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Favorite parts of Borough Market from when I went EVERY weekend during my 4 month back and forth business trips a few years back:

Stand selling freshly sliced comte cheese, (first introduced to comte there and all others I've found here pale in comparison), falafel stand across from awesome raclette stand, freshly shucked oysters, more varieties of olives in a single stand than I've seen in almost all of Manhattan, meat pies from the butchers, baguettes...

I could go on and on. I must get myself back there soon! :)

I saw this being used at a Burger King at a rest stop off the Jersey Turnpike recently while picking up coffee. I too thought it was ingenious but agree with travpard (unless you're the Duggards).

I've heard (via Alton Brown perhaps?) that the farther along a canned tomato goes from whole, the more processing it goes through which will degrade its quality. Makes sense to me since diced tomatoes from a can often seem waterlogged and tasteless (IMHO).

I always buy whole canned tomatoes and "process" them myself.

Just snagged a ticket to check this out. $65 is not a bad deal :o)

The seating times are at 6:30 and 8:30 though. Might want to update that in the post.

I agree with @sailordave that Saigon's on Broome makes the best banh mi. I always get a #1 with fresh jalapeno and chili sauce. I've tried other places (including Nicky's and Baoguette) and think that both flavor and price is superior at Saigon.

A small decadent brownie.

I love homemade biscuits!! Slathered with grape jelly or smothered in sausage gravy, yesssss please :)

This is going on my list of things to make for my in-laws while they are in town this week.

Thanks!

I second canning! I've always wanted to learn and you can end up making such a variety of things. Tomato sauce, jams, pickles, etc...

No better time than the summer time to take it up, what with all the different produce out there.

I hope whatever you choose to do will make you feel better! :)

I work at 52nd and Park on the NW side and never walked by this cart before. Or else I just dismissed it as another breakfast cart selling coffee and roll-like bagels. After reading this a co-worker and I headed over. Maribel and Arturo are GREAT! So nice and put a lot of effort/pride into their food. There was a bit of a wait since he makes everything fresh. Very worth it though. Maribel said to call ahead next time so we wouldn't have to wait there but it was nice to chat w/ her.

They were very excited about their SE debut!

A huge heirloom tomato, layered with fresh mozzarella and basil. Predictable but delicious.

I go to Philly once in a while since I'm opening up a calzone shop there and on a recent trip we went to Triumph, which is in Old City.

There's some outdoor seating which is nice and the burgers were delicious.

Don't forget to check out Capogiro's for some great gelato. They just opened up a new location in University City at the new Radian building across from the UPenn dorms.

My husband and I picked up sandwiches from here one night for dinner and while we thought they were a bit pricey, all three were VERY good. We had the skirt steak, meatballs, and catfish sandwiches. We actually ordered the pulled pork but got the catfish instead but were happy w/ the mixup. Our favorite was the meatball w/ the catfish a close second.

At first I thought that I'd rather just get a filling banh mi from Saigon on Broome for half the price of one sandwich from Nam Pung but to be honest, they are really different. I'm craving the meatball sandwich now! :)

Pretzel croissant from City Bakery!