One of the questions I've received the most since returning from New York City is, "where did you eat?!" Well, over the course of the week in New York City, Janay and I visited 22 eating establishments that aren't Starbucks. I struggled with how to document all of it in one massive blog post [...]
Tuesday Dinner Daniela's Trattoria Address: 728 Eighth Avenue New York NY 10036 Website: http://danielarestaurant.com/ Menu Items Ordered: Prix Fixe Dinner with Caesar salad, Lasagna and Cannoli Prix Fixe Dinner with Caesar salad, Chicken Parmesan and Tiramisu Mini-Review: I came to NYC almost three years ago for a work trip [...]
Tuesday Lunch Rupert Jee's Hello Deli Address: 213 West 53rd Street New York, New York 10019 Website: http://www.hello-deli.com Menu Items Ordered: The New Yorker Club (Corned Beef, Pastrami, Swiss) The Letterman Sandwich (Turkey, Ham and Cheese) Mini-Review: On Tuesday, we had tickets to see The Late Show with Stephen [...]
Tuesday Dessert Li-Lac Chocolates Address: Chelsea Market 75 9th Avenue (at 15th Street) New York, NY 10011 Website: https://www.li-lacchocolates.com Menu Items Ordered: Dark chocolate almond bark Dark chocolate peanut butter cup Espresso truffle Brandy truffle Mini-Review (by Janay): While at Chelsea Market we stopped at Li-Lac Chocolates. It claimed [...]
Monday Dinner Los Tacos No. 1 Address: Chelsea Market 75 9th Ave. New York, NY 10011 Website: https://www.lostacos1.com Menu Items Ordered: Carne Asada Pollo Asado Mini-Review: We got this as a recommendation from our financial planner. So in a way to validate the decision to run our major life [...]
Monday Lunch Cheese Grille Address: 188 Allen St. New York, NY Website: http://www.cheesegrille.com Menu Items Ordered: Ham & Cheese Mac & Cheese Fried Mac & Cheese Mini-Review: Before going on the trip, I started doing research on restaurants I wanted to check out while in NYC. One of the [...]
Monday Breakfast Zucker's Bagels and Smoked Fish Address: 370 Lexington Avenue New York NY 10017 Website: http://www.zuckersbagels.com Menu Items Ordered: Eastern Nova Scotia Salmon Sandwich on onion bagel Everything bagel with veggie cream cheese Mini-Review: It was Monday and we still hadn't had bagels. Our plans to grab bagels [...]
Sunday Dinner, part 2 Serendipity 3 Address: 225 East 60th Street, New York, NY 10022 Website: http://serendipity3.com Menu Items Ordered: The Ultimate Potato Skins Frrrozen Hot Chocolate Mini-Review: While in the area of Manhattan we were already in, we decided to try out this frozen hot chocolate thing that [...]
Sunday Dinner, part 1 Golden D Brand Hot Dog Stand Address: Near Central Park Website: N/A Menu Items Ordered: Hot dog Falafel sandwich Mini-Review: This we did solely for the "New York experience" but can't recommend anyone else do it. We got two hot dogs and a falafel sandwich. [...]
Sunday Snack 7-Eleven Address: 30-01 30th Ave Astoria, NY 11102 Website: https://www.7-eleven.com Menu Items Ordered: Cap'n Crunch Slurpee Mini-Review: While hanging out with Jeff and Emily, we ducked into a 7-Eleven for some bottled water. While there, Jeff wanted to try the Cap'n Crunch Slurpee. So I also [...]
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