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Hudson Corner Cafe
570 Hudson Street (@ 11th St.)
New York, NY 10014
(212) 229-2727
[map] [subway directions]
Rating: 2/5
Update: Hudson Corner is closed.
Notes:
- Burger: Hudson Corner Café serves a half-pound burger that emphasizes quantity over taste. The lean beef patty was dry, a bit chewy, and lacked flavor and seasoning.
- Bun: The sandwich is held together nicely by a seeded and slightly stale white-bread bun. Part of the success of the bun should be attributed to the dryness of the burger.
- Garnish: The burger was served with lettuce, tomato and a fat slice of red onion. We ordered our burgers with cheddar cheese and bacon, both of which came in hearty proportions to match the size of the burger. Even with the plentiful pile of pork atop the patty, their was still a surprising lack of flavor to the whole experience.
- Mess factor: The sandwich held together nicely, minimizing the mess factor and leaving only a slight film of grease on our fingers.
- Fries: The fries were thinly sliced and fried to a nice crisp – but lacked the seasoning to really make them stand out. Are your sensing a common thread in the flavor department here yet?
- Price: $8.95 for the burger; a dollar each for the cheddar and bacon.
- Bordeaux: Our initial impression of Hudson Corner Café instinctively suggested we order our wines by the glass. We could tell this was not a place to seek out a fine wine. Of the few they had listed on the menu, most were unavailable. They had three anonymous wines to offer – a merlot, a cab, and a Chianti. We tried a glass of each, and while the merlot was the standout among the crowd, it had less to do with its own inherent goodness than the lackluster pours we received of the other two.
- Atmosphere: You could take a girl here, maybe, but you probably want to suggest she order something besides the burger.
- Overall: We were skeptical when we saw Hudson Corner Café, empty on an otherwise buzzing spring evening in a prime part of the West Village. However, we were willing to hope for a surprise, a sleeper burger waiting to be discovered.
Once inside, the décor was friendly and welcoming, with large windows overlooking the top of Hudson Street. Unfortunately, the restaurant just didn’t deliver on flavor. A little seasoning mixed with the meat and sprinkled atop of the fries – and a bit more effort in delivering a decent glass of wine – would go far here.
Add comment April 30th, 2007