The snobs over at the Michelin Guide might turn their noses at the culinary offerings in our neighborhood, but Morningside Heights is, after all, somewhat of a college town … what did they expect? We pride ourselves not on quality of food, but quantity. The list below is not for the faint of heart, and if you are in the 99 percent of sane people, you wouldn’t even bother looking at this list. This list is for the 1 percent. The 1 percent, verging on insanity, that is willing to invest time, energy, and cold hard cash into absolutely meaningless feats of endurance.
The cost analysis in this list isn’t exact. I wasn’t about to do thousands, or hundreds, or even dozens of acts of number crunching just for your amusement. Instead here are some back-of-the-envelope calculations. Nick Christie Blick and McKinsey would be proud.