FLEX MUSSELS Dining Review

What up, Foodies?  I'm baaack!! 

Sorry to have kept you waiting,  but I'm back to sharing my eating adventures in New York!  Lego..



Flex Mussels - 154 W. 13th bet 6th and 7th Aves

 I met up with my summer program coordinator.  I call her "magic" because we made magic happen with our sales and trading interns in 2010:  almost all of our kids got full-time job offers. Wouldn't have happened were it not for our work.

I've wanted to check out Flex ever since my physical therapist recommended it to me in April.  The name was clever, and I decided now was a perfect time. Flex is for the people who love mussels, but they do have non mussel food.  They cook their mussels in an assortment of broths, from THAI (curry coconut broth), BOMBAY (Indian curry, garlic, cinnamon, star anise, white wine), to MEXICAN  (chipotle adobo, chorizo, calamari) and PORTUGUESE (linguica, clams, tomatoes, white wine, garlic).  COMPLETE MENU HERE

Flex main dinning hall

Flex's low ceilings make it a cozy spot.  Best thing about this place is that it's not a "scene" place:  People are here for the food, and that's that.  Please be sure to RSVP.  Tough.


 Now, a pot of mussels don't fill no one up.  The mussel entrees go for between $19 and $22, so I thought I was going to have to shell out (no pun intended).  Then I saw this:



All You Can Mussels from 5:30pm-7:30pm for $20!!!

UPDATE AS OF 8/9:  The happy hour has sinced changed to only 2 pots from and the no longer give you beer...WACK!

ALL YOU CAN EAT MUSSELS, UNLIMITED FRIES, and BEER on the classic mussels if you sit at the bar!  You know we had to go in...

Bar.





Fra Diavolo - San Marzano tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, fresh basil


The Fra Diavolo was our favorite.  The basil and tomato sauce hit just right.  We got swole on 'em and ordered two pots!




Classic - white wine, herbs, garlic

The classic was boring.  Meh..

Fries were slammin'.

Magic tried to hate on the mussels by electing to do fish and chips, and she lost.




Fish and Chips lost.  No taste. Bland. Don't do it to yourself.

 Dessert?



Flex Donuts!

 Flex Donuts were amazing. You can get them filled with either wild blueberry, meyer lemon, cinnamon sugar, salted caramel, Fluffernutter, PB&J, or chocolate.  We got the Cinamon sugar, chocolate, and blueberry, and caramel.  You can get 4 for $9 or 6 for $12. 





I don't do berries, so Magic did the heavy lifting on that.



Cinnamon Sugar was that crack!  So addictive



Ain't this camera amazing? The chocolate is literally oozing our of your computer!



Mirked.


Flex Mussels was awesome.  Our service was good, and we stayed there for 2 hours and left full.  Stick to the mussels and dessert and you will be fine.  Ask for Ali! 

Flex is sure leave you happy and, more importantly, John Wallin' on them...

MAVE OUT!



John Wall