Serious Eats: New York
In Videos: Stavenhagen's Food Pawn Shop with Steve Buscemi and Will Ferrell
Times are tough with our current economy. Need cash more than you need satiation? Bring a sandwich, taco, or other foodstuff to Stavenhagen's Food Pawn Shop in Park Slope, Brooklyn, where they'll buy your food for cold, hard cash. Of course, you can also buy food. It may be secondhand, but it's not skanky; it's exotic. Especially the bugs.
But don't bring gum—the shop's proprietor, Steve Buscemi, says it's not food. Watch the video after the jump.