Jackson Heights Life

I fourth(?) Kitchen 79!

I went to Fresh Spi'L't Milk the other day. They have a pretty good selection of sandwiches, smoothies and other stuff. I want to try one of their sandwiches. The interior is pretty nice.

Unfortunately it seems kind of overpriced. I didn't have a lot of time so I shared a small mango smoothie with my son. It was $6.00. https://www.seamless.com/menu/fresh-spilt-milk-7709-37th-ave-jackson-heights/623717

If the sandwiches are at a real gourmet level and big too then that's ok, otherwise I would probably get a sandwich at K&L deli right down the street. K&L sells large heroes that are pretty good for $9.00, but they aren't gourmet so this is where Spi'L't could justify their price.

That being said, I think they would have a better chance as a gourmet sandwich / juice shop if their marketing was better. The name is terrible and, as someone said above, you can't tell what it is they are selling. 

I think they could learn a lot from Pauglina: Focus on one main thing. Make it very obvious to your customers what that is. Sell it at a fair price.

^But Kitchen 79 doesn't have mirrored walls. The walls are all subway tiles. There are mirrors hung on the wall above one long banquet. Honestly, one of the things I've looked at when I'm there was the many, many hard surfaces to clean, including crystal-like light fixtures that I wouldn't be keen on having to keep clean, and I've never noticed a spec of dirt. I've never noticed dirty silver ware. It's a pretty clean place. Maybe you went there one day after a particularly insane evening service, or when taking down the light fixtures to dust them was a bit overdue.

But Kitchen 79 doesn't have mirrored walls. The walls are all subway tiles. There are mirrors hung on the wall above one long banquet.

Fine, you win!  They were not mirrored walls, they were mirrors on the walls. They were still dirty and I do not want to engage on this further or argue about semantic word choices. 

What would I do without you to mansplain my own opinions to me?   

Regarding Fresh Spilt Milk, I see they have a website now:

FRESH Spi'L't Milk

The description at the top says it's a Mediterranean and Italian restaurant with fresh juice / smoothie bar.  BTW, the site may be in an experimental stage, as some of the links are not working.

Definitely experimental! This is what's currently in their "About Me" section—I was amused:
A restaurant , or an eatery, is a business which prepares and serves food and drinks to customers in exchange for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services, and we also offer take-out and delivery. We offer a wide variety of cuisines and service .

For what it's worth, I have enjoyed everything I've ordered over the course of a few visits to Fresh Split Milk: an acai bowl, a mango smoothie, a kale salad, and lentil soup. The soup was especially good. It's always seemed very clean inside, and quite busy. The service has not been perfect but it's a new place, and it seems to be getting better. Very glad to have it as an option in the neighborhood and hope they stay afloat.

I agree they are doing themselves no favors with the totally confusing name, however.

What would I do without you to mansplain my own opinions to me?

First, you've made an assumption about my gender. Second, I'm not mansplaining your opinions to you. I'm pointing out the real economic harm you can do to a small business owner -- and the people who work for a business -- by publicly posting online equating a streaky mirror with unhygienic practices in a kitchen. (Never mind that back of house staff is responsible for the cleanliness of the kitchen whereas front of house staff is responsible for the front of house.)  That's an entirely different thing than mansplaining, and if you find it upsetting to be called out for trash talking people's livelihood's online, maybe don't do it. Thirdly, why are you still engaging when you previously stated you were done engaging?