Vandale Industries Inc.

The Ride-Along Report: First Takes From Last Night’s Dinner

"What It Is: A big restaurant/club on the Lower East Side where you’ll see large groups of people taking shots and picking at food Perfect For: Wasting Your Time And Money We’re currently working on a guide to the least-worst party restaurants in NYC, so we decided to have a full dinner at Vandal. This place is from the same people behind Lavo and Tao (which should give you a good idea of what goes down here), and the menu is similar to that of a school cafeteria where you might get pizza one day and stir fry the next. We had a few things, like tortilla soup dumplings and steak tartare that was spread on a big pretzel - and none of it was the worst food we’ve ever had, but we didn’t like paying money for it. The space was mostly filled with large tables of people taking shots, and, while it looked like most people were having fun, we’re going to do our best to never come back. Verdict: This is a theme park for adults with corporate cards. You should avoid it, but if someone drags you here, just eat a pepperoni pizza." - hannah albertine, bryan kim, katherine lewin, hillary reinsberg, chris stang, matt tervooren