The Year That Was: The Top 10 Posts on Serious Eats New York

Posted by Adam Kuban, December 26, 2008 at 1:30 PM

And our look back at 2008 continues with The Year That Was on our New York site, Serious Eats New York. These are the Top 10 posts on Serious Eats New York in terms of pageviews. Think of it as a "people's choice," whereby the people voted with their clicks.

1. A Guide to the Best Doughnuts in New York: Ricotta doughnuts, Italian doughnuts, Chinese doughnuts, plain ol' doughnut-shop doughnuts. This guide would make even Homer Simpson dizzy.

2. Momofuku Bakery & Milk Bar: It's Damn Good, Damn It!: Such is the interest in all things Momofuku—and dessert—that this post went skyrocketing to No. 2 even while coming in at the end of the year.

3. A Guide to Bakeries in Manhattan's Chinatown: Gordon Mark's Chinatown guides have been consistently strong performers. I'm not surprised to see this one at this position in the countdown.

4. The Carnegie Deli Pastrami Sandwich Mitosis: How many normal-size sandwiches can you make from one gargantuan Carnegie Deli pastrami sandwich? We find out. Hint: Three's not a crowd ...

5. NYC's Top 10 Ice Cream Sandwiches: You all love your sweets roundups, don't you?

6. A Guide to Cheap Snacks in Manhattan's Chinatown: And our man Gordon Mark rings in with another Chinatown guide. Cheap eats for around two bucks or less. Perfect for this crap economy.

7. Ikea Hack: Free Ferry and Bus Service Will Give Easy Access to Red Hook Ball Field Vendors: Caveat emptor—this "hack" may no longer work. But it was a great flash of genius on Raphael's part to have come up with this one.

8. Blue Hill at Stone Barns—The Most Important Restaurant in America: This combination working farm and restaurant presided over by chef and partner Dan Barber, might be, just might be, the most important and gutsiest restaurant in America right now.

9. La Nacional: The Best, and Quirkiest, Spanish Restaurant in New York: When you walk through the door, you're in a windowless bar with tables and a couple of old television sets tuned to sports. A dining room with brown, ageless walls looks and feels like many a dining room in Spain.

10. At Porchetta, the Namesake Dish Is Just About the Whole Deal: Sara Jenkins, this restaurant's owner, is an extremely accomplished Italian chef who grew up spending summers in Italy. Clearly she knows her way around porchetta.

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