Steaking Out Sacred Ground in Brooklyn

A regular sounds off on Pete Wells’ takedown of Peter Luger

Nick Birnback
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6 min readOct 30, 2019

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I am honestly not sure I can disaggregate what I feel and what I think about this review. I appreciate that The New York Times’ Pete Wells nods to Peter Luger’s importance and permanence. That’s certainly the case for me — I’ve been to “Luger’s” for more birthdays, goodbyes, and welcome-homes than I…

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Nick Birnback
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Born and raised in Brooklyn, I’ve worked for UN Peacekeeping all over the world for over 20 years. I write about eating and drinking in NY whenever I can.