Iconic NYC Restaurant Gets Zero Stars in Scathing NYT Review
Peter Luger Steak House, the iconic Brooklyn beef palace whose name is a byword for luxury New York eating, got a shock downgrade to zero stars in a blistering New York Times review Tuesday.
Peter Luger, long famous for its cash-only policy and receipts counted in the multiple hundreds of dollars, has started serving potatoes that are "mealy and bland," fish that's "dry and almost powdery" and signature steaks that are "far from the best New York has to offer," the paper's reviewer Pete Wells wrote.
Wells also condemned service he characterized as "weary, detached, impersonal" and a wine list he said "gets less appealing every year."
It was the 132-year-old restaurant's first review in the paper in 12 years; in 2007, it got two stars.
The review was so biting that the restaurant's name quickly began to trend on Twitter, where people described it as "brutal," "savage" and even "scorched earth."
Luger still holds one star in the Michelin guide, and remains on Zagat's list of the city's top 10 steakhouses.
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