Posted by Ed Levine, August 25, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Photograph of Donovan's Pub from wallyg on Flickr; photograph of El Sitio's pork chops from wEnDaLicious on Flickr; photograph of Sripraphai from roboppy on Flickr; photograph of Leo's Latticini (Mama's) from Kathy Chan
If you're going to the U.S. Open this week, it's best not to arrive at the stadium hungry. If you're a serious eater, you know that most of the food is going to be overpriced and underdelicious.
Now if you insist on arriving empty-handed with an empty stomach, your two best bets are Tony Mantuano's tapas bar, new this year, and Curry & Curry. Mantuano will be cooking food from his book Wine Bar Food, which we featured on Serious Eats a few months ago. Mantuano is a fine cook (I have eaten his food many times), and I'm assuming they're giving him what he needs to prepare his tapas-style dishes well. But even if his food is up to snuff, it ain't going to be cheap. The people running the concessions at the Open, like at every other sports stadium and event I can think of, definitely subscribe to what I call desert-island or we've-got-you-by-the-balls pricing.
A cheaper, real food alternative might be the aforementioned Curry & Curry, a midtown mostly take-out spot that has somehow made it out to the Open as a sanctioned vendor. Serious Eats' Alaina Browne is going out to the Open tonight, so she will give us a full report.
But let's face it. If you want to eat some seriously delicious and cheap food, you've gotta eat before they take your ticket. There are a couple of solid choices within walking distance, and a number of others a subway stop or short drive away.
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The Yankees scream for it: "The Yankees went on a health kick when Joe Girardi was named manager, prohibiting ice cream from the players’ lounge. Now the ice cream has returned, because the loudest critic of the policy, Mike Mussina, has reached 10 victories. It happened much quicker this season than last."
Posted by Ed Levine, February 1, 2008 at 10:00 AM
According to the New York Post and the New York Daily News, here's what is on the line in the annual mayors' Super Bowl Bet:
If the Giants win, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg will receive 100 cups of Legal Seafoods New England clam chowder, 42 pounds of Dunkin' Donuts coffee, 12 Boston cream pies, 12 dozen Parker House rolls, 100 hot dogs, 20 pizzas, five cases of ice cream and yogurt bars, and 100 servings of organic yogurt.
If the Giants lose, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will receive 42 Carnegie Deli pastrami and corned beef sandwiches; some Big Blue Cheese Eli Mann-Eater burgers from Gallagher's Steak House, a case of beef and chicken patties from Golden Krust Bakery, pizza from Goodfella's on Staten Island, rugelach from Junior's in Brooklyn, ices from the Lemon Ice King of Corona, and 20 pounds of "Super Steak" from Peter Luger, along with six bottles of its steak sauce.
Is it me, or is this the most one-sided food bet in history? Menino will make out like a bandit if the Patriots win. And doesn't it also strengthen my case for New York's food superiority?
Posted by Ed Levine, January 30, 2008 at 6:45 AM
I couldn't resist. Boston Globe food editor Sheryl Julian asked me to write a piece for her paper explaining why New York food is so good and what I love about it. She had seen my post explaining New York's obvious food superiority over Boston and took good-natured umbrage at it. So in today's Boston Globe Julian and I go at it point counterpoint-style about the food in our respective cities.
Let me summarize the arguments for you:
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