Food Adventuring Around NYC
Saraghina is one of those well-respected new pizza restaurants that I just didn’t get to during my intense pizza search. So I’m very thankful that it happened to find its way onto TONY’s list. Partly because it helped make my pizza search more comprehensive, but also because it was quite delicious. Michele Iuliano, the chef …
What to do on a Sunday afternoon? I’m tired of going to the movies, I’m never up early enough for brunch, and there’s only so long I can sit at home and write blog entries. So last weekend, I ventured into Williamsburg for a different sort of Sunday afternoon. Instead of doing any of the …
When I posted the first episode of my web series, I reached out to some NY pizza bloggers (whose blogs I had been using for research and insight) to introduce myself and present my video. The response was pretty overwhelming and I was quickly welcomed into the community. So much so that I was invited …
For my halfway mark, it’s fitting that I return to one of my new favorite places in New York. Somewhere that I have dined at before, reviewed favorably on the blog here, and somewhere I shot a segment of my first webisode. The list brings me back to Kesté. I’ve established somewhat of a relationship with …
Okay, seriously, if you call yourself “Perfect Pizza” then your slice better blow my f***ing socks off. I want to walk out of that pizzeria completely sockless. Well, needless to say, my feet were fully covered when I walked out of Patzeria Perfect Pizza. And it’s a good thing too, since it was freezing outside. …
Long before Kesté opened to great reviews and pizza fanfare, there was a modest little pizza joint down the street that specialized in wood oven pizzas. Their sign reads “The Original Brick Oven” referring to the wood ovens that were used before Genaro Lombardi was forced into cooking his pizzas with coals. And they were …
I wonder how the people of Naples ate their tomato flatbreads in the 1700’s. I mean, if they wanted it for dinner, did they just eat them in the dark? Not knowing which topping they ended up with? Or did they eat them by candlelight huddled around an old table? Well, I don’t think Mark …
Now I want to say up front that this doesn’t even come close to being a complete critical analysis of Brooklyn’s slice joints. There have got to be hundreds of them and I bet at least half those are worthy of a special trek. But there were two places that had been coming up quite …
Here is the first episode: In order to gain credibility for the web series, Brian invites his work friend Anthony (an authentic Italian) along to find the best pizza in NYC. Eat This NY: PIZZA DAY from Eat This NY on Vimeo.
It’s very exciting to have a secret over everybody else. Whenever I bring a date or an out of town friend to a little bar in the back of a hot dog stand or a garage or a cemetery or wherever, I feel like the coolest, most “in the know” guy in the world. For …
SADLY, WALDY’S WOOD-FIRED PIZZA IS NOW CLOSED. It’s really amazing how many places advertise that they have the best pizza in New York. Some signs even proclaim the best pizza in the country or the world. I mean, who are these people? Can a chef decide he has the best pizza in the city and …
You could read the reviews of NY Times food critic Sam Sifton (or, Frank Bruni’s web archives), watch Anthony Bourdain, or browse through chowhound. All of those resources will probably steer you to some very good meals. But when it comes to pizza, I think the best judge of whether you should spend your time …
SADLY, SINGAS PIZZA IS NOW CLOSED. When I walk into a restaurant and it smells like Subway (the sandwich shop – not the transit system), the only menu appears in a big bright marquee above, and the cashier gives me a number when I order, I expect the food to be fast food. And I think …
SADLY, VELOCE PIZZERIA IS NOW CLOSED. Comfort foods are dishes that bring us back to our childhood and make us feel safe and warm. And usually have at least 500-1000 calories per serving. Macaroni and cheese, meat loaf, and middle school sloppy joes are all examples of comfort food. And just for kicks, let’s add pizza …
SADLY, SALVATORE OF SOHO IS NOW CLOSED. One of the newer pizzerias that gets talked about a lot in the press lately is Salvatore of Soho. Look as hard as you’d like in that fancy neighborhood downtown among boutique clothing stores and high end restaurants. But you won’t find this pizzeria on Prince or Spring Street or …
Well, here’s a special occasion where I can check another item off my list AND continue my search for NY’s best pizza. I was eventually going to make my way out to Salvatore of Soho in Staten Island to try their coal-oven style pizza, but after the clam pie appeared on the list, it happened …
SADLY, NUNZIO’S IS NOW CLOSED. There are so many pizzerias in this city and there’s just no way I can get to them all. Unless I plan on eating nothing but pizza for the next few years. And as tempting as that sounds, I’ve got other plans. But I can hit up all five boroughs and …
In previous posts, I’ve called Ray’s the McDonald’s of NY pizza chains and Patsy’s the Starbucks. And now I come to another visible NY pizza empire and the question arises, what recognizable corporation can I compare Two Boots to? And after much consideration, I guess they’d have to be the Urban Outfitters – they’re hip, …
If there’s a battleground for the pizza wars in New York, it might be on Bleecker Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. In the middle of the street, you can find the old standby John’s of Bleecker, which has been there since 1929. And directly across the street is the new favorite Neapolitan style …
New York is a big city for sure, but not so big that a sense of community is lost. In Brooklyn, there is a huge community of artists and musicians and most of them never leave the borough, unless they have a gig or a David Byrne lecture to attend somewhere. And many of the …