Do you want good BBQ? Great BBQ? NYC’s the place for you, but only for two days a year. And today is one of those days (tomorrow’s the other). Every year…well, at least for the past six years…New York plays host to a mess o’ the best barbeque you could hope for. Vendors come from [...]
Archive for the ‘Food’ category
Big Apple Barbeque Block Party 2008
June 7, 2008A Post of Three Delis
May 16, 2008If you wander down Seventh Avenue, starting around 57th Street, you will eventually run into three delis: Carnegie’s, The Stage, and Roxy’s. You will also see about 40 other places calling themselves “delis”, and a few are no doubt very good; but they aren’t in this company. First, it’s Carnegie’s. I’ve eaten there once and [...]
Inside the Second Avenue Deli
April 25, 2008I finally ate at the 2nd Avenue Deli. I’ve posted on it twice (here on their location and history and here on their previous site). But now I’m a graduate of the place. Or is that an alumnus? Or a patron? Or an experiencer? Anyway, I’ve now eaten there. It was fine, but it’s just [...]
Dumpling Man. Food Fit for Famous Ankles
March 20, 2008In the Lower East Side, just down St. Marks Place, sitting on the south side of the street; is a little slice of perfection: Dumpling Man! If you read reviews of Dumpling Man, you’ll note they claim they make the dumplings right in front of you. True, but not the truth. They make scores, even [...]
Dale and Thomas Popcorn in Times Square
January 19, 2008I can’t remember what the show was, but last Friday I was flipping the channels and ran across a show extolling “Dale & Thomas Popcorn” and how it was made and why it was so good and so on. And I remembered something about a popcorn place in Times Square. At the end of the [...]
