Remember pre-Covid, when Dishes on East 45th St. was packed everyday at lunchtime? Sad. Place is dead.

by Meyekull1

35 Comments

  1. Sad, but ill still take WFH over basically a cafeteria.

  2. richchigga133

    Which day was this? It is kind of the thing now end of the week. Most people work from home.

  3. jenncrock

    I work in the area and a lot of people took today off bc of Halloween with kids.

  4. flexcabana21

    Lots of people WFH today because of Halloween. I saw a lot more people in the office on Monday.

  5. thezinnias

    I’m not going to be nostalgic for mediocre Midtown hot bars.

  6. BoweryThrowAway

    Holy crap. Haven’t been there in years bc of how packed and chaotic it always was. That’s nuts

  7. ioioioshi

    The place is dead because they jacked up their prices. I got serious sticker shock the last time I went

  8. bigmusicalfan

    It’s a beautiful day and Halloween. There’s less people at all the lunch spots

  9. Meyekull1

    They used to have trays and trays of sushi rolls on Fridays. They couldn’t keep them full fast enough.

  10. PhonyPapi

    All the bowl places are packed though (cava/naya/chipotle/dos toros/sweetgreen/etc)

  11. pretender80

    It was great 15 years ago, was it still great as recently as “pre-covid”?

  12. realhousewifeofwho

    I didn’t realize they were still open. Half of my office used to go there everyday but we moved across town. I do miss their bacon and french toast

  13. CaptainTuttleJr

    “It’s so crowded nobody goes there anymore.”

  14. _nycgirl_

    Omg yes I walked by the other day and remembered vividly when it was the hot new spot. They had a great BLT.

  15. RainmakerIcebreaker

    Their prices went waaaaaaaay up.

    I love those orange roasted sweet potatoes but not as $27 a pound.

  16. PatriotsSuck12

    Sushi roll Fridays at Dishes was epic pre pandemic.

  17. After-Snow5874

    Their soups and chili were pretty good. The one at 53rd was crowded still about a year ago or so. Haven’t been back since moving jobs.

  18. whooocarreess

    midtown, like all manhattan is shell of its self

  19. Dunesgirl

    Had lunch at The Hugh today and it was jammed.

  20. Quality food.
    Think they jacked it up to like 18-19 a pound.
    Can’t go anymore.

  21. blahbleh112233

    Prices are nuts now. Used to be a nice expensive treat but now it legit costs restaurant money.

    Anyone remember that period they randomly decided to serve half off sushi though?

  22. LadybugNLN

    I used to work across the street from this location!! I thought dishes went out of business. I miss it so much!! Nostalgia at its finest 

  23. what_mustache

    I don’t understand why anyone would be yearning for the golden age of Dishes…

  24. Westboundandhow

    My favorite expensive lunch buffet when I worked in NYC was City Bakery in Chelsea. I still remember the food, 15 years later… the chilled white fish with mustard sauce, the kale salad with hazelnuts, the cabbage slaw, and their pretzel croissants with mini hot chocolate. Sadly it closed during cofid I believe. Tbt, that place was fire.

  25. Professional-Face233

    Nobody wants to pay $30 for lunch, unfortunately

  26. poorartist28

    Inflation, taxes , no one wants to work in the office people still wear masks lol

  27. worksucksiknow5

    I go to Dishes for one thing and one thing only: Bacon and egg sandwich.

  28. wallito88

    Lots of other please to eat at. It’s just not that interesting.

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