Superiority Burger

I ate here on a recent trip to NYC. It was my first time to visit the new location. Everything was perfect. I was traveling alone and was able to sit at the bar with very little wait time. The staff was warm and welcoming. I ordered the stuffed cabbage and it was from another world. Eating this dish felt like someone who loved me made it for me after I returned home from a long journey. I had cherry pie and gelato for dessert with the coffee. The right amount of sweet and tart. You really get a sense that care is put into everything here.

Overhyped and overpriced. The namesake Superiority Burger gets full marks for flavor, but the patty’s texture is unpleasantly mushy. I do prefer it to regular beef burgers—though, at $17 for a tiny burger with no sides, it better do at least that much. Worth trying at least once, especially for vegans and vegetarians, as it does not attempt to mimic beef. The Tofu-Fried Tofu (TFT) has too-thick breading and not all that much flavor. It’s something deep-fried and crunchy between buns. That’s it. Would not recommend. The menu felt geared towards making customers order multiple things on the menu: desserts, sides, you name it. You can’t expect to order a burger and get full from it.

VERY GOOD - i was SO pleasantly surprised by the food & I am not even vegan/vegetarian ... Get the TFT. Just do it. It is the best sandwich I have ever had. Somehow the tofu is crispy/crunchy to perfection, like crispy chicken BUT BETTER. And the sauce. It is the perfect sandwich. They have a full bar/cocktail menu on top of it. No fuss, classic cocktails - very solid, I thought. Plus very baby/kid friendly & delightful staff! <3 Will be back again and again.

My favorite place in the United States, hands down. It’s hard for me to describe how much I love this place. It’s creative, risky and delicious all at the same time. My partner and I go religiously every week (he often flies into the city just for dinner there). Really, the only place I know in NYC that serves market cuisine (a menu which changes, based on what’s good at the farmers market). The produce they serve is always out of this world and prepared in a way which really showcases it. It really an ode to the six seasons, order more than burger. I feel so strongly about the artistry of this restaurant that I cannot imagine using Michelin (in the US) after they failed to give SB a star, the American “inspectors”have no legitimacy to me. If you have any doubt about going read Pete Wells review. My only complaint is their celery soda is truly excellent and they have only featured it once.

The food was unbelievable, I experienced flavors I didn't even know were possible. I got the burger, of course, and it was a very delicious veggie burger, just the right blend of spices. Also got a dish that was brociflour and haloumi; it was spicy, earthy, and cheesy (despite being vegetarian.) The last thing I got was a gelato, two scoops, one scoop pomelo and one scoop black sesame.. If you come here absolutely get the gelato! The black sesame gelato tasted chocolatey and nutty. The food is somewhat expensive, but if you like strange and interesting new flavors and experiences it's worth it. I'll be back for sure for the burger and gelato at the very least.

Superiority Burger is truly superior. Thank GOD they actually have homemade veggie burgers instead of the beyond or impossible stuff. The flavor of the superiority burger is next level delicious. Can I ask for a double stack next time?? Perfect burger toppings. Thanks for the vegan cheese! We also got the spicy lentils and cornbread side to share. It was also next level delicious. Best cornbread I've ever had! We visited again with a bigger group and got more sides, stuffed cabbage, sweet potato... And something else I forgot because I didn't take pictures so I can't remember. But every side was delicious. The stuffed cabbage was my favorite but everything was really yummy. I also got the yuba sandwich the second time and it was also delicious but I think I like the superiority burger better still!! Desserts we got the date shake the first time, I think it was good. Interesting flavor, but I wouldn't get it again. The second time we got the vegan sorbet, it was black sesame and hibiscus. It was interesting and good, they change flavors all the time though. Then we got the malt cake? Don't remember what it was called but DAMN it was SO good!!!! I had to share it with 4 other people so that wasn't cool. Next time I'm getting one just for myself!

I went to SB five years ago when it was a vegan hole in the wall, and decided to check its vegetarian sit down version. We got four mains, two desserts and cocktails. The flagship superiority burger was the worst dish we got. The “burger” tasted like lentil paste. I'm also unclear how a $17 vegan Patty comes with no side. The market salad was just lettuce salad, but was very good, and the collard sandwich was nice. For dessert we got the special “ice cram” pistachio cake that was inedible, and the banana cake that wasn't anything like a cake but was tasty. Service was adequate. Will probably take me another five years to go back again.

A verified ebullient sensation. Savor the Superiority Burger, the Collard Green Sandwich, the Yuba Verde. The fried eggplant was other-worldly. The beans with pasta fulfilling. The peanut butter pie, the griddle cake, and the boysenberry shake? Superb. We split everything. If this is your type of food, it hits hard and true. Refreshing Pimm’s Cup. Service was sweet and personalized despite being packed and busy. We waited in line in the rain for 15m before 5pm to get seated right off. Was worth it. An urgent recommend.

There is THAT SUPREME experience of perfection for everything… that first time that knocks you out … the first perfect kiss, the first time you listen to Coltrane, the first time you experience total symbiosis with a friend… the first steps … the book that will inspire you for life….The first time at The Metropolitan … and then there is the first time you eat at Superiority Burger … Which is like being at the Opera and being at CBJb’s at the same time… but while eating something truly superior (that should not be named “ veggie burger” because it s too sublime to be named ) … They say the old NY is gone. If there has to be a perfect fusion between old and ( the good) modern NY this is it to me. If you also discover while eating that the soulful human being that happens to be the chef and the creator of the space is not only one of the kindest and most humble people but also spent months working in a tiny village in northern Italy, Friuli, piece of forgotten land … he is a true Rockstar in his genre… un undefinable genre that glues together too many elements of perfection… the culinary experience, the location, the beauty of the bizarre decor that could not be more harmonious and surreal, the preservation of so many elements of a NY classic, Odessa, and him , Mr.Brooks Headley,, chef - founder … a masterpiece of a human walking around and dropping on your table a taste of datterini straight out from some garden … I loved every bit of this experience!!!!!