Posted on July 21, 2010 by mheusler
When it comes to classic Italian sandwich shops in the city everyone has their favorite. While there is certainly room for debate, I think that anyone who visits Alidoro in Soho enough and tries a few different types of their sandwiches, will at the very least be forced to acknowledge it’s place amongst the greats. The [...]
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Posted on July 7, 2010 by mheusler
I remember reading about the Meatball Shop a few weeks before it opened up and thinking to myself “holy shit, that’s a good idea. Why hasn’t someone anyone else done that?” Everyone however, knows that a good idea often amounts to nothing and walking into the Meatball Shop for the first time I’m not sure [...]
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Posted on June 2, 2010 by mheusler
This is a spot I’m doing a post about strictly because I’ve been eating here forever. They’re right across the street from Bloomie’s which I work one block away from and live about six blocks away from. They don’t make the best pizza in the world, I dislike their pasta very much and I doubt [...]
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Posted on May 20, 2010 by mheusler
Acquedolci is a great addition to Grand street and makes sandwiches that I think are at least as good as those from Alleva. Aside from sandwiches they also make fresh bread, pasta dishes and have a small selection of Italian groceries that include sodas like Chinoto and Aranciata. I’ve had a few of their different [...]
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Posted on April 22, 2010 by mheusler
The” where to get a good Italian sandwich in Soho war” is on full blast as newcomers Acquedolci and Torrisi Italian Specialties are challenging longtime dominance of spots like Alidoro’s and Alleva. To be 100% honest I think Torrisi is the best of the bunch right now mainly because of their off the hook side [...]
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Posted on March 11, 2010 by mheusler
99% of time if there’s a guy standing on a corner with an arrow and a sign directing you to a restaurant, the restaurant sucks. Farinella is the anomaly. The dude who owns this place is a rapper from Naples named Alberto Polo Cretara and while I can’t co sign his rhymes because I haven’t [...]
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Posted on January 21, 2010 by mheusler
I no longer work in the Financial District as my entire department got transferred to the more plush diggd of the Upper East Side/Midtown but there are a few places that I had eaten at downtown that I have not yet posted about including the Ravioli Fair Cart. The Ravioli Fair Cart is a rather hot commodity [...]
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Posted on November 12, 2009 by mheusler
I’ve been working in the Financial District for about four and a half years and in January my department will be moving to East 59th street. I am both excited and sad for the move and some of the memories that will be left in my current office space. I’ll be posting a special “simply [...]
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Posted on November 11, 2009 by mheusler
Vinci’s never gets the love that it deserves. Perched on a rather out-of-the-way block, 61st and 1st, I imagine that almost all of the pizza/restaurants business comes from hungry patrons of the nearby rather dilapidated cineplex and regular neighborhood folk such as myself. It’s easy to explain Vinci’s lure. They make pretty good thin crust [...]
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Posted on August 20, 2009 by mheusler
I love Time Out New York’s annual best 100 things to eat in New York list. It’s extremely helpful to a food blogger when single items are listed simply because it makes the blogging easier, cheaper and more efficient. I have been no stranger to Porhchetta in the East Village and their roast pork sandwich but [...]
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