8/5 - Will flying food outsmart ten year olds with rocks?
Maps. Flying food. And some positivity.
Restaurants:
No recommendations this week, but I went back and put all previously mentioned spots on a map. I’ll update this each week.
Alcohol:
Found a god-tier frozen cocktail at Cool World in Greenpoint: a frozen rum and coke with fernet, mint, and citrus. Will be joining the likes of the frozen painkiller at Mekelburgs and frozen negroni at Parson’s.
Threes Brewing made a pilsner with oyster shells. All proceeds go to the ever cool Billion Oyster Project. Drink six of these and feel good about yourself.
News:
Shake Shack king Danny Meyer stepped down as CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group. This is not important news. You should not care about this. But once again, I am filling space to appease my many investors.
Old Skool Cafe in San Francisco is helping youth impacted by violence, incarceration, and the foster care system learn valuable skills in the restaurant industry and life in general. An inspiring and short read.
Something Criminally Insane:
Food flying through the air. Somehow, it’s already here. A long suspected fear of mine is currently unveiling itself in North Carolina and Texas. Introducing Flytrex, a company with the tagline: The Food You Love, Sky Delivered In 5 Minutes. As is the case with many food startups, the content on their page is rich with humor. Here is my favorite snippet:
Ah, yes. Dinner from above. Forget Mom yelling from the back door to stop playing wiffleball because the meatloaf is ready. The whole neighborhood will know to quit playing their game whenever the fleet of drones flying in Jersey Mike’s is overhead. This is where my real issue kicks in.
If you think Flytrex drones are flying into suburban neighborhoods without facing the militant wrath of ten year olds equipped with baseballs and lacrosse sticks and rocks and that one crazy kid’s potato cannon, you’re fucking nuts. It’ll be a war on airlifted burritos, I’m sure of it. It wouldn’t take an olympic athlete to knock this sucker out of the air.
If you’re sensing a bit of jealousy, that’s accurate. I’d love to participate in this new age piracy. However, on some level, I think the bounty might not be worth the effort. I won’t eat Chipotle that’s been in a car. Why would I eat it after it's been hundreds of feet in the sky?