Locals Only Deal at Carteles
Posted on | March 12, 2010 | No Comments
From March 15th to April 1st, Cuban sandwich shop Carteles (443 East 6th Street @ Avenue A, attached to the yet to open Cienfuegos) will be offering locals (must bring proof of residency; driver’s license, mail, etc.) a sandwich & chips for $5 (reduced from $8.50). Lunchtime only, 3-7pm. Get your pressed sandwich on!
Image via Fork in the Road
EZ Cracker?!?
Posted on | March 12, 2010 | 1 Comment
I don’t know which genius thought this useless thing up, but for $19.95 you can get yourself an EZ Cracker (& the EZ Scrambler for FREE! a $20 value!)! It’ll probably not fit into your kitchen drawer, be impossible to clean & only get used once as a novelty. I bet that it’s a clusterfuck to get the empty shell out of this contraption, funnily enough, they don’t show it on the amazing promotional video!
Via Treehugger.
Stromboli Pizza Addition
Posted on | March 11, 2010 | 2 Comments
Much beloved Stromboli Pizza’s (83 St. Marks Place @ 1st Avenue) hideous shitbox addition is apparently open for business. I don’t mind the pizza there, but you couldn’t pay me to sit in that plywood tinderbox…
Further pictures & coverage via Evgrieve.
Update (4/11/10); The addition looks a bit less shitty now with signage & coverings. I still wouldn’t eat in there!
Cafetasia East
Posted on | March 10, 2010 | 3 Comments
After mocking Cafetasia (85 Avenue A between 5th & 6th streets) earlier for being ‘just another’ Thai restaurant on the Ave., I went there today with a friend for some Happy Hour (more like Happy Day! 12:30-5pm) food. I can’t remember the name of the spot that used to be here, but Cafetasia did a really damn good job with the remodel. It was pretty empty, but I could imagine this place would be jumping on a busy night. We sat down & ordered a $2 Sapporo draft (no, that’s NOT a typo; $2!) while we looked through the menu. Read more
Queen of Sheba
Posted on | March 9, 2010 | No Comments
A bunch of us got together to celebrate & my buddy, DJ, took us all to Queen of Sheba (650 10th avenue @46th St.) for some authentic Ethiopian fare. This was my second time to an Ethiopian restaurant with DJ (he had taken us to Awash in the East Village) & I thought I knew a bit about the cuisine. I quickly found out that I didn’t know anything at all! We were seated on stools around woven straw tables called Messobs (thanks Google). Read more
Casimir
Posted on | March 9, 2010 | 6 Comments
This review might be a bit skewed as I used to live above Casimir (103-105 Avenue B @6-7th St.) from 2001-2005, so I’ll just talk about the recent addition of the Prix Fixe daily from 5:30-7pm. At $20, this is a real steal. The selection of plates are great (I always opt for the Country Pate & Steak Tartare, but the Salmon entree is nice as well). The dessert is a bit on the small side (a scoop of ice cream or sorbet), but I’m normally stuffed by then anyway. Read more
Cafe Habana
Posted on | March 8, 2010 | No Comments
I went to ‘hipster-laden’ Cafe Habana a while back with my brother & his girlfriend & I’m only just getting around to writing it up. This is well out of my normal range, but we were shopping in the area & hungry. I’ll let you know now that the place is tiny & really cramped, plus it’s totally no-frills, but don’t let that put you off. It was around 8 at night, but luckily it didn’t take us long to get a booth. Obviously, we went right in & ordered Mango Margaritas (which I think are among the best in the city). Things got off to a rocky (literally) start as on the other side of our flimsy booth back were some people who insisted on pushing our seats. Luckily our waitress diffused the situation. Read more
Thursday Club
Posted on | March 6, 2010 | No Comments
Not exactly an East Village post, but check out my write-up of this insanely good 5 course meal I had for my most recent dinner club in Brooklyn. The menu included snails, pork terrine, duck, skate & braised short ribs. Oh & obviously a lot of wine… It was AMAZING!
Taste of 7th Street
Posted on | February 25, 2010 | No Comments
5 restaurants on 7th street in the East Village are holding a food event this weekend only. This Saturday & Sunday you can sample food from Luke’s Lobster, Porchetta, Xoom, Butter Lane & Caracas Arepas. Scoop Street has 50% off tickets available today only! $18 gets you $35 worth of food! I’m going & I suggest you do too! But if you can’t make it, I’ll be posting a lengthy entry on Monday!
Singa’s Famous Pizza (Closed)
Posted on | February 12, 2010 | 2 Comments
Regular readers of my blog (yes, both of you…) will know that I’ve been watching the Singas space (94 Avenue C @ 6th Street) quite closely. Well, finally they’ve opened! I stopped by Singas today (formerly at 2nd Avenue) to try the pie out. Let me start by letting you know that this place is NOT for NYC-style pie purists. Singas have their own thing going on entirely.
Firstly, they don’t sell slices, all they do are 10″ pies (giving you 8 very small slices) & they are made to order. Secondly & most importantly is the style of pizza. It’s not quite deep dish, but along those lines. The dough is more like bread (think a french baguette). Basically, imagine if a NY & a Deep Dish pie had a bastard child…
I really wasn’t sure if I was going to like it, but I really enjoyed the sausage pie I got. The sauce is kind of sweet & my only real gripe was that there wasn’t enough cheese on it. The cheese & the sauce really didn’t ‘mesh well’ together & tended to slide around on the slice a lot, I spent a lot of time stacking the cheese back onto my pie. I did, however, really like the faint olive oil taste that was present on the bottom of the crust, a really nice touch.
You can tell that they are just getting things going, the beverage cabinet was pretty much empty (one of their employees came waddling in later carrying 3 cases of Coke, etc from the nearby Associated Supermarket) & the owners were there sampling the pies (they too agreed that they needed more cheese) & ordering promotional supplies. There are a few tables (which are insanely cramped), so I recommend take out or delivery. All in all, a nice departure from your typical NY slice; not groundbreaking, but I’ll be going back to Singas.
Update: Closed.
Update: Now Bobwhite Counter.
