Daisy May’s BBQ USA

16. October 2007 American, Midtown 6
623 Eleventh Avenue corner of 46th Street 212/977.1500 $70 each for a whole pig for 12 people, with two sides, BYOB ♥ ♥ There are a few annoying things about reserving a group table at Daisy May’s: 1. You can only reserve half a pig or a whole pork butt to feed up to six ...

139th Street Barbecue

04. September 2007 Street Food Vendors, West + East Harlem 0
corner of 139th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard no phone number $25 for a whole rack of pork ribs ♥ ♥ Amidst the condo buildings going up as fast as you can say gentrification, there still remains the open drums on the streets used as makeshift grills to sell home-marinated barbecue in Harlem. The ...

Famous Fish Market

30. August 2007 American, West + East Harlem 0
corner of 145th Street and St. Nicholas 212/491.8323 $12 for two fish and chips, take-away ♥ Harlem is teeming with fish and chips stores, and living in the neighborhood has taught me that the longer the line outside, the better the food will be. (It doesn’t work the same way downtown.) Case in point: Famous ...

Blue Hill Stone Barns

22. August 2007 American, Upstate New York 3
630 Bedford Road, Pocantico Hills 914/366.9600 $720 for three tasting menus, with wine pairing, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Is there such a thing as too much? We arrived at Blue Hill Stone Barns just in time for our 5pm table where we were welcomed by fresh air and green grass. We sat in ...

Wu Liang Ye

16. August 2007 Chinese, Midtown 0
36 West 48th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues 212/398.2308 about $50 for two, with two drinks, with tip ♥ Wu Liang Ye was highly recommended to me by a Chinese friend. As we walked on 48th Street, past the OTB, the black garbage bags in front and the two crackheads on the steps, I ...