Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse (1221 6th ave, at 49th St., New York, NY) is where bankers and media moguls go for business lunches and where they take their clients for dinner. The menu is headlined by $50 steaks, lobsters and expensive wine. I was there for the burger. They just began selling it a [...]
At The Meatball Shop (84 Stanton St. at Allen, NY, NY) you can get meatballs any way you like: on a salad, on top of Spaghetti, in a sandwich or just plain “naked balls” (I’m ready for the search traffic to be disappointed). I love places that are this focused, “do one thing and do [...]
I usually shy away from chain joints, but everyone gets kind of giddy when they mention Five Guys (locations everywhere, FG6, 36 West 48th Street). They always flash a “should we split a Toblerone? OMG, should we do it?” glance if you even entertain their suggestion. It’s almost a dare, not quite, but almost. Anyhow, [...]
Dave’s Fresh Pasta (81 Holland Street Somerville, MA 02144) is a wonder of the jack-of-all trades neighborhood bodega/deli. They sell delicious fresh pasta and sauces, of course, but they also have a fresh produce section, beer and wine, cheese bar and most importantly, a sandwich counter. Now I was only hungry enough to try one, [...]
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
“This Little Piggy Had Roast Beef” ( 149 First Ave., near 9th st, ) is a weird name for a sandwich joint that doesn’t even sell pork. I guess they want you to visualize a piggy eating beef, but much like chick-fil-a’s creepy ad campaigns, animals aware of us eating other animals just seems wrong. [...]
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
I know it’s late, but I found these photos of a delicious Rosh Hashana leftover sandwich celebration. We were having some matzoh ball soup and realized our meal was horribly incomplete without a side of sandwich. We found some extra chicken in the fridge slapped it with some mayo, eggs, celery and lemon and viola [...]