Entries tagged with 'Little Italy'
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Fun is usually not the first thing that comes to mind when I think of tasting menus. Expensive? For sure. Exciting? I hope so. Tasty? Better be. Show-offy? Often. So when I went to
Torrisi Italian Specialties for Rich Torrisi's freshly designed $125 twenty-course tasting menu, I couldn't help but wonder: could the chef's characteristic sense of humor make such a marathon meal a fun experience?
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I've made my stance on faux meat pretty clear in the past (hint:
I don't like it) and I've never been to a Pan Asian restaurant I've liked. This made my choice of Wild Ginger, a vegan, pro-faux restaurant serving such enticing-sounding dishes as General Tsao's Soy Protein and Tofu Teriyaki Sizzling Platter a little suspect. What was I thinking? Luckily, turns out that amidst all that nonsense, there are some actually tasty lunch options.
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Flour, water, yeast, and salt. Back in 1903, a Neapolitan immigrant named Joe Parisi opened the
Parisi Bakery at 198 Mott Street in Little Italy. The residents of that stretch of Mott were almost all from the Naples area, and Joe baked for them the kind of loaves that they knew from the old country.
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We didn't purposely move into our offices in the Chinatown/Little Italy neighborhood last year to be closer to Torrisi Italian Specialties, but it sure worked in our favor. Torrisi's little sib Parm opened next door last November by the same two classically trained Italian-American chefs
Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone, who are elevating comfort-foody dishes with sophisticated cooking techniques (does anyone in Little Italy use a CVap oven to make pork chop pizzaiola?). They've got a whole selection of nightly specials, from Italian Thanksgiving on Thursdays to Chinese on Sundays. Check 'em all out.
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My eyes tend to skip over any sandwich with roasted red peppers and goat cheese; I mean, you've eaten one veggie sandwich, you've eaten 'em all, right? Nope. The
Pressed Vegetable Sandwich ($7.50) from Fiat Café was the first to disappear from the table on a recent lunch trip.
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I cannot remember ever ordering a tuna sandwich—I have an irrational fear of mayonnaise and am turned off by the scent of standard tuna fish salad—but I was drawn to this
Italian Tuna Panini ($6.50) at the adorable Fiat Café on Mott Street.
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Parm, the new sandwich and lunch shop from the gentlemen of Torrisi Italian Specialties, officially opens today next door to that restaurant. We were lucky enough to get a sneak preview yesterday. Here's what to expect.
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Most years, the
San Gennaro Festival in Little Italy is a bunch of greasy sausages, fried Oreos, and neon-colored slushies. This year... well, you'll find a bunch of greasy sausages, fried Oreos, and neon-colored slushies.
But! You'll also find some much better eats, thanks to chefs from Torrisi Italian Specialties, The Breslin, L'Artusi, and many more.
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I've been meaning to grab breakfast at
Bluebird Sky Cafe ever since reading Ashley Muir Bruhn's
report this winter, and I'm happy to say that the
Egg Sandwich ($5.25) was every good as I expected.
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Pork!, went a voice in my head, quickly followed by
Pork! Pork! Pork! OMG Pork! My inner monologue is not particularly eloquent, but it knows what it wants. A bit of nose-following led me to the back counter where Louis DiPalo himself was slicing off a fat hunk of steaming porchetta for a customer.
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