# New York here I come

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-here-i-come/217160>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 5, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-here-i-come/217160 "2003-12-05T15:50:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-here-i-come/217160/21 "2003-12-10T17:40:18Z")

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> \*Originally posted by sportshoe \*  
> Isn’t eating from carts on the sidewalk as dangerous as drinking from the tap in Iraq? For my bowel movement I mean 😉

Not at all. They cook the stuff right in front of you, after all. It’s probably cleaner than a lot of restaurants.

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**Author:** ![sportshoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@sportshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sportshoe)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-here-i-come/217160/22 "2003-12-11T13:18:32Z")

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> \*Originally posted by friedo \*  
> \*\*Not at all. They cook the stuff right in front of you, after all. It’s probably cleaner than a lot of restaurants. \*\*

Yeah ok they may cook the stuff right in front of you. But if they caught the meat in the dark alley just behind them I’ll pass.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-here-i-come/217160/23 "2003-12-11T17:34:06Z")

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Dammit, **sportshoe** , they don’t get the meat in “dark alleys.” It comes from underneath the subway tracks.

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**Author:** ![sportshoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@sportshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sportshoe)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-here-i-come/217160/24 "2003-12-18T12:42:36Z")

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Any suggestions on what a tourist like me, who only has a week, has got to see while he is in NY?

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