December 4, 2011
Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night Cheeseburger. Your host this week is Social Eatz and featuring the Ready For Prime Beef Player, Marty Wombacher. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your host, Social Eatz!
Over the river and through the woods...
To Social Eatz we go. Let's go in and check it out.
It's long and narrow in here, kind of a shotgun space.
There's tables off to the right...
But I chose to sit at the bar, just like they say at the Aged Home for Nuns, "old habits die hard."
Sitting at the bar was a wise choice, here's the pretty and friendly bartender, Hannah.
She quickly served up a giant can of Sapporo beer. See, I do drink other beers besides Budweiser!
A view of the restaurant and bar from the back.
The lit up bottles behind the bar.
Here's some of the draft beer selections available at the bar.
Hannah busy behind the bar.
And dinner begins! Hannah suggested the crispy spring rolls for an appetizer, so who am I to refuse such a suggestion?
This was a good suggestion from Hannah! The roll was crispy on the outside and filled with chicken, mushrooms and scallion. And the sweet and sour dipping sauce was delicious.
And here's the cheeseburger with a side of Korean cole slaw, the main course!
It's got bacon, lettuce and a special house made sauce and is a great cheeseburger!
I also got a bowl fries. They were crispy and the cheese dipping sauce was spicy and a nice compliment to them. A great meal!
And what the hell, I haven't had an obligatory bathroom mirror shot in a while, so here we go! Goodnight everybody and see you tomorrow after dark.
My Meal
I got the only burger at Social Eatz that comes with cheese, the Social Burger. It was topped with cheddar cheese and bacon and the burger is served on a bakery fresh sesame potato bun. It was juicy and a delicious cheeseburger. The only thing that bothered me was the name of the homemade sauce that accompanies it, it's called, "Longetivity Sauce." For some reason that bothered me.
There’s five other burgers available at Social Eatz including one of their signature dishes, the Bibimbop Burger, which is ground beef with a slow cooked egg on top and served with pickled carrot, lettuce and cucumber. The other two signature dishes are: The Imperialist Hot Dog, which is made with organic chicken and served on a toasted bun, topped with sweet and spicy relish and The Kung Pao Sandwich which is a combination of soy-sesame marinated organic chicken which is then iron-seared with Thai chili and topped with roasted peanut spread. There’s also three types of tacos available and several appetizers including: hot wings, ribs and crispy spring rolls.
To wash it all down with there’s specialty cocktails, wine, half a dozen draft beers and 18 varieties of bottled beer available.
Cheeseburger Rating
Three Wimpys—a very delicious cheeseburger, indeed.
Social Eatz
232 E. 53rd St. (Between 2nd and 3rd Ave.)
212-207-3337
Further reading: NY Times, NY Journal and Two Fat Bellies.
I get a thrill when I think how it really is,
No one can ever take that away.
16 Comments
Reader Comments (16)
QUITE the improvement over that burger from that hide-a-way bar...you didn't say what you thought of your Kimchi, I've always been curious about that...never tried it.
Never seen Hite lager,,, wonder if Shere Hite got bored with her Hite reports and moved on to beers (actually its from S Korea). This place has their own draft beer also. I have had Sapporo and I liked it in a bottle. The burger looks real good and I like the egg on it,,,hell why not, you only go around once they say. Hannah looks ready to party!
Why take the high road when the low road is so much easier:
I see you ordered some long hard appetizers, an entree involving meat and buns, and had all sorts of funky sauces throughout.
Afterwards, did you go next door to Xpression and:
...order some long hard appetizers, an entree involving meat and buns, and all sorts of funky sauces throughout.
@Jaws: The Kimchi was great! Really spicy and crunchy and yes, this was a big improvement over last week and no one accused me of trying to steal a pickle!
@Al: I love Sapporo too, you don't see it offered at too many places. Actually my burger didn't have the egg on it, that's all cheese you sees! Hannah was really nice and a great bartender.
@csp: Ha ha ha! Nice to see you taking that low road! And I skipped on going to Xpressions, whenever a place spells booths with an "e" at the end is just too pretentious for my taste!
Nice burger bounce back. I had a Sapporo last week and it was
A great beer but took me an hour to drink it.
Good looking Burger (and Hannah) Daddio.
As far as Xpressions is concerned, It's nice to know that John Wilkes got it right.
@Clack bomb: Thanks, and I agree, it takes awhile to put away one of those oil cans of Sapporo!
@"Boris:" Ha ha ha! True, Daddio!
Is the graham Parker tune dedicated to the burger bounce back?
Ooo life gets better yeah
@Clack bomb: It wasn't intentional, but it is fitting!
Well seems like they have naming things. At least it was a good burger to go along with it. Can let the weird names slide in that case.
@kari: It was a good burger and the fries were exceptional as well!
I agree, the name Longevity Sauce is slightly disturbing. On the upside, you can add it to your "Wack the Doodle" List! See? There's a silver lining to everything.
@Biff: Ha ha ha! How true!
Sapporo beer - very cool.
It looks like they have some interesting beers on tap.
Yum - Food!
@Tiki Bar Susie: Ya gotta love the Sapporo beer!
Sapporo is one of my favorite imports. The spring rolls sound awesome-I could make a meal out of that and the fries. Yum.