I came here on the way back from looking at apartments in Williamsburg (not happening!) and needed something before I got in line for the Lost Finale at Professor Thom’s. I’d always heard about this place as awesome. Ridiculous. “Did you get the Artichoke slice??” No, I didn’t. I felt [...]
I first learned about Katz’s Delicatessen from Chris Leonis of Aquitaine Boston. His favorite food in New York City is the famed pastrami sandwich here. The first time I was in NYC after my interview with him, I went to Katz’s Deli, and I had a pastrami sandwich. I was curious about [...]
They use the kitchen to showcase the wares on sale at the restaurant – it’s more of a provisioners than an eatery. Lydia hit us with everything on the menu here at Despaña, so I’m going to do this one Bouchon style (link):
Catfish Brandada
This one was one of my favorites. The catfish and [...]
“You know a Cookie (pic) is good when you can cut it with a fork.” I said, as I took my last bite of lunch at Gruppo Thin Crust Pizza.
Why am I talking about a cookie at a pizza place? A) ALWAYS order dessert and B) Jessie loved that comment but didn’t put [...]
Niall is the Irish co-owner of the Australian Tuck Shop, a down-under meat pie establishment with Lincoln, an Aussie of few words and many pastries. I’d taken a culinary tour of the East Village this summer and stopped in at the Tuck Shop after reading some reviews. We had heard the call [...]