Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
You didn’t grow up with a tiger mom. As you may or may not know, the public restaurant-grading system has recently come to New York. This pizza joint in the Theater District is the first C that I’ve seen, though. Places seem to have an A, B or “Rating Pending” (which actually means they are challenging the grade given). My wife, who grew up in L.A., says she has never seen a C anywhere. If you run a joint that gets a C rating, you obviously don’t give a damn. If you eat there, you also obviously don’t give a damn, and this place was pretty packed.
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Completely unnecessary. By the Manhattan Bridge in Chinatown, street vendors sell vegetables and fruit super cheap. When the goods spoil, they leave the boxes and crates right there, knowing that folks like this man will pick through and take what they can hold. This dude, who was not homeless, went from box to box, thumping on them with his cane to detect freshness, I guess. He wasn’t even the first one to pick through, judging by the toppled state of the pile. Listen, Chinese people, when the veggies aren’t even solid enough to sell at 25 cents a pound, you gotta let them go!
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