I am having this flashback to CH when it went from Outer Boroughs to Other Boroughs and then back. Hated tags. Most of the time you get too much irrelevant info. Problem here in HO is if you break down by boros, there wouldn’t be enough traffic on any of them to justify subcategories, IMO.
The thread came about after one of our group meals where we discussed lots of eats most people had not bothered to write about.
So I started this as a catch-all, conversational thread for NYC folks to chat about what we have eaten without needing to start a new thread each time. The bar to post an occasional interesting bite here is extremely low, as you can tell from the posts.
It does not, however, prevent anyone from starting a separate thread for specific restaurants (as we have done for both group meals and otherwise).
(I don’t know the rationale behind threads for other locations, but this is the explanation for this ongoing NYC thread.)
(The search function on HO is a lot better - like, not even comparable - to the garbage search of CH, plus there is always site-specific google search if necessary, though I haven’t needed it yet.)
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We could note the borough when we write up something, so it registers when we search.
Though the point here was really to foster more frequent conversation on meals we know everyone was eating but not writing about, which it has, rather than archive them for search.
That’s not what this thread is for, though – it’s for NYC folks to discuss what they’re eating (when they don’t feel the motivation to start a brand new thread).
So when people have posted general questions, we’ve suggested that they start a new thread for recommendations, both so it gets more eyeballs and responses, and so that the next person asking the same question can find that thread.
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did you try that search?
Agree in general, but did you try that? For some reason, the results do NOT capture the posts on this thread (paging @hungryonion for troubleshooting).
More responses from leaving out “manhattan” – but still not this thread.
A general site search of HO does bring this thread up, but the last comment by @ninkat only (which I’ve flagged as a site search issue previously).
However a thread search (ie checking “in this topic” in the search bar on the top right) does bring up every mention starting with @Ziggy’s.
got it, the thread has been a success given its size, I guess content is more important than metadata and we NYers know the location of the restaurants.
You do realize that this is a free community-supported message board, right?
If you would like to volunteer for “clean up on aisle 5 duties” please do speak up, and I am sure we can task you with manually tagging all posts that have restaurants in them with their specific geographic location.
so the forum software supports tagging of individual replies? why not expose that functionality to the poster?
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actually, yes, if tagging is supported for individual replies, i’m raising my hand to manually tag the restaurants in this thread.
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It’s gotten too big, but I can see the attraction in a blanket thread vs dozens of restaurant-specific threads with one post each. But I also read a lot of threads, so I don’t worry about missing anything.
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IMHO, and speaking as a non-new yorker, this thread serves its purpose, for locals to share recent meals. So I would guess that locals would read it on a timely basis and note places that scratched an itch. Operative word, note. Searchability is great, but I much more trust my tickler file address list to find something that I had at one time found worth pursuing.
If any of you are old enough to remember Flip Wilson, this thread is “The Church of What’s Happening Now”.
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Yeah, another old food board controversy come to the fore. I personally like it when each thread is about a specific place (can be multiple visits by different people). I find it easier to scroll that way. But I also think that an ongoing thread serves a purpose in getting visits to places (or multiple places) out there for us all to see. And tagging would be nice, if folks would do that. Overall, as with small_h, if you write it, I’ll find & read it. Maybe I need to get a life? 
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This is my life. I probably need a better life.
You live pretty well, sweetie.
I do my best. Such as it is.
I think if we had individual threads instead of this, the majority of these eats wouldnt have been reported. I say just continue with this one till the end of the year before starting a new one, and if you feel a place merits its own thread, start one
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Hm, the thread is kinda like the what are you cooking (and eating) this month. One (read: this one in this case) is taxed with reading, but not necessarily with remembering. So, if I am trying to remember where I read @small_h’s flagging of some brunch spot downtown, I have to really start at the top of this thread and read again…I probably shoulda kept a list, but many of the places that people have dropped into I had been to before, and didn’t think to note the ones I hadn’t and wanted to go to. Also, I’ve just been hopelessly derelict in adding to the thread, so I feel like I’ve only been reading and not contributing, so who am I to ask for something more or different! (And not really sure that I am!)
It’s a really good thread, even for a New Yorker who is supposed to be “in the know.”
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Isn’t that what this thread is? Or are you in fact endorsing this thread?
IMHO, restaurant recs are points in time, otherwise they are historical reviews. You read about a place of interest and GO before it morphs into something completely different. Overrun with diners, impossible reservations, changes in kitchen or menu direction or price point. You gotta get it while you can. Going back and finding an address after six months tells you nothing about today. Dedicated single restaurant threads are good only so far as they are kept current.
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