Kate’s Joint

Kate’s Joint‘s Chili Cheese Burger.
Maybe it’s just Avenue B but this place reminds me of the olden days. Through its doors I have brought a lifetime of characters from several epochs, introducing countless guests to New York City’s quintessential comfort food station… at a time when food was not a priority: when I repeatedly mispronounced Inari to the Japanese delivery joint that knocked on my door in Marine Park, Brooklyn; when duck sauce and ketchup were my only condiment requirements; when I found Trader Joe’s exciting.

But Kate’s Joint can still do it for me, yes. In the way that, every so often, NOFX’s The Bag can when it comes on the shuffle. In that way that comfort food and nostalgia can creepup and grab you in a moment of weakness. Until you forget again.