Openings: Burgers and Cupcakes

Posted by Adam Kuban, May 17, 2006 at 1:01 PM

I hate lines and I hate crowds.* I haven't yet visited the Shake Shack this year because of the throngs of idiots willing to wait an hour and a half for a burger. And I've never understood why on earth New Yorkers would wait in a ridiculous line for a rotten CUPCAKE, of all things (non-New Yorkers, click here for an explanation—and be prepared to feel smugly superior: Magnolia Bakery line). Gargh.

I can think of only one thing worse than standing in either of these lines: Standing in a perfect storm of lines. A burger-PLUS-cupcake line.

Florence Fabricant reports:

Burgers and Cupcakes: Mitchel London has changed his cafe, Mitchel London Foods, into this new spot that serves, yes, only hamburgers and cupcakes from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. There is a breakfast menu Monday through Saturday (the catering company in this location is still Mitchel London Foods): 458 Ninth Avenue (36th Street), (212) 643-1200.

Mitchel London is either evil, genius incarnate, or, better yet, an EVIL genius. Hand over fist, my friend. Hand over fist.

Off the Menu [New York Times]

* I probably shouldn't live in New York City. I know. Spare me the comments and e-mails, people.

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