Gothamist: 8th Street Dojo: WE WILL BE BACK!

taz

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:30:04 -0500

Dojo on 8th street was a dirty hellhole. It's bathroom was filthy, the rest of the place was none too clean and one of the cashiers regularly attmepted to shortchange people. Dojo on 4th Street is much cleaner. I've eaten there many times and the food is fine -- cheap but effective. The waitstaff is pretty surly too but, eh, I can live with that.

smitty

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:31:59 -0500

oh and starts again at B after the park. Anyway...

smitty

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:30:53 -0500

I still want to say that this Dojo is on St Mark's Place, not 8th Street. 8th Street ends at 3rd Avenue. Just sayin'.

ernie

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:10:17 -0500

i'm glad that dojo's is shut down. i actually saw a waitress there spit in a friend's sandwich once. that place absolutely sucks.

E. Coli

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:21:13 -0500

I thought that shit hole should have been closed by the dept. of Health over a decade ago. I am suprised more people have not gotten food poisoning from that petre dish. I have always been baffled how that place stayed open. I bet it is a new health inspector who was not taking the bribe or it was not a big enough one.

Irritated

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:10:05 -0500

LMAO at Jake's offer to write signs.

Detlef Brogan

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:50:32 -0500

Re: why mock AND read Gothamist If we only read things that were perfect in every way, we'd never read anything at all. Also: we're bored. But do face the fact: the poor quality of editing at Gothamist is at odds with the image it tries to cultivate as a professional and legitimate news source. It's bad even by blog standards. No one who writes for it is in a position to mock Dojo's English.

Leslie

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:49:17 -0500

As an East Village habitue for more than 20 years, I have always thought Dojo's was the worst food I have ever encountered in Manhattan. Good riddance!

j.Le

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:33:07 -0500

eat at taisho. or the automat...

Elderta

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:18:35 -0500

aaawwwwhhhh... avocado!

Elderta

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:17:07 -0500

I use to love the soy burger dinner with cheese, brown rice, and advocado slices. Dojo's and Around the Clock were staples for me back in the college 80s. Haven't been to Dojo's in two years... Around the Clock... gosh, probably ten years. If I remember correctly, they are owned by the same guy.

Socrates

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:11:54 -0500

We're shocked because it’s in the East Village, and everyone knows that the East Village is the center of the universe.

toby

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:06:29 -0500

WHERE WILL NYU STUDENTS EAT?? Seriously.. who's shocked at this? Dojo's is a trash pile that serves trash. Good if you are broke and willing to sit in pain in the fetal position for an hour on the bathroom floor.

fbl

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:43:38 -0500

To all of you insulting Gothamist... Why are you reading it??? Idiots.

Margaret

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:42:56 -0500

Maybe the typos and occasional errors are the editors' way of getting you to read closely. Maybe, just maybe, Chung is a genius and has feigned poor editing in order to capture the attention of the hordes who come here to comment on her grammar and make themselves feel smart. Just like that run-on sentence right there...genius.

dhex

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:42:11 -0500

"actually gothamist is the worst edited news source in the universe." and you keep coming back for more?

j

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:37:25 -0500

I didn't know Jen chung moonlights at dojo too. cause that's how she writes and edits. actually gothamist is the worst edited news source in the universe.

fbl

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:21:39 -0500

Dojo was a yawn of a restaurant but c'mon guys, the sign is a laugh riot. I only wish the Banterist, Brian Sacks, got to it first. His 'Grammar Cop' is hilarious!!! (Banterist.com)

errors

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:09:00 -0500

Yeah that sign reads like half of Jen's articles on Gothamist.

Insensitive

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:07:08 -0500

Learning a language is difficult, no less coming to America and trying to make a living. So they have a few grammatical mistakes on their sign. Big fuckin' deal. Pot, indeed meet kettle.

NoMoDojo

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:00:05 -0500

Good fucking riddance. I could never understand why my friends were always trying to drag me to that filthy place.

smitty

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:51:13 -0500

Dojo is on St. Marks Place, technically, not 8th St.

anomalous

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:50:17 -0500

Uh, xnan and hassie, I think Jake made a joke about Gothamist's editing skillz.

hassie

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:35:21 -0500

kettle, meet pot

ViolateME

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:31:54 -0500

64 violation points whoops! http://167.153.150.32/RI/web/detail.do?method=detail&restaur... http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/rii/index.shtml -> Restaurant inspection results online

xnan

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:30:50 -0500

Gothamist is certainly in NO position to offer sign writing services (much less point out typos) until it gets its own spelling & grammar skills at least up to speed. People in glass houses, ya know...

Margaret

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:21:52 -0500

In college I lived on Dojo turkey burgers and roasted potatoes...so good, so cheap. And, yes, W4th Street is definitely a bit better.