Showing posts with label Pastrami. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Eaters Guide New York Restaurants Food


WHAT & WHERE to EAT in NEW YORK CITY

EATERS GUIDE to NEW YORK






RAO'S

"It's Great,but You Can't Get In" !!!






JOHN'S of 12th STREET

OLD SCHOOL ITALIAN 

"RED SAUCE JOINT"






CHINATOWN

NEW YORK



What to eat in New York? It's one of the Worlds Great Cities, if not the Greatest City of All?
Besides being the capital of many things and many business sectors, New York is known as one of the Worlds Great Food Cities, with some Great Restaurants. We've got Great Italian Food, Chinese, Japanese Sushi, Korean BBQ, Indian Food Restaurants, Pizza, Bagles, and Pastrami. Those last 3 food items mentioned are New York's most iconic of all New York Food Eats, with Pastrami, Bagels, and Pizza. When you think of Iconic New York Foods, most people will think of these 3, along with maybe Hot Dogs as well. When it comes to Hot Dogs, New York doesn't really have a great Hot Dog selection other than Nathan's in Coney ISland, brooklyn New York, and Gray's Papaya Hot Dogs, which sadly, has recently close down.

Now back to Bagels, Pizza, and Pastrami. In these 3 departments, New York excels. We've got great Pastrami at our famed Jewish Delis of Katz's Deli on Houston Street in New York's Lower East Side.
Katz has great Pastrami, Brislet, and Corned Beef Sandwiches, and a good Hot Dog too. They also have a great old slogan that popped up during World War II, in "Send a Salami to Your Boy in The Army" for their Kosher Jewish Beef Salami.





"SEND a SALAMI to YOUR BOY in The AMRY"

KATZ DELI




JEWISH DELIS - PASTRAMI CORNED BEEF & MATZAH BALL SOUP

New York has lost two Great Jewish Delis in recent years when The Stahe Deli and the famed Carnegie Deli closed in recent years. The loss of these two great old Jewish Delis, was a great blow to the New York Food and Restaurant Scene, but sadly they are gone, and there's nothing to be done. 

About 20 years ago, we lost what in my opinion (quality & tastewise) was bar far the best Jewish Deli in all New York with the most tasty Pastrami Sandwich of them all, was The 2nd Avenue Deli, which was on 2nd Avenue at East 10th Street. On March 5th 1996 Abe Lebewohl, the owner of The
2nd Avenue Deli was savagely murdered bys some no good piece of shi_ while making a early morning / night deposit at The NatWest Bank on 2nd Avenue. The no good bastard who shot Mr. Lebewohl (aged 64), shot him in the head 1 time and in the stomach. Lebewohl died at Bellevue Hospital at 9:40 AM. A few years later. Not long afterwards The 2nd Avenue Deli closed.

The 2nd Avenue Deli re-opened a few years later in Gramercy Park, but it's not the same without Abie and not on 2nd Avenue in the Lower Easr Side of New York.

Though Jewish Delis and New York Pastrami has lost a bit of their luster without the famed
Carnegie Deli and Abe Lebewohl, there still remains some good Pastrami in New York, at Sarge's Deli on 3rd Ave in Gramercy Park, The Pastrami Queen on Lexington Avenue UES of New York, Ben's on West 38th Street, and PJ Bernsteins.


BAGELS

New York is known for its Bagels. Bagels are a great Breakfast item on the go, as well as the base for all kinds of Sandwiches. They are best with a smear of Cream Cheese. Plain Cream Cheese is best, but there are many different flavored ones to choose from, like : Scallion Cream Cheese, and Cream Cheese flavored with Smoked Salmon and other varieties as well. A Bagel with Cream Cheese and Lox is the ultimate, if you've got the cash. My personal favorite is an Everything Bagel with plain Cream Cheese from Bob's Bagels on University Place in Greenwich Village, or Bagles on The Square on Carmine Street.

Famous Bagel Joints : Kossar's Bagels & Bialys on Grand Street, Muray's Bagels 6th Ave Greenwich Village, Bob's Bagels, Zabar's on Broadway on New York's Upper West Side, and Zecuker's Bagels & Smoked Fish on Lexington Avenue near the Chrysler Building.

Russ & Daughters for New York's Best Smoked Fish, Bagels, Lox, Smoked Sabel and Salmon.



PIZZA




John's of Bleecker Street Pizzeria


NEW YORK PIZZA



When it comes to Pizza, New York is King. Not only is New York America's Greatest City for Pizza, it also happens to be one of the World's Great Pizza Cities of them all, including Naples Italy. Chicago can't even come close. Some even feel as thouhg New York might have the Best Pizza in the World, including and beating out Naples (Napoli) Italy, for The WOrld's Best Pizza. "We agree" !

Does New York make the World's Best Pizza? Believe it or not, the answer is Yes. Yes beelieve it or not, New York may be the Pizza Capital of the World, when it comes to making the Worlds Best Pizza. "Are you insane?" some may say. Not not really, but I get people thinking this, if anyone makes the claim that New York makes the Best Pizza in the World, and that includes Napoli, and all of Italy, in this said statement. 

Well everyone knows that New York makes the Best Pizza in all of America. That's a fact. You can forget about Chicago, New Haven, and Pizza Bianco in Phoenix, everyone knows New York Pizza is the best, from a couple thousand regular Pizza Joints turning out great Pizza from gas fired ovens, to the awesome historic Pizzerias like; Lombardi's, Johns' of Bleecker Street, Patsy's Pizzeria in East Harlem. and Tottono's on Neptune Avenue, Coney Island, all of these with coal firened pizza ovens, to wonderful spots that make traditional Neapolitan Pizza in Wood Burning ovens, at places like Bella Blu on Lexington Avenue, Motorino, and Trattoria Gigino in Tribeca, New York collectively may very well be the spot that makes the World's Best Pizza. "I kid you not."

I love Italy and Naples and have numerous wonderful Pizzas, but I have often had dissapointing ones as well, as in the case of Pizzeria di Matteo in Napoli, which many consider one of the World's best pizzerias, making some of the World's Best Pizza. "Not" !!! No way. This and some other places in Naples, Italy, do not really turn out great Pizza. Sometimes yes as in the case of Da Marino Trattoria / Pizzeria which makes amazing Pizza that lives up to the moniker of Best in The World. The Pizza that I've had at Da Marino is among the nest Pizza I have ever eaten anywhere, and for me, along with Tutino Pizzeria. Their Pizza is amazing, and one of the best in Naples, and the World.




The SOHO SQUARE



The Soho Square

PRINCE STREET PIZZA

"AMAZING" !!!




THE BEST PIZZA I HAVE EVER EATEN

THESE ARE MY FAVORITES of ALL TIME



DiFARA PIZZA ... Avenue J, Brooklyn, New York
RISTORANTE PIZZERIA MARINO, Naples, Italy
JOHN'S PIZZERIA , Bleecker Street, New York NY
L'ARCHETTO PIZZERIA, Salerno, Italy
TUTINO PIZZERIA, Via Cesare 
PRINCE STREET PIZZA, Spring Street, NY .. "The Soho Square with Pepperoni is Amazing !"
TOTTONO'S, Neptune Avenue, Coney Island, Brooklyn NY
L&B SPUMONI GARDENS, Brooklyn, NY
BELLA BLU, Lexington Avenue, New York NY..  A Secret Gem making "Some of NYC Best Pizza"
La LANTERNA, Greenwich Village NY   ....   "The Potato Onion Pizza is Amazing"


The Above LIST is not in any particular order. I've eaten Pizza in the Best Places in the World, including Naples, Sicily, Rome, Salerno, The Amalfi Coast, and New York. These are the best Pizzas I've ever eaten.




TRIBUTE to DOMONIC DeMARCO


The Late Great DOM DeMARCO

RIP



Is a Religious Experience !!!

"Yes it is" !!!

 
Much has been said of the now famed Pizzeria (DiFarra Pizza) on Avenue J in Brooklyn, New York the Capital of Thee Best Pizza in the whole United States of America, bar-none, even Manhattan. Brooklyn lays claim to the Top two Pizzerias in the country, the top of the list 1 and 2, number 1, The Best and number 2, the second best. Well no, I don’t know if I should put it that way, as it sound s as one is better than the other, which is not ht e case, as they are both equally good, equally Great and equally the Best Pizza and the Best Pizzerias in the United States, though they are are little different than one another. The Pizza at both Totonno’s on Neptune Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York and Di Farra Pizza on Avenue J in Brooklyn are both otherworldly specimens of some the Finest Pizza on other and the Undisputed Best Pizza in America.


Excerted from "Eating Pizza at DeFarra Pizza is a Religous Experinece"



DBZ




ITALIAN RESTAURANTS

Some of The BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANTS in NYC

Not in Any Paricular Order "They're All Great"



Bar Pitti

Greenwich Village





Bar Pitti




Bar Pitti

Where Friends & Family Eat Some of New York's Best Italian Food





The NEON SIGN

MIONTE'S TRATTORIA

GREENWICH VILLAGE





Chef Pietro Mosconi

From PIACENZA, Italy

The Man Behind MONTE'S



Chef Pietro Mosconi is a Real Italian Chef. We say this, meaning that he was born and raised in Emelia Romagna, Italy, home of Parmigiana Reggiano Cheese, Prosciutto di Parma, Ragu Bolognese, Tortellini en Brodo, and Tortoloni Panna, to name but a few monumental food items of thea rea where Chef Pietro was born and raised, and Pietro werves them all. He makes the tastiest fressh homemade pasta dishes in all of New York, including : Lasagma Bolognese, Canneloni,
Paglia Fieno (Straw & Hay Pasta), Gnocchi, and Fettuccine Bolognese to name a few of the great dishes on Pietro's menu.

Monte's is what is known as an Old School Italian Red Sauce Joint, of which there are very few left in New York City. These are without question the best Italian Restaurant experience to be had in New York, bar none, in places like Monte's and John's of 12th Street on East 12th Street, on the other side of town.

Monte's Trattoria has been around Since 1918, when the Monteverde Family first opened the place. It's still there on Macdougal Street in Greenwich Village, NY, and still going strong under the guidance of Chef Pietro Mosconi, and his son Peter Mosconi, the General Manager, who run sthe front of the house, and along with his father Pietro, give their customers the warmest welcome you are likely to so at any restaurant in all of New York. This is one of the reasons, along with a wonderful ambiance, excellent service, and great food, Monte's is always busy and very sucessful, as the place is so warm and welcoming. There are many regulars, both local and from all over teh country and around the World. All the out of town regulars, always make Monte's a stop on their itinerary whenever in New York. 

So if you've never been to Monte's, one of New York's Best and coolest Italian restaurants of them all, go, and maybe you'll become a regualar too. And don't foregt to get their Tira Mi Su. "It's the Best in Town."



DBZ





CIPRIANI DOWNTOWN


Cipriani Downtown

Soho, New York






Raviolis at CIPRIANI





Inside CIPRIANI DONWTOWN

Great Artwork



It may be Eurotrash Central, but that doesn't stop it from being one of New York's Best
Italian Restaurants, serving the same amazing Italian Food you get at their famed father restaurant Harry's Bar, Venice, Italy.

If you're dining at a Cipriani Restaurant anywhere in the World, whether it's : the original Harry's Bar, Venice, Nonte Carlo, Hong Kong, Miami, or New York, the food is the same. If you're a Chef at Hary's Bar (Venice), or any Cipriani restaurant, no matter where it is, you can't make your own food, but the food that has always been served at Harry's Bar in Venice, where Giuseppe Cipriani opened Harry's Bar in 1933, serving great Italian Food and Cocktails. The food never changes. It's always great, and consistenly so. If you take a job as the Executive Chef at a Cipriani restaurant, you must make the Cipriani Dishes according to the recipes as they were developed by the Cipriani family and the first chef of Harry's Bar, Venice. Make them tasty, make them the same as they have alway been made, and be consistant.

I always tell people that Harry's Bar is my favorit restaurant in the World, and it is, "I Love."
And I Love it for the great feeling I get when I'm there. I love the food, the wine and cocktails, the ambiance, the feel of the place and the top notch service. It's not cheap, but it's worth it. 

Carpacio was invented at Harry's Bar in Venice, and so was the Bellini Cocktail. other famous dishes that are always on the menu are : Taglierlini Gratinatee, Calves Liver, Pasta Bolognese. These dishes are always tasty, and always the same, "Delicious."

If you want a great Italian dining experience in New York, go to Cipriani Downtown, you're sure to have a good time.

Basta !







The LEMON MERINGUE PIE

At CIPRIANI

"You can't believe how Damn Good it is" !!!

"It's AMAZING" !!!!






JOHN'S of 12th STREET

CLASSIC NEW YORK RED SAUCE JOINT

SINCE 1908


Yes John's is a Classic Old School Italian New York "Red Sauce Joint" and we Love it. We love it for it's great ambiance, atomosphere, history, Classic New York Italian Food, and just for being there, and still operating. Most people don't releive itit, but places like John's Italian Restaurant on East 12th Street, is what I call a "Living Museum" .. Yes it is. It's an Old School Italian Restaurant that you do what people did 100 years ago. It was a much different time back then. No TV, no Celphones, no Internet. This neighborhood where this great old Italian restaurant John's is still in operation was pretty much an Italian neighborhood, with a few Ukrainians mixed in. Not just Italian, but primarily Sicilians. Sicilians who came to this neighborhood on the Lower East Side of New York. It's now known as the East Village. Sicilian families immigrated to the neighborhood. One such family were the Luciano's of Lercara Friddi, Sicily. Luciano's you ask? Yes that Luciano. None other than Charle's "Lucky" Luciano, his mother Roselia, father Antonio, and Salavatore's 4 siblings, settled on East 10th Street in 1906.  Salvatore Luciano aka Charle's "Lucky" Luciano would go on to become head of the Genovese Crime Family, and most powerful Mob Boss in all of America. He often ate at John's. No doubt Pasta Fagioli, Eggplant, and Maccerhoni Pasta.

Well enough of all that Luciano stuff. Lets get back to John's. This restuarant is one of only a handful left of New York's beloved Old School Restaurants that remain. There's Rao's up in East Harlem, Monte's Trattoria in Greenwich Village, Bamonte's in Williamsburg, and just a few more. Sadly, Lanza's, around the block from John's on 1st Avenue, and was over 100 Years Old closed a few years ago. It was a tragic loss, as was the 100 Year Old plus Sicilian Pastry Shop "DeRoberti's" next to Lanza's. All these places were Mafi strongholds back in the day.

If you go to John's these days, you will find a great atosmosphere of this 112 year old relic, that has a decor that is still intact from 1908. It's got the same 114 year old tile floor and murals of iconic Italian locals, suc as : Naples, Pizza, Rome, and Venice, Italy. They still have the same old bar were gangsters downed shots of Anisette, Amaro, and glasses of Chianti. 

During Prohibition., the restaurant operated a Speakeasy in an apartment on the 2nd Floor of the building.

John's serves the usual suspects of any good Italian New York Red Sauce Joints, with dishes like : Baked Clams Oreganata, Calms Posillipo (Siantra's Favorite), Speedino alla Romano, Stracitella Soup, Manicotti, Canneloni, Spaghetti Meatballs or Vongole, Chicken Parm, Eggplant, and Veal Parmigiano.  No place in all of New York makes Speedino quite like John's, it's amazing. They excel at making Baked Clams, and the best plate of Spaghetti Carbonara in all of New York. Go and check it out. You'll be glad you do.

"Basta" !!!



DBZ











SUNDAY SAUCE

WHEN ITALIAN-AMERICANS EAT






NONNA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK

RECIPES FROM MY SICILIAN NONNA











 

Friday, October 4, 2013

WORLD'S BEST PASTRAMI

KATZ'S DELI
LES NEW YORK, NY
E. HOUSTON STREET



"SEND A SALAMI To YOUR BOY In THE ARMY"






MARCO PIERRE WHITE
ENJOYING KATZ'S PASTRAMI




ABIDE in da PASTRAMI !!!


The DUDE & FOOD

in

The BIG LEBOWSKI COOKBOOK

ABIDE !!!




Tuesday, February 14, 2012

MY DAYS WITH REUBEN ...The SANDWICH by Daniel Bellino Zwicke

A CLASSIC REUBEN SANDWICH
The BOWERY DINER
NEW YORK, NY





Wow, The Reuben Sandwich is The Hot new food Item 2012. This is great. The Reuben is one of my All-Time Favorites. So why haven't I had one in ages, I wonder? And why if I haven't had one in ages, that it's one of my All Time Faves? Well I'll tell you. Number one, when made right, it's "Dam Tasty." And I say made right, cause if you don't have the right person or right place makin them, "a lot can go wrong."
    So why is it one of my Favorites you ask, aside from it being so delicious? Well, The Reuben Sandwich takes my back to my youth, to my wonderful days at High School where I first discovered, made, and eat this wonderful thing. Wait a minute. No that's not where I discovered and first ate it, that's where I first made it, I'll tell you about that in a moment. Where I first discovered and ate it was at a restaurant I worked in as a busboy back in High School. It was the Moonraker Restaurant in Paramus New Jersey. Yeah, that's the place. I was working at this restaurant, the Reuben was on the menu and was one of the items we were aloud to order and eat for employee meal. How could I forget?
Well back to high School and making the Reuben. Me and a few of my buddy's loved food. OF course. Now there was a Cooking Class in our High School that only girls took. Guys were never in eat. Never ever! Now me and my buddy's as I've said love food and tow of us work in restaurants. Now we figure if we could get into this Cooking Class we can get to eat a lot of good food, learn to cook, and be a hit with the girls. We didn't care that no guys ever took this class before, just girls, we had "Balls" we didn't care what other people thought, we wanted to eat and we wanted to learn to cook. We signed up for the cooking class and we got in.
    Anyway, one day the teacher asked us if there was anything we wanted to learn how to cook. A few things were thrown out there, I don't remember the other items, but i threw out The REUBEN and guess what, that's what we all decided on that we were going to make. The teacher researched the Reuben. She gave us printed han outs on the Reuben. All ingredients were assembled; Pastrami, Rye Bread, Sauerkraut, Mustard and Swiss Cheese. We were ready to go, me my buddy John P. and this girl Debbie P that my buddy John P couldn't stand. She was skinny as hell but ate a lot of food, more than her fare share and it drove Johnny Boy crazy.
   Anyway, all ingredients were ready, we read the hand out instructions and went to town making our Reubens,. Exciting! I must say, they came out pretty good. We loved them and subsequently I made them a couple times at home. But guess what, I haven't had one of these lovely morsels of a sandwich in years. And guess what. Yeah, I saw the piece in Neww York Magazine this week about "Reintroducing The Reuben." It caught my eye. Especially the great pictures of Juicy Reubens. Dam it got me going. I wanted one. I read the article and decided I had to go. Go get a Reuben that it. Two things appealed to me as to the place I was going to get my Reuben Fix. Number one, I want a real classic Reuben, not some dumb alternative version of one, like a dumb ass Turkey or Chicken Reuben. Hey that's not a Reuben. I want the Real Thing, one on grilled Rye with either Pastrami or Corned Beef, both exceptable meats for the Reuben, although I lean more towards one made with Pastrami.


Daniel Bellino Zwicke




MY REUBEN at The BOWERY DINER

by Daniel Bellino Zwicke



Had a REUBEN SANDWICH at the new Bowery Diner yesterday. Yumm, it was Dam Good. Succulent and tasty as I could have hoped for. Saw the piece in New York Magazine this week reintroducing the Reuben. There were some really juicy pictures that got my juices going and yearning for one of these tasty baby's. I had to get one, and I chose the recently opened Bowery Diner for four reasons. Number one, I'm an old diner from way back. Two, I had read about the Bowery Diner a few weeks ago and because as I said I'm a Diner lover from way back, I wanted to check it out. Three, it's in walking distance from my apartment, and four, the price, it wasn't $15 and up, not like some of the other ones, although it is more than $15 on dinner menu at The Bowery Diner, but at lunch it's just $8.75. Let was the deal closer. And there is actually a fifth reason, as I saw in the picture in NyMag and read about it, it was a Classic Old School Reuben, not some Dumb Ass version of a Reuben made with Chicken or Turkey. The Reuben at the Bowery Diner was Classic and Old School and really looked mouthwatering in that picture.
     So after my morning Coffee and reading the papers on Monday morning, I left the Cafe and started heading east on Prince Street and over to The Bowery, the street that is, of which is the namesake of the Diner. it was a nice brisk Winter's day. The Sun was out and it wasn't too cold, so I had a nice little walk.
   So I get over there and take a peek inside first. It looked pretty cool and it was kind of dead, I was a bit surprised. Thought it would be a little more lively. Maybe at night? One good thing about it not being busy, although I was by myself i should have any problem of getting a nice booth, cause when I'm in a diner, I just gotta sit in a booth. If not a booth, then at the counter but not a regular table. So I walked on in and was greeted by the hostess. I asked for a nice booth and she gave me on. Excellent. The waitress brought me a menu and asked if I wanted anything to drink besides the water. A Coffee please? She brought me a nice Cup of Joe and asked if I was ready to order. Ready to order? I new what I wanted two days ago. So I ordered my Reuben, and oh by the way, I'm hoping and wondering if this baby is going to be as good as it looked in the picture and of how I had been hoping in anticipation that it would. It arrived arrived ten or twelve minutes later and guess what? Hell Yeah! My Reuben Sandwich was every bit as succulent Tasty and Marvelous as I was dreaming it would be. It was downright "Outstanding," nice and juicy and succulent, perfectly toasted Rye Bread, nice melting Gruyere Cheese, Sauerkraut and most important of all a nice thick pile of Succulent Tasty Slightly Smokey, Just about perfect Pastrami. "I Love it." I was in 7th Heaven and ectsty with my Bad Ass Tasty Reuben.
     Well i gotta say, The Bowery Diner and new York Magazine with their little piece on the Reuben and the picture of the Bowery Diner's Reuben met my high expectations. So many times you get disappointed, but here I was thoroughly pleased, a Great Reuben, nice ambiance, and a real nice waitress taking care of me. Great service. And one other happy discovery I made on my way to the laboratory, they got a Cool Old Seeburg Jukebox. it's beautiful. i wanted to play a few tunes, remembrances of my childhood but the hostess said it wasn't hooked up yet. Let's hope it will be, cause it's always a lot of fun throwing quarters in those old baby's, watching your records picked from the pile, put on the turntable ans spun. Love It!
  So, it was quite a nice lunch at The Bowery Diner with My Reuben, the booth, a Cup of Joe and a Cool Old Jukebox, Check it!






SEEBURG JUKEBOX
THE BOWERY DINER
NEW YORK, NY