tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post4144913416234736709..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Rocco SimulacrumJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-18277945804015494112013-05-03T09:50:10.071-04:002013-05-03T09:50:10.071-04:00They also stole the name from a modest Hell's ...They also stole the name from a modest Hell's Kitchen joint near 9th ave, causing confusion and hilarity when hipsters walk in the place.ShatteredMonoclenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-89098654602531347942013-03-25T03:42:11.412-04:002013-03-25T03:42:11.412-04:00All points well made, but can we all agree how rid...All points well made, but can we all agree how ridiculous it is that Rocco's paid rent for NINETY YEARS and never bought the building?!?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-64115150217939846662013-03-16T06:44:50.005-04:002013-03-16T06:44:50.005-04:00The first day in my job at NYU a quarter century a...The first day in my job at NYU a quarter century ago, everyone in my little office went to lunch at Rocco's and they all got drunk except for me. ah the old days! My boss was a delightful old denizen of the Village who ate every meal out because as she said " the only thing I know how to cook is ice cubes". She took me to lunch regularly all over the village, Rocco was a favorite along with Suzie's Chinese, Il Mulino back when it was still good, and stills real mafia hangout, and the restaurant on Laguardia with two names. She was a real old timer and the Village was still "the Village" back then...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-85426955667523967582013-03-16T06:34:31.471-04:002013-03-16T06:34:31.471-04:00Amen to THAT, brother!Amen to THAT, brother!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-46544100255944243552013-03-12T16:01:00.201-04:002013-03-12T16:01:00.201-04:00OK, it's been a while since I was last in NYC ...OK, it's been a while since I was last in NYC and am coming soon for a visit. Am mourning the loss of Prime Burger, a favorite old spot of mine. From reading this blog, I'm getting rather upset about all the mom&pop restaurants that are closing due to greedy landlords. Is there any place left that I may support? Any good joints to get a burger, a plate of pasta, some kosher pickles (Will Sarge's Deli reopen?), a grilled ham and cheese on rye???? Would like to hear thoughts on some places that are still hanging on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-68578307088057925432013-03-11T00:40:15.149-04:002013-03-11T00:40:15.149-04:00Just back from a weekend in Brooklyn. Our son-in-l...Just back from a weekend in Brooklyn. Our son-in-law made us a beautiful dinner on Friday night, featuring lamb's breast with a pomegranate reduction sauce -- yeah, yeah, but it was really really delicious. So wonderful to enjoy fine food lovingly prepared.<br /><br />Saturday night dinner and Sunday brunch we ate out out, and boy was it disappointing food. I mean, if people are going to go to so much trouble to do the kale-salad this and braised pork with something exotic that, all for a small fortune, would they please do it well?<br /><br />As Craig Claiborne observed decades ago, just about any hotdog at the ballpark is a gourmet's delight. But now the city's restaurant and eatery scene is getting very strange, and self-defeating. Too much pseudo-gastronomic haute nonsense, too little attention to the basics, whether of haute cuisine or a good hotdog. I'm worried. mchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-62607591195870252102013-03-10T15:51:09.403-04:002013-03-10T15:51:09.403-04:00Most of these restaurants are designed to be inves...Most of these restaurants are designed to be investments--they put a lot of money into it, and after they make it back, decide if they want to keep it open or go onto something new. The location will never get the Disney crowds of tourists, so I wonder if it'll be round long. But if the bastion had to go, I'm actually glad they kept the sign relatively intact. I hope the next place that comes in dies the same. Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18278520315231779846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-42227140162399895542013-03-10T15:42:49.048-04:002013-03-10T15:42:49.048-04:00Vito, Schnabel, Zac Posen, "house-dried"...Vito, Schnabel, Zac Posen, "house-dried" oregano, congratulating themselves for "rediscovering" the diner, and that year spent thinking about linguine vongole: if this isn't a satire of clueless pretension, it does a pretty good job of it. How long before the Torrisi brand morphs into the new Sbarro?Bob96https://www.blogger.com/profile/13573588435046637351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-14611608529067524432013-03-09T00:46:21.083-05:002013-03-09T00:46:21.083-05:00...I love this city like it's a person, can......I love this city like it's a person, can't even explain it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-61088690981831378002013-03-08T20:12:28.674-05:002013-03-08T20:12:28.674-05:00ok ok the tuxedo suits ruin it for me.ok ok the tuxedo suits ruin it for me.lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-60790042420210757482013-03-08T19:36:12.593-05:002013-03-08T19:36:12.593-05:00randall, i know the rent was doubled. i liked the ...randall, i know the rent was doubled. i liked the food & the place. perhaps they will relocate, as little italy is now nolita? the landlords know they can get the rents easily. too bad "J" didnt ask them what the future was. lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-61638038054854555222013-03-08T15:58:49.609-05:002013-03-08T15:58:49.609-05:00Thanks. Great reading fun and a nice introduction...Thanks. Great reading fun and a nice introduction to a new (old?) eatery. With a post like this, I'm surprised that the *new* menu (with prices) was not included. Cedarglenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468497492189762095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-50365931512399440562013-03-08T15:57:18.550-05:002013-03-08T15:57:18.550-05:00Somehow, I doubt that the old-school homage will e...Somehow, I doubt that the old-school homage will extend to the prices.Brendannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-69780163436504341262013-03-08T15:22:33.837-05:002013-03-08T15:22:33.837-05:00A genuine shame about an old joint closing, but I&...A genuine shame about an old joint closing, but I've gotta defend Torrisi & Parm. You can get take-out sandwiches that are affordable and the food is delicious. They're one of the only joints that make meatballs like my Calabrian grandmother, with a combo of beef, pork, and veal, not just a giant mound of cheap beef. And the cauliflower side is to die for.Lulamae Broadwaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-86628967265250531432013-03-08T14:23:16.807-05:002013-03-08T14:23:16.807-05:00Sorry J....typed before I thought....I know it won...Sorry J....typed before I thought....I know it won't appear, and that's a-ok......just got my dander up.....it's 'da yoots, I tell 'ya! :+)<br /><br />And captcha is eNdGerm...:+))))DrBOPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07179469265158025584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-76851679677430858732013-03-08T14:16:37.449-05:002013-03-08T14:16:37.449-05:00Yep, you're absolutely right Anon 9:54.....LOU...Yep, you're absolutely right Anon 9:54.....LOUSY food, and NOBODY there......SINCE NINETEEN-TWENT-TWO.....wottaDICK!!!<br />ONLY thing irrelevant about this blog is YOU!!! DrBOPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07179469265158025584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-40378409215239438622013-03-08T13:23:44.959-05:002013-03-08T13:23:44.959-05:00Koch: upon presiding over the wholesale eviction o...Koch: upon presiding over the wholesale eviction of artists in lower Manhattan said ".. Let them move to the South Bronx". Bloomberg applied the finishing touches in plasticizing Manhattan-packaged for the rich, who only know how to buy authenticity , Manhattan even has a moat around it. <br />Brooklyn follows at a sure pace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-9318138341616759712013-03-08T13:08:47.599-05:002013-03-08T13:08:47.599-05:00The sign is the final knife in the heart ...The sign is the final knife in the heart ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-39858809692551986742013-03-08T12:23:32.828-05:002013-03-08T12:23:32.828-05:00If old restaurants want to survive they will have ...If old restaurants want to survive they will have to update their menus to keep up with the times. They can't stay vibrant and in business by only catering to an aging population that doesn't go out like they used to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-9608609843448566122013-03-08T11:39:42.339-05:002013-03-08T11:39:42.339-05:00@laura
It's one thing if the business just is...@laura<br /><br />It's one thing if the business just isn't there and you can't make your rent, it's an entirely other thing when your landlord jacks your rent to something that you can't make knowing it will force you out.randallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-33398118693208273822013-03-08T09:54:49.922-05:002013-03-08T09:54:49.922-05:00I am guessing all the commenters here were regular...I am guessing all the commenters here were regulars at Roccos. Funny that, because it was almost always empty. Having eaten there myself a couple of times, I can tell you exactly why. But the quality of the food -- or total lack thereof -- is irrelevant. Old is good, new is not. A simple formula for this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-57519108034536668082013-03-08T09:10:19.523-05:002013-03-08T09:10:19.523-05:00Seeing this happen ALL over the world.....but espe...Seeing this happen ALL over the world.....but especially in larger cities. Smaller places avoid this because there isn't such a concentration of douchebag "more money than brains" swells (THERE'S an old-time NYC term for 'ya!)<br />(As an example of the scene in smaller places, check out Marty's meanwhilebackinpeoria.com bar and restaurant blog posts.) <br /><br />In case you're interested, hit up the French philosophers/sociologists Beaudrillard or Foucault who figured this out decades ago by observing American culture in the 1960s; and how most of what they were seeing THEN was already a re-representation of what had existed earlier in the American Century.<br /><br />Also, I'm half-Italian, and my pop had all these over-$50-spaghetti-joints figured out long ago......"Shysters and crooks!"DrBOPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07179469265158025584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-85402909115693956442013-03-07T22:20:38.870-05:002013-03-07T22:20:38.870-05:00im not that upset, it looks like a beautiful place...im not that upset, it looks like a beautiful place. if the old roccos couldnt pay the rent, they had to go. i would rather see this, which is still a small italian resturant, rather than a juicy cuture. i really liked roccos, i was a customer, it was affordable. possibly they can move to brooklyn? or maybe east harlem? as for anon 10:33, youre over reacting. lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-34872829222128343112013-03-07T19:14:44.858-05:002013-03-07T19:14:44.858-05:00I wonder if the Torrisi/Carbone gang had the decen...I wonder if the Torrisi/Carbone gang had the decency to hire any of the old Rocco waitstaff to work in the simulacrum (and wear the Posen 'tuxedos'). Grand St.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-76041532463734305252013-03-07T17:21:06.078-05:002013-03-07T17:21:06.078-05:00Anon. 10:29 -- You are right about the sign. It...Anon. 10:29 -- You are right about the sign. It's a mockery.BabyDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751432569519540728noreply@blogger.com