Our never-ending quest to find great tasting ramen brought us to Oh! Taisho, a small eatery on St. Mark’s Place in the east village. Since all of the places along St. Mark’s Place are somewhat similar (small, always packed, cheap eats and lots of beer), we’ve been trying to go to restaurants with good ramen […]
If you’re a loyal reader of gracenotesnyc, you’ll know that I am a cheeseburger fanatic. After reading about Five Guys opening up in Manhattan, I had to visit opening weekend. Five guys was started by a dad and his four sons (using their college fund to start the place). Five Guys is famous for their […]
On Friday night, I made a special trip to DessertTruck, a Mister Softee type van parked on 8th and University. DessertTruck was started by two friends – one a pastry sous chef from Le Cirque and the other an MBA student at Columbia: We ordered two warm desserts: the molten chocolate cake and the Slow-Baked […]
Dogmatic, a vendor in the west village, is a gourmet hot dog stand that Chris’ landlord told him about when he first moved to New York. They serve $5 hot dogs (expensive, I know!) that are served inside baguettes instead of your usual hot dog buns. The vendor isn’t around during the summertime (weird, considering […]
One rainy day, I headed to Washington Square Park to fulfill my dosa craving (the winner of the 2007 Vendy’s) but the dosa man wasn’t there. BOO! Instead of moping around (or going to the Hampton’s Chutney Co. in Soho), I decided to grab myself a falafel from Mamoun’s: I don’t even know what this […]
