With a new job in my future, the week of May 2nd was a week that I could spend taking care of all the things that I wasn't able to ever do with a regular 9-5. I knew that with this week off I wanted to have a few meals out on my own in the city and take care of the errands that always get put on hold. Most importantly, I got to eat!
On my first day off I went to the Chelsea area of NYC with the hopes of happening upon a restaurant that tickled my fancy. I got that and more! I decided to walk cross town on 23rd Street towards my FAVORITE French Macaron bakery and passed by a BBQ spot that we had been meaning to try for a very long time. RUB BBQ is located @ 208 West 23rd Street.
Short version: Solid BBQ, lots of options, reasonably priced.
My Top picks: pulled pork sandwich and vinegar based cole slaw were well flavored and super tender. I was really tempted to order the onion straws, but I opted instead for the free beer that I was offered with a Yelp.com check-in that I did right from my IPhone App. Very cool to get free things!
My Top picks: pulled pork sandwich and vinegar based cole slaw were well flavored and super tender. I was really tempted to order the onion straws, but I opted instead for the free beer that I was offered with a Yelp.com check-in that I did right from my IPhone App. Very cool to get free things!
So Tuesday came and went and my belly was full and happy. The weather was in the 70's and the sun was shining in NYC. Good week to be in between jobs! No week off would be complete for me or my boyfriend without a trip to one of the best pizza places in all of the boroughs. We opted to travel on a beautiful May afternoon to the Upper West Side of Manhattan to enjoy the wonder that is Patsy's Pizzeria.
Patsy's is located 61 West 74th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West. The bottom
line about this pizza is that it is amazing. Please keep in my mind that if I had to rate this place on a
scale of 1-5 stars, I would have given it 2 because of the service, but I am here to let you all know about
the food that I enjoy in this life, not the waitstaff.
Anyway, back to the pizza. The crust is perfect, thin, chewy, and crisp in all the right places. The cheese is sweet and mellow and the sauce is tart and sweet the way it should be. There is also a good amount of fresh leaves of basil to top it off with a drizzle of EVOO. OH MY GOODNESS. As you can see by the picture below, this is a beautiful pizza. SO SO GOOD!
