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Last night Mike and I had the most wonderful dinner at Ben Benson’s Steakhouse on 52nd between 7th & 6th Avenues. When we arrived we were a little caught off guard by the fact that we were the only black folks there (actually there weren’t any other minorities there either) and the place was PACKED! I’m talkin about power suits and ties; definitely the Wall Street, UBS, AXA, investment banker, lawyer crowd. Mike joked that you could turn a date in the bathroom for an “ovah coin.” He was kidding though. I love taking my best friend Mike to these types of places because as ghetto as we can be at times we both know how to switch it right on up if need be.
The food was great. We both had the shrimp scampi as an appetizer and that had to be the biggest shrimp I’ve ever seen. For the main course I had the filet mignon and Mike had the ribeye both of which had to be cut in half because the cuts of meat were so thick. The side dishes were huge and for desert I had a bowl of berries with whipped cream and Mike had the carrot cake.
The funniest thing is what happened in the small bathroom upstairs. I walked in to use the urinal and there were two other gentlemen in there, a black guy and a white guy. As soon as the white guy left the black guy lingered around a little suspiciously. I thought he was cruising me but then he commented:
“There ain’t too many of us up in here.”
“There sure aren’t.” I replied.
“We gon’ have to change that.”
“For real.”
While he made a valid point I still think he was tea (gay). He stayed in there a little bit too long for my comfort level and I don’t do pick ups in bathrooms… anymore. Nah lemme stop. LOL
But all in all the food was good and we got a chance to kee-cackle like two old white sorority sisters. It was fabulous! The bill came out to $197 but in the words of Lil’ Kim “And y’all know it didn’t pay for it!”. But I left a really good tip tho.
Mmmm, another interesting review.
Thanks for the info on the place.
I'm doing my best to upgrade my life, from the restaurants I eat at to the places I hangout at, to the places I want to go and the events and clubs that I attend.
I don't have much against the original places that I may have frequanted or just been, but a place like Ben Benson, or trips to museums and ocassionally hanging out at an archade are better uses of my life and time.
Thanks for sharing and the upgrade.
I must know, since I'm not very versed in the lingo of the black, inner city, homosexual, w'at is to "turn a date for an 'ovah coin'"?