Schnippers Quality
Kitchen (May 2018) – Fast Casual American Comfort Food
My spouse and I purchased a takeout lunch from the Midtown West location of
Schnippers Quality Kitchen on a Saturday afternoon in late May 2018. The
restaurant is open daily from 11:00 am to 11:00 pm, with earlier opening hours
of 10:30 am on weekdays.
Schnippers
is owned by two brothers who first operated NYC’s Hale and Hearty Soups from
1995 to 2006. They opened the first Schnippers in 2009 with a menu of American
comfort food that includes burgers, hotdogs, tacos, sandwiches, salads, and
milkshakes. (The restaurant does not offer alcoholic beverages.) Schnippers has
several Manhattan locations: Midtown West, Midtown East, Chelsea, Tribeca, and
Flatiron. The chain also recently opened a new NYC venue in the Financial
District called Thunder Bun.
We visited the
Midtown West location of Schnippers, located in the New York Times Building on the
corner of West 41st Street and 8th Avenue. The space
occupies a corner location with high ceilings and bordered on two sides by
windows (although the footprint of the space does not offer 90-degree angles),
making the expansive space seem even more spacious. The restaurant has an open
kitchen, in front of which you place your order at a gleaming counter. (Staff
will activate your buzzer when your food is ready for you to pick up.) You can
sit at one of the long communal rows of tables, or you can take away food, as
we did (they have an online ordering system). Red, white, and silver/stainless accents
complete the décor.
We
ordered a Cobb salad (although the blue cheese overwhelmed the dish) and a
turkey club sandwich (more successful). We are glad to have tried Schnippers; we
have walked by the Midtown West location dozens of times over the years,
piquing our curiosity.
