New Yorkers, we need help

[kirk wallace]

originally posted by Robert Dentice:

Levi -Incredible list! So good that I am inspired to add to the thread because I think this is going to be useful to many for a long time:

Pizza - Di Fara. Avenue J Brooklyn

Booklyn Fare is to me as good as its reputation and I also second Prune (they have a reasonable corkage policy too)and Soto

Vinegar Hill in Brooklyn is also a favorite. Great wine list

For food shopping I like SOS Chefs and Kalustyans

Edi and The Wolf is a great new Austrian restaurant in the East Village

ChikaLicious for dessert

Boheme on Great Jones - the not so secret "secret" Japanese restaurant is one of the most relaxing places to eat in NYC. The food is good. Wine is hit or miss but they allow corkage. AND it is in a space that Andy Warhol owned and Basquiat used to live and work in and check out their butcher shop in front

Kajitsu is the best vegetarian restaurant in the U.S. But the winelist is poor/very small so be prepared to drink Saki

Speaking of Saki - Sakaya on East 9th street is dedicated exclusively to Saki and right around the corner from Momofuku Noodle Bar

For dive bars I have always loved Subway Inn but I have not been in years

I agree with Levi and Robert; the one addition I'd make is Annisa, if you're in the mood for comfortable but very fine dining. Anita Lo's cooking is just superb and the wine list is getting better: e.g., Gahier '09 Poulsard and '08 Breton Galichets; also Occhipinti Frappato. $30 corkage.

And I'd be up for an early July, bring your favorite '61 Jeeb.

 

[JSchwartze]

...Yonah Schimmel's, on Houston, for a one-pound knish. Make it a SchimmelRussKatz-fest, with a stop at Milano's Bar (best/worst bathrooms in NYC) afterwards.
Then head west a few blocks to Arturo's for a coal-oven pizza and a very diverse crowd. Better than Lombardi's, which some claim isn't a far stretch.

 

[Levi Dalton]

Last time I was at Russ & Daughters some other patrons were asking for directions to Schimmel's.

I don't know how anyone could survive the weight of food involved in a SchimmelRussKatz-fest, but then, I'm a skinny dude.

 

[Ian Fitzsimmons]

Y'all should copyright this thread before Lonely Planet swoops down and seizes it. It's very good.

 

[Scott Kraft]

originally posted by Levi Dalton:


Many good options exist for Neapolitan style pizza, even now that Una Pizza has left to LA.

Ahem.

 

[Levi Dalton]

originally posted by Scott Kraft:

originally posted by Levi Dalton:


Many good options exist for Neapolitan style pizza, even now that Una Pizza has left to LA.

Ahem.

Right, right, it's all just one giant highway out there anyway, isn't it?

I don't miss the waits, nor the brusque and somewhat dim service, but I do miss the pizza.

 

[Scott Kraft]

We're hipster masochists with inferiority complexes and food obsessions. We love it all!

 

[JasonA]

originally posted by Scott Kraft:
We're hipster masochists with inferiority complexes and food obsessions. We love it all!

On that note I believe I would take Roberta's over Motorino (Brooklyn Branch) for pizza.

 

[Levi Dalton]

But where is BJ? Were his questions answered? Are there other considerations to take into account?

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by Zachary Ross:
...grab a takeout pizza from Grimaldi's...

Lucali's?

 

[Scott Kraft]

Does anyone still pop into McSorley's for a few sandwiches and some black and tans?

 

[Unknown]

originally posted by SFJoe:
Also, at Chelsea market you can buy fish things and add them to prepared soups. So, for instance, you could buy a small container of picked crab meat and use it to improve your lobster bisque. That sort of idea.

Particularly if .sasha has the Coche-Dury going, you know?

Wait, does he bottle the 80% Savagnin/ 20% Chard blend ? Do I own any ?

 

[Levi Dalton]

originally posted by Scott Kraft:
Does anyone still pop into McSorley's for a few sandwiches and some black and tans?

It was on the list, sir.

 

[Scott Kraft]

originally posted by Levi Dalton:

originally posted by Scott Kraft:
Does anyone still pop into McSorley's for a few sandwiches and some black and tans?

It was on the list, sir.

Yikes. I failed the close-reading test!

 

[Scott Kraft]

Alright - what about pierogi place(s)? I miss them as much as anything.

 

[BJ]

originally posted by Levi Dalton:
But where is BJ? Were his questions answered? Are there other considerations to take into account?

BJ's in awe and reverie of meals past and meals anticipated. Your list went on and on, dreamlike. I showed it to L and she started screaming that it was so much. Our cup overflows. We will dream tonight of the Super Heebster.

Thank you all, this is truly heroic.

So, jeeb wise, Jeff and Cliff indicated interest, what does it take to get the gang together? We promise to be interesting. Brad, bummer you'll be out of town.

 

[kirk wallace]

originally posted by kirk wallace:

And I'd be up for an early July, bring your favorite '61 Jeeb.

(or one where we leave the '61s at home.)

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by BJ:
So, jeeb wise, Jeff and Cliff indicated interest, what does it take to get the gang together?

Need a date, need a resto or host+house or both.

Cellar is typically catch as catch can, late Saturday afternoon or the rare weekday evening.

Guzzling .sasha's wine has further pre-reqs. Please consult your local .sasha for further details.

 

[JasonA]

originally posted by Scott Kraft:
Alright - what about pierogi place(s)? I miss them as much as anything.

First Avenue Pierogi & Deli

 

[maureen]

originally posted by Bill Lundstrom:
speaking of prune...has anyone else read chef hamiltons memoir? i think it was a great read. i couldn't put it down.

I haven't finished it yet but my reaction is that the first two thirds is great and by the last third she's a bit irritating. That said, I'm enjoying the book and am dying to eat at Prune.