Month: October 2014

CORNER BISTRO NEW YORK BURGERS

CORNER BISTRO

 

 

Happy to see Corner Bistro’s Burger can still make it to # 1 Best of New York list these days. I’ve been eating Cheeseburgers there since 1984. Yes 26 Years of Bistro Burgers. Back then, the Burger at the Corner Bistro was for Year-After-Year thee perennial favorite, # 1, Top, Best Burger in New York, rated by the Top and most Powerful food Authorities of the day, New York Magazine, The NY Times, Cue Magazine, The Post, The Village Voice, GQ, Bob Lape on 7’s Eyewitness News, The Daily News, so on and so forth. Nine out of ten people, newspapers, and news agency’s, The Bistro Burger was always “Tops,” # 1. It no longer is. And it was tops for some 30 years. Quite a run. Sadly the quality of the Burger has gone down a bit, and there are numerous chemistry better, tastier Burgers in town. Shake Shack get my Vote for the Top, New York’s best Burger, with Bills Bar and Burger and Peter Luger not far behind. But the Shake Shack Burger has all the proper elements that come together and make for perfect chemistry of, dear I say, “The Perfect Burger.” Well if not the perfect Burger, New York’s Best, or at least amongst the Best, everyone has their opinion. Some not as qualified as others. As I’ve been eating the East Coast’s Best Burgers since childhood, and being a former Chef Culinary Professional, I have greater qualifications than most.

The Shake Shack Burgers elements that make it so good, are: Top Quality Beef, Just the right size and thickness, not too thin nor too thick, which unfortunately many think makes a burger is better, the thicker it is. Not so. A 6 oz., 3/4″ Burger is Best and it has to be cooked on a Flat-Top Grill cooking in its own fat to qualify amongst the best. Cooking on a grated grill, just won’t do. You’ll often get terribly overcooked hard spots, losing all important beef fat for the burger to cook in. You’ll need a good hamburger bun, toasted preferred, not too fancy, and a major No-No is the use of an English Muffin. Though i Love them for breakfast, English Muffins are a terrible choice, pairing to a Burger. the Burger has to be properly cooked
And one of thee most important rules to a great Burger, it can’t cost more than $6.50, and about $4.50 is even better. The Shake Shake burger meets all these requirements, even exceeding them.
Back to the Bistro Burger. For nostalgias sake and Price to value ratio, combined with the great old New York Bar ambiance, The Bistro Burger always makes it on my Top 10 List. As the Post states, to be able to get a great burger for just $6.50 with Beers at $2.75 in one of New York’s few remaining Bohemian Bars, and in Greenwich Village? A combination that just can’t be beat.
by Daniel Bellino Zwicke
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FAMOUS OLD NEW YORK BARS

    Grand Daddy of All Old New York Bars

1.   McSorley’s Old Ale House .. East 7th Street, East Village, New York

2.   Old Town Bar … East 18th Street, Union Square, New York

3.   Pete’s Tavern  … Irving Place, Gramercy Park, NY, NY

4.   White Horse Tavern .. Hudson Street, Greenwich Village

5.    PJ Clarke’s … 3rd Avenue at 55th Street, Midtown, NY NY

6.    Ear Inn  …. Spring Street, Soho 

7.    Fanelli’s Cafe  … Prince Street, Soho

8.    Peter McManus … 7th Avenue at 18th Street, Chelsea

9.    Minetta Tavern .. Macdougal Street, Greenwich Village

PJ CLARKE’S
 
 
 
photo Daniel Bellino Zwicke
 
 
 
 
 
WAVERLY INN
 
 
photo Daniel Bellino Zwicke
 
 
 
 
 
WHITE HORSE TAVERN
 
 
 
 
PETE’S TAVERN
 
Gramercy Park
 
NEW YORK,  NY
 
Since 1864
 
photo Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
 
 
 
 
OLD TOWN BAR
 
FLATIRON NEW YORK
 
 
Inside The OLD TOWN BAR
 
18th STREET
 
between BROADWAY & PARK AVENUE
 
 
 
 
A Beautiful Watercolor Painting of FANELLI’S
 
 
 
FANELLI’S
 
Prince Street, Soho,  New York, NY
 
Since 1847 ???
 
 
 
MINETTA TAVERVN
 
Macdougal Street & Minetta Lane
 
GREENWICH VILLAGE
 
 
photo Daniel Bellino Zwicke
 
 
 
 
 
PETER McMANUS
 
 
CHELSEA
 
New York, NY
 
 
La TAVOLA is NEW YORK ITALIAN
 
 
 
 
 
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The COLLECTED RECIPES of The DUDE
 
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Once Upon a Tart Will Reopen

The TART Is ReOpening !!!  “Oh HAPPY DAY”

I recievied this eMail form Jerome Audureau, stating, “Good news after 2 months closed           ONCE UPON a TART …  will be re opening November 7th .



Jerome Audureau

jerome@onceuponatart.com

 

ONCE UPON a TART sadly closed this past Summer (2014). For those of us who truly loved this quaint little bakery / cafe, the closing was quite a blow, akin to losing a very close friend .. The TART as the regulars like myself call it, had operated in its wonderful Old New York Storefront for some 23 years. The storefront of the tart is more or less the same as it was some 100 years ago when it operated as a bakery in this Italian immagrant dominated neighborhood of the Sout Village (Greenwich Village). Yes, technically this part of Sullivan Street (block between W. Houston & Prince Street) is considered Soho .. Well if you’re an old-timer and especially of Italian descent and grew up in the neighborhood, this “Is Not Soho,” but The Village … Basta!
Anyway, Once Upon a Tart is a much loved little Cafe .. For many, like me, it is a second home we we go to get our daily coffee, muffins, and tarts to start our day just right. Yes we get our coffee, muffins, soups, and sandwiches at The Tart, but it not just that. At The Tart we get so much more .. Everyday I get up and out of my Greenwich Village apartment and my first stop of the day is to my beloved Tart .. I go for my daily morning coffee, which like any great coffee lover, I do love dearly. I go for my coffee and my bonus of seeing the lovely Cleo, Anna. Samina or anyone of the wonderful counter-girls who work at the Tart .. These women are lovely and it is for me one of the simple pleasures of life just to go and get my coffee and be greeted so warmly each and every morning by someone as lovely as Cleo, Kanai, or one of the other girls who work at The Tart. When I say that Kanai Cleo Jerome and all the girls who work there are “like Family,” this is not just Cliche but something tangible and oh so true and my favorite thing about my Tart …
The atomosphere is homey, welcoming, serene, and oh so lovely. Yes, as I’ve said, the Tart is a second home to many of us. It’s a meeting place and a sactuary. It’s sanctuary to us regulars as well as so many thousands upon thousands of tourists who’ve either stumbled upon this lovely little gem or read about it and seeked it out for one of their famous Chocolate Pear Tarts, Madelines, or other tasty treat. They stop in for a little refuge, coffee, tea, a place to sit and get a tasty little treat. It’s a place so special and a welcome repreive.
Once Upon a Tart to reopen? Please Lord let this be true, we miss it and want it back, and of this, there is not much more to say. Basta!
Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
CLEO
The Lovliest Lady You Could
Ever Wish to Great You With Her Sweet Smile
and Your Daily Morning Coffee
“We MISS YOU & EVERYONE”
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Jerome The TARTS Owner
Chris Nominee & John Kenney
from left to right
My Dads Pickup Truck
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“Just Because”
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BEER
ART
Ballatine Ale Can
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Famous Italian Bakeries of New York

VESUVIO

 

VESUVIO BREAD BAKERS

PRINCE STREET … Soho / GREENWICH VILLAGE New York

Note: Vesuvio’s Bakery has closed, however the Beautiful Piece of Italian New York History remains in its Landmark Status Storefront ..

 

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 CANNOLIS

 

Venerio

 VENERIO PASTICCERIA

EAST VILLAGE New YORk

SINCE 1984

 

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PARISI BAKERS

 

PARISI BAKERY, Little Italy, New York

Bread Bakers 

Ferrara

mrnewyorkny

 

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 Caputo

CAPUTO BAKERS CARROL GARDENS, BROOKLYNCaputos Bake Shop, Carrol Gardens, BROOKLYN

Mario Fortunato

Mario Fortunato, FORTUNATO BROTHERS BAKERY

BROOKLY NEW YORK

Sfogiatelle

SFOGIATELLE

Fortunato Bros. Bakery