Taco Lu coming to Murray Hill

[ben says]

Mehh.

It's no burrito gallery.

Thursday is one of the busiest days of quality programming i've seen in a while

Intuition: Belgian Beer Fest Mug Club Event
MOSH: Bacardi Mixology Event
TUPAC: Ron White
The Stadium: Best of Jax Event.

I will be at Intuition and MOSH, but I wish I could do all 4.

Anyone know what the word is on Intuition's Saturday Belgium beer fest/monastery theme?

[Gators312]

It's no burrito gallery.

Mehhh

We'll agree to disagree my friend. 

+1

[Captain Zissou]

Taco Lu is better than BG; I love them both but you can't beat the menu at Taco Lu.  Great news!

FieldaFm, are you a commercial agent?

The menu is the most exciting part of TacoLu....food vs. food, BG is better.

This is my EXACT sentiment.  The menu looks fantastic, but "seared tuna with sesame glazed cucumbers, avocados, chipotle crema and oaxaca cheese" comes to the table looking like somebody dumped the insides of a california roll onto your tortilla and threw some craft cheese on top.  As far as quality of food goes, BG is KING.

[downtownjag]

Taco Lu is better than BG; I love them both but you can't beat the menu at Taco Lu.  Great news!

FieldaFm, are you a commercial agent?

The menu is the most exciting part of TacoLu....food vs. food, BG is better.

This is my EXACT sentiment.  The menu looks fantastic, but "seared tuna with sesame glazed cucumbers, avocados, chipotle crema and oaxaca cheese" comes to the table looking like somebody dumped the insides of a california roll onto your tortilla and threw some craft cheese on top.  As far as quality of food goes, BG is KING.

Friendly debate here; what does BG even attempt to serve that is hard to prepare?  All they have are easy to prepare items (which are delicious) but I don't think they have anything on the menu that is out of the ordinary

[Captain Zissou]

Anyone know what the word is on Intuition's Saturday Belgium beer fest/monastery theme?

From Cari Sanchez-Potter, the business manager at Intuition.

"Belgian Beer Week culminates with our Belgian Beer Fest on Saturday the 28th! We're turning the tap room and brewery bar into a Belgian monastery. The staff will be dressed as monks and you'll be drinking by candlelight to the soothing sounds of Gregorian chants. A number of brand new Belgian ales will be on tap that day. Watch our blog and FB page for details about new brews and other happenings that day.

See you in the tap room!

Cheers,
Cari

[02roadking]

Each restaurant does certain things very well. That said, I am glad for Murray Hill....actually I'm jealous you bastards.

[Captain Zissou]

Friendly debate here; what does BG even attempt to serve that is hard to prepare?  All they have are easy to prepare items (which are delicious) but I don't think they have anything on the menu that is out of the ordinary

This is where we differ, I suppose.  I don't care if it was hard to make as long as it is delicious.  Everything is fresh, well executed, and it tastes great. 

In the NBA slam dunk competition they only care if it goes through the hoop.  You can have the best planned, most elaborate, jaw dropping dunk in the world, but if it doesn't go through the basket, no dice.  Taco Lu has missed the hoop for me each time I have been.

In other words: They try and kick a 100 yard field goal and come up 30 yards short.  BG lines up at the 30 and blasts it out of the stadium.

If you need any more sports analogies, feel free to ask.

[cline]

Friendly debate here; what does BG even attempt to serve that is hard to prepare?  All they have are easy to prepare items (which are delicious) but I don't think they have anything on the menu that is out of the ordinary

In the NBA slam dunk competition they only care if it goes through the hoop.  You can have the best planned, most elaborate, jaw dropping dunk in the world, but if it doesn't go through the basket, no dice. 

Actually I think the NBA 3 point contest would be a better analogy.  You get no style points or wow factor for that.  It either goes in or it doesn't.  In the dunk contest, even when the dudes miss a dunk it can be spectacular to watch.

[Captain Zissou]

^ A spectacular failure.

[The Compound]

The owners of Carmines is supposed to do a similar BG/Taco Lu concept in the old Jacksons location. I visit BG at least once a week if not more, but at least there will be different options.

[cline]

I suppose a spectacular failure is better than a boring failure.

At any rate, I'd rather see occupied storefronts than vacant ones.  Welcome Taco Lu.

[downtownjag]

Friendly debate here; what does BG even attempt to serve that is hard to prepare?  All they have are easy to prepare items (which are delicious) but I don't think they have anything on the menu that is out of the ordinary

This is where we differ, I suppose.  I don't care if it was hard to make as long as it is delicious.  Everything is fresh, well executed, and it tastes great. 

In the NBA slam dunk competition they only care if it goes through the hoop.  You can have the best planned, most elaborate, jaw dropping dunk in the world, but if it doesn't go through the basket, no dice.  Taco Lu has missed the hoop for me each time I have been.

In other words: They try and kick a 100 yard field goal and come up 30 yards short.  BG lines up at the 30 and blasts it out of the stadium.

If you need any more sports analogies, feel free to ask.

Wait, so I'm supposed to eat the food at a slam dunk competition?  Do I kick the taco before or after I take a bite?:-)

No one goes to the slam dunk competition to watch a lay-up; and I rarely go out to eat to eat the equitable version of one... trying... to... keep.... up with analogies.

I've had a pretty good experience at Taco Lu, but I can agree that the variance on the menu can lend itself to potential plating catastrophe.

You may be more a fan of the run-first style eating offense, whereas I prefer a little wild-cat, run and gun on my plate.

OK, I give up on the sports analogies.  Let's just get to the part where we start naming our favorite dishes.

[MusicMan]

That location has been vacant for at least 3 years so I am not sure why it took a year and half to find it. That would have been the first place I went to if I was looking.

Have been longtime fan of BG, tried to lure them into the location now being filled by Dahlia's Pour House.

Have been to Taco Lu 1 time. It was 50/50, I loved the shrimp taco but whatever my wife had left me listless.
She liked it, however.

Welcome to the neighborhood, this is huge news for Murray Hill.

[TPC]

I think the workers of BG and Tacu Lu need to have a B-Ball game to settle this.

[Captain Zissou]

No one goes to the slam dunk competition to watch a lay-up; and I rarely go out to eat to eat the equitable version of one... trying... to... keep.... up with analogies.

In the land of dunk competitions, the lay up scores no points.

My point with all of this is that if your menu says it's going to be a gourmet taco with more toppings than I can believe, don't give me something on par with La Nop.

Burrito Gallery promises a tasty dish that is expertly made and they deliver 100% every time.

I'll put in a plug here for Nipper's tacos, they are amazing and the menu absolutely undersells them.  The pork belly taco is still the best taco I have ever had.  Granted, they are going to run a couple bucks higher than other places.

I apologize, I wasn't aware that so few forumers had the capacity for abstract thought.  I'll quit the analogies.