# New York Dopefest **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2001, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100 "2001-06-25T18:08:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/41 "2001-06-29T17:12:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\*So, Thursday it is. Shall we say Mendy’s? If so where is it? If not, where else? > > \*\* Mendy’s 61 West 34 Street 212-481-8459 Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/42 "2001-06-29T17:14:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zev\_steinhardt \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > > \*\*So, Thursday it is. Shall we say Mendy’s? If so where is it? If not, where else? > > > > \*\* > > Mendy’s > > 61 West 34 Street > 212-481-8459 > > Zev Steinhardt \*\* ACK!! That should be **East** 34th! Zev ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/43 "2001-06-29T18:27:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cmkeller \* > \*\*Second Avenue Deli is not considered reliably Kosher by the large majority of Orthodox Jews (myself included). \*\* All I know is when I ordered a pastrami with underdone bacon and Limburger on raisin toast with extra clam dip, I was firmly escorted out to the street. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/44 "2001-06-29T19:32:11Z")
**cm** , don’t believe him. ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/45 "2001-06-29T20:51:41Z")
Thursday, I’m there. I’ll try to keep myself suitable for family viewing. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/46 "2001-06-30T04:56:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\* I shall have to take my anger out on Geobabe… > > By going to see Brady Anderson play the White Sox this Friday, and sitting in the front row behind home plate. > > Nyah. > > Nyah. > \*\* Aw, c’mon, jarbaby, you know I love ya. Why you wanna do me like that? Right behind home plate…mmm. That’ll be a _niiiice_ view. Blow Brady a kiss from me, willya? > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lux Fiat \* > \*\*I’ll try to keep myself suitable for family viewing. \*\* Now what on earth would be the point of that? ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/47 "2001-07-01T02:39:06Z")
So when shall we meet for this all-time first (AFAIK) kosher Dopefest? > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\* All I know is when I ordered a pastrami with underdone bacon and Limburger on raisin toast with extra clam dip, I was firmly escorted out to the street. \*\* Underdone bacon? I’ve never tried it (for obvious reasons), but wouldn’t that be like eating a giant strip of fat? ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/48 "2001-07-01T02:50:46Z")
I could perhaps make it… perhaps. We shall see. I’d have to figure a good place to put a car. Suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/49 "2001-07-01T02:58:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GilaB \* > \*\*wouldn’t that be like eating a giant strip of fat? \*\* Remember, you are addressing the Man Who Bought Lard. I would refer to a rasher that was not fried crisp as “underdone” bacon. But the adjective actually made it into my post because I looked at the sentence and decided it needed another adjective. “Bacon” made it in during the second draft when I got worried that not everyone would understand that the shellfish, plus mixing meat and dairy, would render the dish non-Kosher. I suffer for my art before you do, you know. ---
**Author:** ![choosybeggar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@choosybeggar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choosybeggar)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/50 "2001-07-01T03:17:03Z")
Can a dopefest newbie tag along? [sub]No you pesky little brat, get lost![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/51 "2001-07-01T03:19:03Z")
I see **Ike** addressed the clearly more important question from **GilaB’s** post (the nature of underdone bacon). Now to the very trivial question – what time should we meet? – I propose 6:30 PM. Do we need reservations? And if so, the count as I see it is: Manhattan Magdalene Pucette Capn’Crude Sua OxyMoron cmkeller zev Geobabe Biggirl Lux Fiat GilaB Maybe: Grok Ike andygirl Did I leave anyone out? ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/52 "2001-07-01T03:20:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andygirl \* > \*\*I’d have to figure a good place to put a car. Suggestions? \*\* Park a car? In the City? A HA HA HA HA Seriously, you can’t take the train? It’d certainly be cheaper than finding a lot to put it in, although you could always try to find street parking. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/53 "2001-07-01T03:22:12Z")
And of course, I left someone out already – **choosybeggar**. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/54 "2001-07-01T05:15:26Z")
Point taken. I’m just in the habit of driving any time I go, Investigating options, though, because Ike is a lovely dancer… ---
**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/55 "2001-07-01T16:15:02Z")
**stuyguy** here. Color me maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/56 "2001-07-01T19:06:50Z")
If I get the job offer I am preying for early this week, I will certainly make an appearance. Otherwise, it will be ramen for me. MR ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/57 "2001-07-02T00:34:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Maeglin \* > \*\*If I get the job offer I am preying for [snip] > \*\* And what sort of vulture are you planning to be? **Sua, Billdo, and I** have been lawyers for years, perhaps we can give you pointers. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andygirl \* > \*\*I’d have to figure a good place to put a car. Suggestions? \*\* New Jersey. Actually, I’m not just being bitchy. I’m assuming you’re coming in from outside the city, so by far the easiest plan would be to drop the car off at a commuter station. If that’s not possible, and you haven’t a child to sell to pay for parking, then there can be some on-street parking in the 20s between Park and Lex. You’ll be within a decent walking distance of Mendy’s, or of the subway if you don’t feel like walking. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/58 "2001-07-02T00:59:37Z")
Oxy, if Maeglin is looking at another law office, “prey” may be the correct spelling. I am unlikely, not impossible. Same for True Pisces. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/59 "2001-07-02T02:16:37Z")
Awesome - I can make it there on Thursday or Friday, but not the weekend, because I’ll likely be moving into my new place (Flushing, Queens! Where everyone is either Jewish, Chinese, or both!) (You ever had kosher chicken-lo-mein? Mmmmm. 😃 ;j ) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/60 "2001-07-02T02:22:39Z")
Okay, Thursday the fifth I’ll be shampooing my rug in the afternoon…entertaining guests that night! So count me out if that’s the evening. Although I’ll sorely regret missing an opportunity to trip the light fantastic with **andygirl,** who was so like a feather in my arms on that magical night. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100.md?page=4)