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Is the $28 Burger at The Plaza's Oak Room Worth It?

Where: 5th Ave at 59th Street [map], New York, NY, United States, 10019

Bloomberg's Ryan Sutton went inside the Plaza Hotel's legendary Oak Room — and, um, to put it lightly: he wasn't so into it.

Before we get to his scathing review, a bit of background: The Oak Room opened up way back in 1907 as a men's bar, closed during Prohibition and then re-opened in 1934 as a full-blown restaurant. Recently, it had closed once again for a big facelift and debuted its new look in November. With a new copper finish on The Oak Bar and a brand new promising chef (Joel Antunes), hopes were high. The menu, according to the Bloomberg piece, is still packed with insanely expensive items: apps for $18-$58, $28 burgers, steaks $55-$59. At those prices, people figured this stuff was gonna be good.

Yeah, turns out it's not so much. The reviewer calls the food "sleepy, continental-style hotel fare." It gets worse!

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