I'm a snotty foodie.</p>
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Apart from a few glaring omissions (Deluxe, 107 West)
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<p>Why does Deluxe deserve a mention? And what's 107 west?</p>
<p>With my mediocre attention span I managed to skim through at least 75% of it.
Though they still mentioned Amhadijenad's name in the article, I think its fairly good that they portray the Morningside Heights area in a good light rather than ranting about things like how Columbia is trying to subjugate Harlem.</p>
<p>I think saying that snootie foodie makes Morningside Heights look like a wasteland is just plain exaggeration. I mean, no restaurant could be that bad.</p>
<p>P.S Don't forget within seven stops lies another attraction called "Times Square"</p>
<p>well written and pretty accurate.</p>
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I think saying that snootie foodie makes Morningside Heights look like a wasteland is just plain exaggeration. I mean, no restaurant could be that bad.
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<p>There simply isn't a single restaurant in Morningside that's worth going to if you don't live in Morningside. We're not saying that every restaurant is terrible and will give you food poisoning. But NYC is a city where there is all sorts of awesome cuisine in almost every neighborhood. There's no reason anyone would make a trip to Morningside for the purposes of having a good meal.</p>
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<p>And that's a good thing?? Maybe if you're a fat midwesterner or eurotrash and on your way to the Olive Garden or the WWF Restaurant... Times Square is a hellhole.</p>
<p>I think the point of the article was to say that Morningside Heights is an area of Manhattan that is visit-worthy for quite a few reasons...not necessarily to go there to eat :). That being said, I must confess that when we travel up there from good old Georgia, we love to go to Dinosaur BBQ (I know, technically it is in Harlem)....please don't yell at me! </p>
<p>CO2002: as to your statement re Times Square being a "hellhole"...ummm, I sort of agree that it is NOT where I would choose to spend my time in NYC unless of course I want to, you know, see a Broadway show. Also, ya gotta go there at least once just to experience it...</p>
<p>You do have a way with words...</p>
<p>Churchmusicmom, I think CO2 calling Times Square a "Hellhole" is a bit of exaggeration. I mean, really, is it that bad? I used to work in The New Victory Theatre on the 7th avenue and the only flaw with Times Square is overcrowdednes; which in a few cases leads to brawls.</p>
<p>Really, Times Square is not that bad. I just would never shop there. Their apparels suck! & the Ubiquitous "I ♥ NY" shirts are driving me crazy.</p>
<p>"There's no reason anyone would make a trip to Morningside for the purposes of having a good meal."</p>
<p>I think only a fat classy snob will do that.</p>
<p>DinoBBQ is well regarded, but it's in Harlem rather than MS as you point out.</p>
<p>Yeah, TSQ is definitely something everyone should do to experience it. But it's not relevant to say that it's an "attraction" 7 subway stops away from Columbia because it's simply not an asset to Columbia.</p>
<p>PS, going to a show and a restaurant in the Theater District is perfectly fine in my book. But I really would consider that along the same lines as stopping in the middle of the street to take pictures and then dining at TGI Friday's.</p>
<p>107 West is in Washington Heights, not Morningside (how can something in the 180s or whereever it is be in Morningside?) and Deluxe is definitely not special. Sal & Carmine's and Mamie's Spoonbread MIGHT be worth a trip to Morningside, but there are much better pizza/soulfood options in the city.</p>
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the only flaw with Times Square is overcrowdednes; which in a few cases leads to brawls.
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<p>Overcrowded, smelly foreigners who don't wear deodorant, inability to walk around at more than a crawl's pace because of the sheer number of people on the street, idiot tourists walking into you because they're not paying attention while they take their photos, horrible chain/corporate/commercial restaurants that no NY'er would be caught dead in, rip-off but crappy retail stores, ugly corporate branding all over the place, etc.</p>
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Really, Times Square is not that bad. I just would never shop there.
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<p>What would you spend time doing there, then, if it's not that bad?</p>
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"There's no reason anyone would make a trip to Morningside for the purposes of having a good meal."</p>
<p>I think only a fat classy snob will do that.
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<p>Huh? This sentence is poorly drafted and totally ambiguous.</p>
<p>"Overcrowded, smelly foreigners who don't wear deodorant, inability to walk around at more than a crawl's pace because of the sheer number of people on the street, idiot tourists walking into you because they're not paying attention while they take their photos, horrible chain/corporate/commercial restaurants that no NY'er would be caught dead in, rip-off but crappy retail stores, ugly corporate branding all over the place, etc."</p>
<p>LMFAOOOOOOO......LOL....</p>
<p>"What would you spend time doing there, then, if it's not that bad?"</p>
<p>I think you missed the part when I said that I used to work there.</p>
<p>"Huh? This sentence is poorly drafted and totally ambiguous."</p>
<p>Is it that you don't really understand or you're looking to diagree just for the sake of disagreeing ?</p>
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I think you missed the part when I said that I used to work there.
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<p>Going to work somewhere isn't voluntarily choosing to spend your free leisure time at that place. </p>
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Is it that you don't really understand or you're looking to diagree just for the sake of disagreeing ?
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<p>I truly don't understand. The sentence could either mean that only a fat classy snob WOULD make a trek to Morningside for food, or that only a fat classy snob WOULD NOT do the same. Neither makes much sense, and neither is discernible from your inartfully-drafted post.</p>
<p>Native New Yorkers will walk 20 blocks out of their way to avoid having to endure Times Square.</p>
<p>I've been offered drugs more often in Times Square in broad daylight than I have everywhere else I've been combined... and that latter figure includes a lot of sketchy nightclubs. Worse, though, as someone pointed out above, are the tourists.</p>
<p>Morningside Heights is definitely not a food destination, but there are some notable places about 20-30 blocks south in the UWS.</p>
<p>"I've been offered drugs more often in Times Square in broad daylight than I have everywhere else I've been combined... and that latter figure includes a lot of sketchy nightclubs"</p>
<p>this doesn't sound true. i and tons of others i know have been to times square multiple times, and no one has once been offered drugs, it's sort of sketchy at times, but being offered drugs is not something i've even heard of anyone encountering. it would make sense since there are often cops around the area, drug peddlers aren't that stupid.</p>
<p>Well, I've been there more than multiple times. Also, it is unlikely to happen right in the middle of Broadway, more likely on the side streets immediately off the main drag.</p>
<p>One more person here that has never been offered drugs in Times Square...though, I will admit that I do not exactly look the type....</p>
<p>I don't think I really do either. Have you lived there for an extended period of time?</p>
<p>I too call flame on the drugs in Times Square thing. There's a lot wrong with Times Square, but drug dealers aren't the problem. I've walked through TSQ, and the surrounding side streets, probably several hundred times. On the other hand, I've been offered drugs several times in the Village / NYU area---particularly in Washington Square Park.</p>
<p>They're much more subtle about it in Times Square.... usually mention the drugs as part of a "hey what's your name" type of run on sentence. In Washington Square Park and surrounding areas it's more out in the open. I've been offered several times in both areas, but more often while walking through the former.</p>
<p>What streets in TSQ to be precise? I really have a hard time believing this.</p>
<p>In WSP, it's just "smoke smoke?"</p>