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sutisuc t1_itmascs wrote

Reply to comment by eastaleph in Rant: Newark rent is too expensive for what it is worth by swimteam69

Man you have not eaten in the heights, Chinatown, hell I can even point you to places in ritzy areas of Manhattan with great food at affordable prices. You gotta get out more.

I don’t think there’s a legal definition of a chicken shack but if you have one available you’d like to share please do. I refer to chicken shacks as hole in the wall places that sell a lot of…chicken. Therefore mcwhorter fits the bill.

I said excepting chicken shacks (mcwhorter) and burger places (Krugs) and then you then named a place with barely any options under twenty dollars and bluebird which I’ll concede was a good call. My point being there isn’t much in the ironbound that isn’t a chicken shack or burger place that has decent food for under 20 dollars, even places like mcwhorter are like 75 percent frozen fries and rice. Not exactly something I want to eat on a regular basis.

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NewNewark t1_itmsyo0 wrote

Youre absolutely right. My gf is vegetarian and in all the ironbound theres like 2 places we can go to lol. Zero diversity of food.

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sutisuc t1_itmtnph wrote

Yup and what is available is overpriced and usually served with half a plate of frozen french fries lol. Such an overrated dining neighborhood

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NewNewark t1_itmuhc9 wrote

If you browse the photos on google maps, it crazy to see the change in prices in 5 years. You used to get a half chicken and the full bag of fries for under $10

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sutisuc t1_itmvdj2 wrote

Yup mcwhorter was 7 dollars for like at least ten years and then in the last two years it’s shot up to 10 dollars while the portions and quality of everything has dipped.

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