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Fairway in Red Hook...that place is amazing.

Sourdough. It's the best.

Serrated knife. How did I cut bread or tomatoes without it before? Very poorly.

Grubstreet

Bacon wrapped shrimp in barbecue sauce and corn on the cob then do it up mexican style.

It's a tie between my first time at Tesco when I moved to Ireland and my first time at Fairway in Red Hook. They were memorable for very different reasons which I'm sure you can figure out. Although, I would also have to throw in my first time at Picard Surgeles when I lived in Paris. I was fascinated with frozen food as a child so to encounter and entire store dedicated to frozen food was pretty cool. I got the duck fat potatoes and they were tasty.

The Godmother at Bay Cities in Santa Monica is the BEST sandwich I have ever eaten and will remain so until I die. Genoa salami, coppacola, ham, prosciutto, provolone. Pretty much any sandwich you get there is amazing, but that specific one holds a special place in my heart (er stomach). It's really the bread that makes it so good. And the giardiniera. I've yet to find a similar one in nyc that comes even remotely close to the quality of a Bay Cities sandwich.

Yea! The crunchiness is what makes it so good. I do Taco Tuesdays every now and then with both hard and soft taco shells- it's great. I've never heard of anyone having such issues eating a hard shell taco...

Oh my gosh I'm so sorry for your loss. Teared up while reading this. I love my sister's dogs like they are my own so I can only imagine how devastated you must be. He will be greatly missed by many SE readers. I'm going to go give the dogs a hug now.

I've bought Cracker Jack's before when I used to go to ballgames...that is until I went to a Met's game and got hit by a foul ball which broke my collar bone. True story. I hate baseball now.

Homemade, satisfying food that is as enjoyable to make as it is to eat.

Hmm none of the sandwiches I usually get are on here, but maybe that's because they've changed them, which is really annoying. I usually to go to the one under Rockefeller when passing through for lunch. I like the spicy shrimp & cilantro wrap and the chicken caesar wrap (though they recently changed it to a baguette and I'm disappointed because I really liked the wrap). I also used to get the cuban a while ago, which was pretty tasty - they really should bring it back. Their soups are blah - I find them all to be really watered down and flavorless. I do like the little brownie squares because they're small and I don't feel as guilty for eating them. My only issue is that it's overpriced, but I like not having to wait forever for food.

Oh man, koala yummies were my favorite thing to get at the "Asian" market as a child along with shrimp crackers. Also, the banh mi sandwich shop next door was so good...still can't find any here that can compare.