#6 Serendipity III

225 East 60th Street
New York, NY 10022
212.838.3531

I've been here and handful of times and it's never that great. The ice cream is really good, but the wait is always infernal and the service condescending. But my cousin brought in her daughter and my sister wanted to treat us to ice cream and I thought, hell, let's go back. And I'm glad we did, because, yes, the wait was still interminable, but our waiter was downright delightful (something tells me he won't last there long).

I had the "ultimate BLT," which was tasty, but had some structural problems. Namely, it was on toasted Challah bread, which was too crumbly to hold the innards in very well. The tomatoes, although very fresh, were just sliced way too large and overpowered the other components of the sandwich. The bacon and lettuce were perfect. The mayo was on the side, so I applied it to my liking.

In additional, I had a side of fried parsnips, which were really great. They have a nice, earthy taste, but aren't overpowering. For dessert I had the Strawberries and Cream sundae, an tremendously large strawberry sundae layered with strawberry syrup, cheesecake, and whipped cream. It was delicious, until the cheesecake got waterlogged with melted ice cream, but by that point I was overstaed anyway.

Grade: B