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The nuggit12/31/2022 ![]() “We’re not throwing in the towel just yet, but in order for us to return in the future we have to take these necessary actions now.” “ For 7 years we called this home, making friends from all over the world that share the same love for NUGS,” their announcement reads. On September 10, The Nugget Spot announced on various social media platforms that their closure would be permanent, joining the estimated 2,800 small businesses in New York City that have closed their doors for good since March 1. The Nugget Spot reopened in June before closing again in the beginning of August. Had I known that evening in early March would be my last time eating there, I would’ve made sure it wasn’t. In the many times I returned over the next two years, I never ordered anything else.Ī brown paper box of Sriracha Nugs was a common sight at the many treasured late nights I spent in WSN’s newsroom, the last of which happened weeks before The Nugget Spot announced they were closing their doors in March and donating over 800 pounds of nuggets through City Harvest. ![]() Regardless, as I entered the exposed brick interior that housed those spicy nugs once again, I realized I was hooked. Maybe those nuggets and that spicy, spicy Sriracha seasoning finally presented a challenge for my iron stomach. Perhaps, the nuggets contained some ineffable quality that made them so addicting. I don’t know what brought me back to The Nugget Spot one week later. I took a long, cold shower and swore to myself I’d never return to The Nugget Spot again. The pain finally subsided two hours and one nap later. I curled up in a fetal position on my bed as the rest of “Hotel Transylvania 3” ran its course. Apparently, that was one step too far for the nugget gods, who cursed me with the worst heartburn I’ve experienced to date. Lucky for me, there was plenty of extra seasoning left at the bottom of the box that I downed like a strawberry-flavored Pixy Stix. The spicy Sriracha seasoning did the majority of the heavy lifting, despite not actually tasting like Sriracha. There, I sat on my bed and inhaled all 10 nuggets while watching “Hotel Transylvania 3” on my phone for the third time. ![]() Immediately after my shift, I stopped by The Nugget Spot on 14th Street to pick up my own 10 count of Sriracha Nugs and gleefully made the 11-minute walk to my dorm in Gramercy Green. Just the name of the order, “Sriracha Nugs,” was enough to pique my curiosity, let alone the aroma emanating from that brown box. I was a first-semester sophomore working at WSN as a copy editor when someone brought in a box of those nuggets. Almost two years after the fact, I still remember the searing, stabbing heartburn that came with my first box of Sriracha Nugs from The Nugget Spot. ![]()
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