Their Red Zinfandel is actually pretty good. The magnum is my go to cooking wine for pot roasts and short ribs. 750ml for meat, 750 for me.... all for like $12.
Haha. I knew this question would result in more questions...
My advice: Go to a good liquor store and pick out the scotch with the coolest label between $50 - $75. If you're lucky, you'll find something he's never had before. Best gift to a real scotch drinker is a new discovery.
Big Marty's bun, pickle, american and fries on top!
Excellent article, excellent tour! The food on that slide show looks amazing! One question: the tacos from the Tia Julia truck are sliced in half- has anyone ever seen that before? Local tradition? And that is one hell of a taco in the pic!
Moustache Pitza? Really? Most revolting name ever!
I'm a huge meat eater. I have no problem with slaughter of animals for my delicious enjoyment. But suckling pig is the one thing in the world that I refuse to eat. I'm sure it is absolutely, unbelievably delicious. But it is a baby. That's just sort of morally revolting.
Love the name and dumping a sprig of rosemary into the mix- this year I'm serving Samanthahain cocktails!
6 Bucks? Seriously? You can buy a brick of mate for all of $10 and make a swimming pool of the stuff.
Any place that doesn't serve up a taco with two tortillas does not know what they are doing and should be shunned like a three legged goat.
Seriously? No one answered correctly. My favorite summer meal is...... CRABS.
Steamed. If you boil them in Maryland you have to leave.
Paris Sandwich gives me the Heebie Jeebies.
I generally find it easier to walk up to more diminutive line-waiters, say "What's up, Nerd?" and push them out of the line.
I don't know what that big brown thing in the basket is, but it's obscene. Is that a bellybutton?
Ah yes, I've been plotting to go up to 86th St for a Schaller & Weber visit but never made the trip. Anything else farther south?
Guinness Stew is the absolute best. However, you left out the secret weapon: Parsnips. Throws the stew from great to legendary. Toss in a few peppercorns too.
Wow. I'm in love. x2.
The future is in pickled eggs ladies.
Papa Johns sucks balls.
I'm with thesteveroller- Crif Dogs bites. And their hipster waitstaff has got to be among the most pretentiously irritating in NY.
Since summer's over, I'm longing for a big fat barbequed Tri-Tip!
Wild Mushroom Stuffing!
Don't forgot a crucial ingredient in a real dive bar: Old Men. Preferably drinking bottles of beer out of diminutive juice glasses. Any dive without old men is just a bar with cheap beer. And spot on with the Christmas lights!
I vote for Sparks too!
It's the dawn of Barbeque Season and I'm left in a quandary. My old standby German butcher shop closed down and I am left without a source for fresh grillable sausage goodness. Anyone know where I can get my fix of Bratwurst, Weisswurst, et al? A Boudin blanc while we're on the subject? Easy to find great Italian sausages, but everything else and you can forget it. Help! I'm dyin over here!
Anyone have any ideas of where to buy live blue crabs in New York? Any places in Jersey?
I'm trying to throw a nice proper Maryland crab feast this weekend and I'm desperately searching for a fish store to buy a bushel of crabs. Usually I just drive down to Delaware- anything south of Philly is good, but this year I don't think I can go all the way down there. Thanks!
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Burger Party to celebrate the birth of my son!!