215540 Mon Nov 01 15:20:03 -0800 2004 15 18 Manhattan 0 1147780 Offal, "variety meats" - Sweetbreads, kidneys, chitlin's, pork Farcis (face), etc. etc. etc. where and that's the best? What I know: Sweetbreads: Craft (good, small), Gramercy, Prune (larges, best), Babbo (decent, but with orange rind), Blue Ribbon Bakery (a bit greasy.) Lambs Brain: Le Cirque 2000 (Thursday(?) special in Pot Au Feu "Traditionnel" or Bollito Misto) Pieds de Porc Farçis aux Truffes Noire with Crushed Herb Potatoes and Sautéed Spinach - Saturday special at le Cirque 2000 Pigs Foot: Babbo (barely recognizable), Les Halles (better) Kidneys: God, someone find me a good kidney! I'll even wear a tie and jacket if necessary. You can get some of these in Chinatown, but you have to know what they look like and what to do with them. You can get sweetbreads at Ottomanellis. You can get chicken hearts and some other stuff from the butcher at Union Square in the Southwest corner. You can get pig's feet, goat, tripe (featheres and honeycomb)in Chinatown and at the meat stores on 42nd and 9th (which as a great selection of pork shoulders, btw) and at 10th and 14th; they latter also has 10 lb buckets of frozen chitterlings. But you better have a load of friends to finish off a 10 lb bucket of chitterlings, let me tell you. :-) Where else serves a good variety meat? Mon Nov 01 15:20:03 -0800 2004 0 Alex 1 1147790 When did you last have your blood checked? Mon Nov 01 16:02:08 -0800 2004 1147780 0 Chuck 2 1147796 This is too large a question, if you multiply the number of offal meats by the number of restaurants and stores which sell them. If it helps, "farci" just means stuffed. If you want to eat the head of a pig, look out for the term "headcheese" in restaurants - Babbo and Lupa serve it, but I preferred the chunkier version I ate recently at Onera. You will also find it at Schaller and Webber and the German meat stand whose name begins, I think, with Konig in the Grand Central market. A lot of Chinatown restaurants and shops will sell you wind dried pig's faces, which are also an option for Hallowe'en masks if you're not planning to kiss anyone. Next year, maybe. Mon Nov 01 16:28:01 -0800 2004 1147790 0 Wilfrid 1 1147802 Greek restaurants (or at least the lower-class ones like Uncle George in Queens) serve kokoretsi: lamb's intestine stuffed with lamb liver, lights and tongue plus fresh oregano and olive oil. It's wrapped around a spit and roasted. For a real thrill, make it with goat. I love it, but eat it only once in a while, since it contains an entire year's supply of cholesterol. Mon Nov 01 16:36:36 -0800 2004 1147780 0 KRS 2 1147862 KRS, thanks for mentioning Kokoretsi. I just posted not too long ago that this was the first summer in quite some time that I haven't visited greece. When their our family always goes to a "psistaria" in this little village up in the mountains that serves the best kokoretsi. Their specialty is barbeque/rotisserie. Lamb, chicken, sausage (lokaniko), pig...........it's elevated to some other stratosphere. *enjoying food memory* speaking of cholestorol, isn't that referred to as "good" cholestorol? Mon Nov 01 21:23:32 -0800 2004 1147802 0 thegreek 1 1147809 You'd be in heaven in England! You can still get a traditional mixed grill which is usually sausage, kidneys, mushroom, tomato for breakfast, kidneys on toast is popular. There's a London restaurant called St. John (Boudain went there on his TV program) and hte chef serves stuff like roast bone marrow, ox tongue, trip and chips, crispy pig skin ..... 21 Club has magnificent liver and bacon (course hte price is ridiculous). I would like any pointers on good liver in the City, myself. Mon Nov 01 16:59:23 -0800 2004 1147780 0 bwdirector 1 1147810 Check out LCB Brasserie. It offers stuffed pigs feet as an appetizer portion, which is better than L'Absinthe's. For its Sunday night special, it has a big portion of sweetbreads, one of the biggest portion I've had in the city. Sweetbreads at Veritas is also quite tasty. Mon Nov 01 17:03:17 -0800 2004 1147780 0 eater 1 1147812 Home, on Cornelia Street, has sweetbreads. Don't know if this is all the time though. Mon Nov 01 17:19:54 -0800 2004 1147780 0 Pupster 1 1147815 Petrosino has a delicious preparation of chicken livers as a (hearty) appetizer. Casa Mono has nice sweetbreads. Mon Nov 01 17:27:15 -0800 2004 1147780 0 Dave 1 1147832 Go to Kabab Cafe in Astoria. Mon Nov 01 18:09:05 -0800 2004 1147780 0 Nina W. 1 1147873 Onera, a new upscale Greek restaurant at 222 W. 79th St. has a 5-course offal tasting menu every night. Tue Nov 02 00:06:50 -0800 2004 1147780 0 David Feldman 1 1147879 There are two Rec's here so far for Onera (Dreams) in Manhattan. This is my rec here as well, the third. Link: http://www.newsday.com/mynews/ny-fdnotes4014239oct22,0,3379033.story Tue Nov 02 09:10:34 -0800 2004 1147780 0 Spiro 1 1147887 you can get most of what you are looking for (and organic no less!) and much more at the Gramercy Meat Market on 2nd Ave. and 23rd Street. Tue Nov 02 09:49:43 -0800 2004 1147780 0 dkstar1 2 1148685 Eh, you have to special order it all, and they tried to charge me way to much for some pig's feet which you can get over on 42nd and 8th for a fraction of the price, or in chinatown for a fraction of THAT price. Mon Nov 08 11:17:47 -0800 2004 1147887 0 Alex 1 1147995 New Chao Chou restaurant on Mott street in chinatown serves up noodles with combinations of seafood, liver and kidneys. On the menu, my favorite is combination noodle (with soup on the side) with thick egg noodles (sort of like a chinese fettucine). Come with fishballs, shrimp, portk, liver, and kidneys. Spice it up with the amazing chili and oil sauce that's on every table. Delish. Tue Nov 02 16:22:32 -0800 2004 1147780 0 SL 1 1148628 Prime Grill on 49th/Mad has great kosher sweetbreads. Sun Nov 07 11:51:55 -0800 2004 1147780 0 DeisCane