Remember the restaurant Bagel Nosh that was popular back in the 70s? It was a cafeteria style bagel joint whose claim to fame was using the thickest layer of cream cheese you’d ever seen in your entire life! We frequented the one in Nanuet, New York. I used to crack that puppy right open and scrape most of the contents onto an empty paper plate while my parents watched in horror. What happened to just a schmear? I guess they were able to justify the high price for a bagel sandwich by laying it on so thick. (Thanks to Little Spoon Farm for the pic above.)
Just up Route 59 in Nanuet was The Ground Round where I proudly hostessed the summer before my freshman year in college. (The smell of popcorn was permanently embedded in my Reebok high top sneakers.) Every Thursday they advertised an All You Can Eat Wing Nite. (This photo courtesy of Cafe Delites.) Imagine the goal of an entire evening dedicated to testing the very pliability of your stomach. There was no prize like the Coney Island hot dog eating contest either. Yet week after week, hungry chicken fans bombarded the hostess stand to score a coveted a table, anxious to dive into a mountain of defeathered drumsticks. It was poultry pandemonium all summer long.
Going big at Ben’s Deli
In America we are used to big portions; in fact, we expect them. Like Chili’s Big Mouth Burger that you cannot even get your lips around or Ronnie’s Tastemaster at Ben’s Deli that has every deli meat between two pieces of bread! Remember the Mile High Pastrami behemoth at Carnegie Deli? It was like a meal for four on a single plate. (Meanwhile Kraft Mac and Cheese in the blue box claims to feed a whole family but be serious– who hasn’t polished off that box solo? Yeah, me too. So me too.)
The theme here seems to be Go Big or Go Home, but in reality it’s more like Go Home Big.
The great thing about being home most of the time is that we no longer have peer pressure to demolish a whole restaurant portion while we are dining out. We can order in one burger and share it from the privacy of our own home. But just in case one of us is super hungry (not mentioning any names here) and decides to eat the whole burger by himself (MICHAEL) without telling you, it might be a good idea to order in a backup, just to be safe. xoxo
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Love this! ♥️
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Thanks Robin!!
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