[Photo: Robyn Lee] As Liz Lemon so sagely observed, "All of humankind has one thing in common—the sandwich. I believe that all anyone really wants in this life is to sit in peace and eat a sandwich." So lunchers,...
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] I'm a big fan of the lunchtime sandwiches at Murray's Cheese in the West Village, both the pre-made and panini-to-order sandwiches, but it wasn't until a friend deemed their quesadilla as his favorite lunch item did...
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While perusing the fascinating selection of sweets at Murray's Cheese in the West Village, I stopped in front of a set of Zzang candy bars by Zingerman's Bakehouse in Michigan. Priced at $4.99, each 2.5 ounce bar isn't exactly...
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At Murray's Cheese in the West Village, they call it the "Meltshake". Enter in through the glass doors on Bleecker, and look to your right. There you'll see a big chalkboard offering shakes concocted in flavors of Chocolate and...
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It stands to reason that a superior cheese shop should serve a superior cheese sandwich. And Murray’s Cheese Shop has long had an excellent sandwich counter. But they’ve really outdone themselves with Murray’s Melts—a design-your-own grilled cheese bar that...
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In theory,
Murray's Cheese Shop should be seriously delicious sandwich central. Think about it: Great sandwiches depend on great ingredients assembled in balanced fashion, and nobody has a better selection of cheeses and fresh, cured, and smoked meat than Murray's. Further, serious investigation was needed.
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They are true to their word at Murray's Cheese Shop where the lemon cake is indeed drenched in the essence of tangy sweet lemons. Sticky lemon syrup saturates the cake pores, rendering the body addictively moist. The surface is...
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It was a week of memorable bites: The prosciutto balls at Joe's Superette on Smith Street in Carroll Gardens. There's still very little else on the shelves in the store, but those creamy, tangy, peppery, crunchy prosciutto balls rock. And...
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Returning from a series of business meetings, I found myself wandering through the food market in New York's Grand Central Station. At the Murray's Cheese shop kiosk I came across a container of Largueta Almonds. Murray's proprietor Rob Kaufelt is...
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