A Quick Weekend in New York Photodump

Recently went on a trip to New York to visit a friend. Hit up a lot of nice places, so I thought I'd do a quick photodump here rather than post in the stickied NY thread, as that's a great resource and I don't want to pollute it with whatever I'm about to post.

Flew into LaGuardia at 8am April 6th and flew out at 9pm on April 8th. Went through Brooklyn, Queens, but managed to only eat in Manhattan.

First stop made was
The Doughnut Plant
220 W 23rd St
New York, NY 10011


Peanut Butter & Strawberry Jam

Black Out


Took a quick train to Brooklyn and attempted to hit The Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, which was sadly still closed due to Sandy. Too bad.

We walked across the Brooklyn Bridge to

The Breslin Bar & Dining Room
16 W 29th St
New York, NY 10001

Beggar’s Banquet bourbon, maple syrup, aromatic bitters, lemon, cream ale


Check Your Head aged jamaican rum, black tea syrup, aromatic and orange bitters, citrus oils


Pablo Honey tequila, spiced agave, lime

Really really terrific drinks. I think I had 3 of those Beggar's in about an hour and a half, which got me in a little trouble. had to take a cab to the hotel to...rest for a bit.

Around 8pm, we attended friend's friend birthday party #1 at a bar called Heathers in the East Village. If you want to see what it's like inside, just close your eyes. If you want to know what the vibe was like just click on that hyperlink above. 20 dollar drinks not made extremely well (bartender got about 3/4 through making my Manhattan before brainfarting and letting me know, "I screwed up, gotta start over!") in a room that may or may not be a converted bathroom that gets up to about 120 degrees.

Luckily this place wasn't far from our next stop

WD~50
50 Clinton Street
New York, NY 10002

Tasting Menu

Sesame Palette Cleanser


NIGIRI, SALSIFY, SEAWEED, SESAME


SWEET SHRIMP, 'PINE NEEDLES', CHESTNUT, CRANBERRY


PHO GRAS




BONE MARROW, POTATO, POMEGRANATE, PEPPER STREUSEL

That's potato in the bone.

SEA SCALLOP, BERBER GRANOLA, CARROT, MARCONA


PIG TAIL, ARTICHOKE, OLIVE OIL JAM, HAZELNUT


WALLEYE PIKE, CELERY, MACADAMIA, GRAPEFRUIT


SQUAB, TOMATO HUMMUS, PICKLED TURNIPS, TZATZIKI


FLAT IRON, MUSHROOM JERKY, GRAPE, VERJUS


COCONUT, CUCUMBER, PINEAPPLE, CHARTREUSE


AMERICAN CHEESE, TAMARIND-COLA, RASPBERRY CHIP

the ice cream is american cheese flavored. It was weird. It was awesome.

S'MORES, BITTER COCOA, MERINGUE, BLACKBERRY


BEER, MALT, PRETZEL


DAY TWO
Walked to Hell's Kitchen and had breakfast at a small unassuming place called

Tartina
653 9th Ave
New York, 10036

Eggs Benedictine with Parma cotto

It was...fine. The only place that wasn't cash only and didn't have a long wait, so what the hell. Perfectly fine food.

Walk walk walk, stop at

The Meatball Shop (few locations)
64 Greenwich Ave
New York, NY 10011

Buffalo & Classic Beef Blue Cheese & Tomato Sauce


Mint & Chocolate Chip mint ice cream on chocolate chip cookie


Vanilla & ?

Cookie was a special that day, and I don't recall which it was.

Espresso & Chocolate Chip espresso ice cream on chocolate chip


Sliders were 3 bucks a piece, and the ice cream sandwiches were 5. I think it's pretty easy to see why. Huge.

Hit an absolutely beautiful bar in The Maritime Hotel called
La Bottega
363 West 16th St
New York, NY 10011

The Hummingbird & Manhattan


repeat those drink orders x2 and hit 2 more birthday parties at 2 different bars and details get a little fuzzy. I do remember ending up at

Shake Shack
691 8th Ave
New York, NY 10036


around midnight and enjoying that. Then drunkenly walking over to Times Square to get a jumping shot. Then sleep?

The following day, we went to Le Bernardin which already has a thread, so I'll post there. Right before we had to leave, we ran over to

Halal Guys
6th Ave and 53rd St
New York, NY 10019



Which, on my next trip, could easily be the only place I get food from.

But probably not...

Beautiful post. I've been wondering where you've been. Now I'm in a New York state of mind. I'm going to have to plan a trip there real soon.

Pablo Honey is a great drink name/Jerky Boys reference. That cart gets all the love. Not so lovely after multiple visits, but I get it. Nice post.

First stop made was
The Doughnut Vault
220 W 23rd St
New York, NY 10011

I think you mean Doughnut Plant. Not Vault. There's one on the LES, another in Chelsea, and you can also find their doughnuts in various places around town like Dean & Deluca as well as Joe the Art of Coffee.

Great post. Makes me want to go to WD/50 stat. BTW La Bottega is also a pretty nice Italian restaurant with a great outdoor seating area overlooking 9th ave. The food isn't super spectacular or unique, but it's all executed well, reminding me of something like Quartino in Chicago (actually, they are almost identical menu-wise). Just an FYI.

kathryn wrote:I think you mean Doughnut Plant. Not Vault.

Whoops, had the link right at least. Thanks!

Habibi wrote:Makes me want to go to WD/50 stat.

I was actually quite blown away by wd. The food was outstanding and the space looked more like a cafe than it did a Michelin starred restaurant. Really great. Thanks for the information about La Bottega as well.