Get ready for a new fad in the West Village, and it’s not even about taking a selfie. The fashionable and select, the Frog Club that demanded membership blackout, now has spared us a total volte-face. For the restaurant that brands itself as mysterious and elusive, this switch up is something of a shocker.
The Big News at the Frog Club
Recently, Frog Club made the revelation on Instagram where it posted a picture that included none other than Kermit the Frog. The plushie Kermit, along with the restaurant’s superstar chef Liz Johnson, delivered the news: Who knows there is a new announcement at Frog Club? ‘Yes, photos are now allowed at Frog Club.’ Exactly—you couldn’t take even the sneakiest picture of a bathroom or the food you ate here for months, but now the rule no longer applies.
Earlier, customers were provided with small square stickers on their cameras when they entered. It was a measure, enacted among many others, as part of management rules and regulation in which the customer does not wish to be confronted with “10 Ways to Get 86ed..
Not Everyone Is Thrilled
While it is encouraging to note that many people are satisfied with the policy change there are others who are not. Certain fanatics of Frog Club could not even get used to the fact that people were not allowed to take photos of the band, adding that it sounded mysterious. In the comments section of Instagram one can read: “The kewl is gone now.” In response to a comment made by another viewer, the man who did not want to give his name added, “I like it when there is something mysterious.” Of course, the confidentiality had something to do with it, being one of the features that made the location attractive.
Liz Johnson’s Chef Star-Power of Frog Club
In case you are not familiar with it, Frog Club is the newest creation of Chef Liz Johnson — a now famous chef that opened the peculiar place earlier this year. This restaurant did not take long to generate not only the rep for the meals but also the lunacy factor. Filled with paintings of frogs dressed in business clothing and memorabilia that patrons cannot touch to its amusing menu, yes, the Frog Club can be considered as theatrical.
If all that isn’t enough, the groups that frequented Frog Club when it was an online-only operation would occasionally surprise you, sometimes even featuring Jeff Bezos himself. He popped in to eat with his fiancée Lauren Sanchez. The couple reportedly indulged in the restaurant’s most expensive menu item: The $1,000 “Kiss the Chef”. The person selected to eat this special is allowed to kiss Chef Liz on the cheek. Who kissed her that night? In the following Kitchen Confidential, Chef Liz chose to play dumb and use words such as, “It was a great night but a girl like me does not kiss and tell.”
In fact, Frog Club is not only the peculiar rules and the star presence of the place, though. It also offers some ravishing and inventive food plates as well. Some of the things that they offer are hamburgers made from homemade English muffin served with sidewinder fries, properly cooked lobster pierogies garnished with caviar and an escargot casserole.
But if you are planning to use a birthday to duck about to get a free dessert, then there is bad news for you. It turns out, that is one of the offenses Chef Liz gets really serious about and that will get you banned. Hence, the best thing one can do when eating at this peculiar restaurant is to tell the unadulterated truth.
The New Yorkiest Room in New York
It fits the city perfectly because it is weird, diverse and nothing can ever be static and consistent. And while changing the no-photo rule is upending things, the Frog Club remains the place to go for the atmosphere and the food.
