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It’s the sort of headline that makes you click: Peter Luger as a vegetarian? As goodhealthgourmet astutely expressed it, "I have to confess, when I saw the title of your post I thought it was going to be about a strange, random story claiming that Peter Luger had been a vegetarian at some point."
Us, too! But nope, it’s an actual query from an actual vegetarian: Friends have invited her along for a meal at the famous Williamsburg steakhouse, and should she go? Frequent Luger diners are assuring her of lard or chicken stock in nearly every vegetarian side, including home fries cooked in beef tallow. msan, the veggie in question, is "OK with eating salad," and indeed the restaurant does have both a Caesar and a mixed-green salad on the menu in addition to a baked potato, but the latter is apparently not always available.
Would you go to Luger for a mixed-green salad, or do you agree with Bob Martinez, who says, "You sitting there picking at a salad while they tuck into big steaks will just cast a pall over the evening"?
Peter Luger [Williamsburg]
178 Broadway, Brooklyn
718-388-4511
Discuss: Peter Luger as a vegetarian?
I understand wanting to join friends/family for a dinner that they really want even if it means not such a great meal for me..I would call them and ask what exactly might be meat/chicken stock free on the menu or if they would be able to put together some non meat vegetable plate. As a 40 year vegetarian and past restaurateur I can see both sides. I have had plenty of lousy veg plates for too...+READ
I understand wanting to join friends/family for a dinner that they really want even if it means not such a great meal for me..I would call them and ask what exactly might be meat/chicken stock free on the menu or if they would be able to put together some non meat vegetable plate. As a 40 year vegetarian and past restaurateur I can see both sides. I have had plenty of lousy veg plates for too much money at some high end places and also had side salads and broccoli/baked potatoes for dinner as well. Caesar salads have anchovies so aren't vegetarian....The smell could get overwhelming at a steak house so that could really be a potential problem for some.-COLLAPSE
My vegetarianism isn't ethical and I have no problem dining with meat eaters but given the paucity of choices, I wouldn't go. A salad just isn't a meal to me. Interestingly enough, I've never had a problem finding something delicious to eat at Keens and if nothing else, the broccoli salad a Pietro's is famous; if goodhealthgourmet's friends want her company and steak, they ought to try either of...+READ
My vegetarianism isn't ethical and I have no problem dining with meat eaters but given the paucity of choices, I wouldn't go. A salad just isn't a meal to me. Interestingly enough, I've never had a problem finding something delicious to eat at Keens and if nothing else, the broccoli salad a Pietro's is famous; if goodhealthgourmet's friends want her company and steak, they ought to try either of these two venues.-COLLAPSE
No, I would not. The smell alone would make me sick and the vision of people digging into dead cooked flesh that once was a living being would not make for an enjoyable evening. I don't ever preach to anyone what they should and should not eat - but why go sit for an evening in what appears to be one step removed from the 'slaughterhouse'.