Hi all, it's Evan. I haven't actually contributed to this thing yet, other than accompanying Spring to the meals. Anyone who knows me, knows it doesn't matter where we go, because I'll pretty much eat anything you put in front of me. However, I've been able to try some really fun places through this adventure. So, without further ado, Peanut Butter & Co.
I actually read about this place in one of Spring's magazines (Newsweek, New York, or something like that). The article described a two-sided peanut butter jar, which makes it impossible to waste peanut butter, because you could open it from the other side and scoop it out (genius, in my eyes)! The article also mentions that the company has a storefront that sells PBJ sandwiches. Spring and I decide we would go when we got back from vacation, but, we made it happen tonight. Like we have in the past, we dragged Whitney along with us (Hi, Whitney).
I'll start by saying that this is a restaurant that really makes you go nomnomnom (literally). Peanut butter by itself is a food that crowds your mouth with sticky goodness, but add honey, bananas, and whole wheat bread, and it's even more so. Spring and I ordered the Elvis and Cinnamon Raisin Swirl sandwiches, and split them. The girl behind the counter who took our order seemed to have a PhD in peanut butter, so we took her advice in ordering these. Whitney got something else, but I forget what at this point.
Spring and my sandwiches came out pretty quickly; 10 minutes later or so. Whitney's... not so much. Her's arrived only after she approached someone behind the counter, who apparently admitted to them forgetting about it. I believe Spring said the guy was "too busy being fabulous" to make the sandwich. He was something, that guy, but I don't know about fabulous.
Once we all had our sandwiches, we started eating. I don't think either one of us finished the whole sandwich, though. Not because they weren't good (they were!) but because it was just too much peanut buttery essence - although, it is a peanut butter shop, so that's assumed.
I had planned to give Peanut Butter & Co. 3 out of 4 stars, but Spring and I compromised to 2.75 stars out of 4. The sandwiches were good (really good, in my opinion) but, if you screw up a PBJ, you should reconsider life. The place was also pretty cheap, about $5 or $6 per sandwich. That's pretty cheap for eating out in NYC, but again, for $5 you could buy an entire loaf of bread and multiple bottles of peanut butter. Last, they forgot about Whitney's sandwich. That would have been my sole reason for knocking the place down a star, but I can agree to the .25 knock further down.
In any case, check it out, it's a tasty place.
Peanut Butter & Co.
240 Sullivan Street
New York, NY 10012
(212) 677-3995