Ungodly ugly sign on new Burrito Bar

The full name of the place is, creatively enough, "Burrito Bar and Kitchen" ...JUST IN CASE IT WAS UNCLEAR THAT THEIR RESTAURANT HAS A PLACE WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED.

it looks like a restaurant at Sesame Place!!! argh!!

Jack wrote:

But if a Muppet buses my table I will be leaving the biggest tip ever. Unless it's Telly. Then he can go ram it.

hell yeah!!
i'll have to add if elmo waits on me at brunch i might have to strangle him. can't handle that high-pitched voice before i've had two cups of joe.

C'mon now kids, lets give it a chance - they haven't even served one taco yet...Why all this doom and gloom? And no, I am not in any way affiliated with the proprietor, staff or suppliers. Just think we should check the place out first and then slam them full throttle if need be.

Anonymous wrote: [quote=Jack]

But if a Muppet buses my table I will be leaving the biggest tip ever. Unless it's Telly. Then he can go ram it.

hell yeah!!
i'll have to add if elmo waits on me at brunch i might have to strangle him. can't handle that high-pitched voice before i've had two cups of joe.
I'm thinking Janice is the most likely muppet to be waiting tables.

teddyballgame wrote: i saw the sign today as well, and it looks silly as all hell. it's true, the place will probably be lame and all, but i'd agree with the 'don't knock it 'til you try it' idea... after all, despite the stigma associated with coronas, they are delicious. What if this place actually has really good burritos?

I fear that, as it is called "Burrito Bar and Kitchen" (with the kitchen as if it was an afterthought), that the emphasis will be on booze, not food. Alright, alright, I'll give it a chance, but I can have my fears, can't I?

t-fal wrote: i will wait and see how the food tastes, because as long as a place has food, i wouldn't care if there was a celine dion impersonator floor show, i'd still eat there.

though this seems more like the joint to have an el vez impersonator floor show.

actually, celine dion would make me vomit. but I will give the place a chance.

so. their soundtrack. any votes for buena vista social club, the mexican restaurant's favorite (busted) way to access sexy hispanic culture?

Hey I don't care how ugly the sign is...if the margaritas are good and they have some decent nachos...I'm there!

Jack Krohn wrote: Decades of research have revealed an inverse relationship between the attractiveness of a restaurant's sign and the quality of its food.

Sarcasm noted, but I think you mean a direct relationship, not an inverse one.

If it only worked that way, then Union Square and Midtown would be the cheapest neighborhoods in town!

Anonymous wrote: hopefully the ugly sign will drive down the rent prices in the area. Sucks that so many yuppies had to move in and destroy the market for normal working class people

Jack wrote: In the U.S. it is a frat thing. But overseas, it's not as frat-ish if that makes any sense.

well, we are in the US after all...

also: to those of us who totally called the lameness of this place weeks ago... it looks like, unfortunately, we're right. :idea: :idea: :idea:

11238 wrote: I just drove by to see for myself... I had the same reaction as EmilyM. The sign is SOOOO ugly... I hope their food and drink make up for it....

youd think that if it strikes the majority of us level-headed potential consumers as ugly, it would dawn on the owners that it was ugly...

i mean, honestly. what are people thinking? are they intentionally going for some crappy theme or are they just that out of touch that they thyink it actually looks good?

rhodamine wrote: [quote=11238]I just drove by to see for myself... I had the same reaction as EmilyM. The sign is SOOOO ugly... I hope their food and drink make up for it....

youd think that if it strikes the majority of us level-headed potential consumers as ugly, it would dawn on the owners that it was ugly...

i mean, honestly. what are people thinking? are they intentionally going for some crappy theme or are they just that out of touch that they thyink it actually looks good?

I spent a bunch of years in ad design and I came to know this much...people are fucking retards and should sometimes just die. I'd see $30-60k ads that looked like the end result of stealing grandma outta the home, smoking a shitload of crack with her and dumping her in front of photoshop. I mean horrible, painful wretched shit and some asshole thinks it "pops" and is a good thing. It defied sanity. I can only assume the same phenomena has recurred here with this barfalicious burrito sign.

i will definatley give this place a try as its in the neighborhood.

but i am predicting a very quick crash and burn.
the name, the sign, just the feel - as mentioned - of upper east side frat-boy faux mexican about the place are some dangerously bad omens.

as also mentioned, the new windows are great for the next owners.

its too bad really, i hope the spot doesn't get a "cursed" reputaion, because i think i could be great.

i kept going to city lighting even though it was one of the worst managed restaraunts i've ever been in. most of the staff was always trying hard, but it was obvious to me the clock was ticking on the place.

good luck to the next place, sorry but i can't really root for this place.

Yes, the small sign facing Prospect is not nearly as offensive as the one facing Flatbush, although the one facing Flatbush has a somewhat temporary feel -- I'm hoping it's a banner they are putting up temporarily to draw attention to themselves ... it's pretty bad.