Posted by Adam Kuban, March 18, 2008 at 5:35 PM
There's a battle a brewin' among the burgermeisters of New York. On May 20, restaurants representing Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx—hey: where's Staten Island?!?—will duke it out for bragging rights for the best burger in the city at the Cuisine of Queens and Beyond event hosted by Dish du Jour Magazine. The breakdown:
Manhattan: Resto, Brgr
Brooklyn: 67 Burger, The Farm on Adderley
Queens: Harry's at Water Taxi Beach, Joe's Bestburger
The Bronx: Coals
The emcee for the evening: George "Hamburger America" Motz. Judging: Josh "Mr. Cutlets" Ozersky, Arthur "Food Maven" Schwartz, Kelly Choi (Eat Out New York, chef Terrance Brennan (Artisanal), and Tony Tantillo (CBS2).
Some Top Cheffers will also be there.
The Burger Battle of the Boroughs
Where: Astoria World Manor, 25-22 Astoria Boulevard, Astoria NY
When: May 20, 6 to 9 p.m.
Cost: $55 advance, $65 at door
To reserve: 718-777-7918
Posted by Lauren Krueger, November 26, 2007 at 12:15 PM
Brace yourselves: My new favorite burger lives in the Bronx. At a pizza place, no less.
Coals is a cozy hangout near the Fordham campus. The restaurant is part bar, part table-service, part rec room, and they specialize in pizza. Grilled pizza, even! The pizzas look gorgeous, and it was difficult to stay focused, but I was chasing a burger and nothing else would do. The Coals Burger is only served after 5 p.m., which was something I almost
didn't find out until it was too late. And had I missed out on this burger, you would
have heard my howl of disappointment from every borough.
COALS
Address: 1888 Eastchester Road, Bronx NY 10461 (map)
Phone: 718-823-7002
When we walked in, the place was full, if not packed. The Wizard of Oz was playing on a widescreen TV above the bar, and the crowd seemed happy. Four middle-aged ladies told us they'd been sitting at their table too long and that we should take it. This place was absolutely oozing good vibes.
I ordered my burger and was given a choice of cheddar or asiago. And I ask you, who can choose cheddar when faced with asiago? Maybe you, but not me. I tried to make Mike order a pizza, as I was feeling self-conscious about ignoring the house specialty, but he chose an asiago burger as well. The waiter told us everyone was getting burgers that night. I tried to be a good reporter and ask him why that was.
He shrugged and said, "Because they're good." Duh.
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