RGR's LES food tour (updates? other suggestions?) - http://www.chowhound.com/topics/493333
I love the idea of doing a food tour when I visit NY in October. Has RGR made any updates to the tour? Or, can some one suggest a similar tour. Are there any good drinks that could be added along the way?
My friends and I our planning a similar tour in Miami (where I live) I promise to post it in exchange for help in NY :-)
Thanks!
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scoopG
Sep 22, 2011 01:58 PM
You asked for another tour newfood and here it is! A Chinatown one starting from the wonderful Tenement Museum.
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For food walking tours, Manhattan is a great place for those:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/780479
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/775501
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/728356
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/750143
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/711661
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/754497Here are some neighborhood exploration ideas for the Outer Boroughs:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/781145My Flushing walking tour is towards the bottom here:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/780317#6489044You can take the LIRR from Penn Station to Flushing in about 20 minutes. More expensive than the subway but worth it.
If you want to stay in Manhattan, try scoopG's self guided Chinatown tour:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/711661#5661425What about an East Village crawl?
Porchetta, Butter Lane, Luke's Lobster, Caracas Arepa Bar, the new Big Gay Ice Cream shop, the new Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream shop...then when you're done you can hit up PDT, Death & Co, or Mayahuel right when they open.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/realestate/05block.html?_r=1If you mean cocktails, one of the problems with doing so is that many of our famous cocktail lounges do not open until 6pm (or later). The exceptions are Pegu Club (5pm), El Cobre (but only for weekend brunch and there are only 2-3 cocktail choices), Rye House, Vandaag (IIRC the bartender doesn't get there until 1pm on weekends though), Lani Kai (4pm opening Mon-Thurs, 1pm Friday, and open brunch until late on weekends).
http://ryehousenyc.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lani-Kai/150138011701547?sk=infoHere's a similar food tour I put together for the West Village:
https://foursquare.com/kathrynyu/list...The possible stops are:
Washington Square Park
Mille-Feuille Bakery for croissants
Third Rail Coffee
South Brooklyn Pizza on Bleecker
Blue Ribbon Bakery Market for their housemade matzoh
Victory Garden for goat milk soft serve
Famous Joe's for a slice
Grom for gelato
Rocco's for freshly filled cannoli
Amy's Bread
Murray's Cheese
Faicco's Pork Store
Bosie Tea Parlor for cookies/macarons
Blind Tiger for beer
Joe the Art of Coffee
Jeffrey's Grocery for oysters and beer
Taim for falafel
Magnolia Bakery for ice box cake
dell'anima for a Negroni Sbagliato cocktail
Chelsea Market - note there's also a cocktail bar now called the Tippler, brand new, not sure on hours
The High LineOf course you don't have to do all of the stops, but you can easily get a snack at one of these and move onto somewhere else...
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Murray's Cheese
254 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014Faicco's
260 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014Taim
222 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10014Caracas Arepa Bar
93 1/2 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009Amy's Bread
250 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014Blind Tiger
281 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014Pegu Club
77 W Houston St, New York, NY 10012Grom
233 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014Death & Co.
433 E 6th St, New York, NY 10009Porchetta
110 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009Butter Lane
123 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009Mayahuel
304 E 6th St, New York, NY 10003Third Rail Coffee
240 Sullivan St, New York, NY 10012Rye House
11 W 17th St, New York, NY 10011Bosie Tea Parlor
10 Morton St, New York, NY 10014Vandaag
103 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003Lani Kai
525 Broome St, New York, NY 10012El Cobre
95 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009Big Gay Ice Cream Shop
125 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009Victory Garden
31 Carmine St, New York, NY 10014Blue Ribbon Bakery Market
14 Bedford St, New York, NY 10014Percy's Pizza
190 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10012 -
Hi newfood,
I've been working on a revised version of my tour, but it's not yet ready for publication. The new version will include photos and links to websites. Until then, you might want to make note of the following:
Guss's Pickles closed. Substitute The Pickle Guys, on Essex St.
Economy Candy: The correct address is 108 Rivington (not 145)
Il Laboratorio moved its main location to 188 Ludlow St., at Houston. The Orchard St. location was closed but reopened as a satellite.
Sugar Sweet Sunshine: Cupcakes. 126 Rivington, b/t Norfolk & Essex
Essex Street Market: Saxelby's Cheese, Pain d'Avignon, and Roni-Sue's Chocolates,
Also, Brooklyn Taco just opened in the market. I haven't tried it.If by "any good drinks" you meal alcoholic beverages, I can't help you there. There is the egg cream stop at Ray's, and you should definitely have a Dr. Brown's at Katz's (my preference is cream soda).
Enjoy!
