Last Meals

I ate a lot of delicious things on the way out of town.   Below is list of places that I hit in our last week in NYC...

D'Espana
Roberta's
Ushiwakamaru
Convivio
Lil' Frankies
Momofuku Ssam
Momofuku Noodle Bar
Brick Lane Curry House
Dos Toros
Hasaki

I would recommend any of those places to you in a heartbeat, but, seriously, the best place I went to was Mile End.  This is sacrilege and I will likely be kicked out of the clubhouse of lifelong New Yorkers, but this Montreal-style deli is producing some of the finest sandwiches around (and some on bagels shipped in Montreal).  I could try to describe the orgy of sandwiches that were consumed, but I think that the accompanying picture says the most.  Just make sure that if you go you order the smoked meat sandwich and the poutine.  Everything else is a bonus.  If they just served the smoked meat and the poutine the place would still be a destination.  So, go.  Now.  Don't wait.  Get on the train and go there.

Also, make it a point to go to Roberta's.  The Morgan stop on the L.  You won't be disappointed, and if you're feeling saucy the 45-day dry aged rib steak special with marrow bone rivals any steak in NY.  I'm usually a pizza purist but here the thing(s) to get are the non-traditional pies.  The Cortes in particular illustrates what you can do with a round of pizza dough if you don't get too wrapped up in tradition.  A serious shout-out to JD and Theresa for introducing us to this place.

Mile End
97A Hoyt St.
Brooklyn, NY

Roberta's
261 Moore Street
Brooklyn, NY