Stop Four (I could barely move at that point, but it was so worth the effort!)
Harry’s Italian, 2 Gold Street. Sal Buglione, operating partner/chef charmed us (he looked and sounded a lot like Emeril). Harry’s is associated with other famous downtown eateries like Harry’s of Hanover and Ulysses. For this new location, they snagged award-winning pizza maker, Nick Angelis, who makes pizza in their gas-fueled brick oven which goes up to 1000 degrees.
Here we were supposed to have a ‘tasting’ of eggplant parmigiana, but we had full portions and they came around offering seconds! They also gave us pitchers of beer and a pizza for each table. It was one of the freshest pizzas I ever had.
Stop Five
Fulton Stall Market, South Street. Thankfully, no food. Just a talk with the market manager and a quick look at some of the outdoor stalls.
Stop Six
Pasanella and Son, Vintner, 115 South Street, where the wine manager offered up a 3-wine and 3-cheese tasting along with some specialty olive oils.
I don’t mind saying that I was so food-fatigued at that point,
I couldn’t even take note of the varieties!
Stop Seven
Jack’s Stir Brew. Chris, the manager, spoke about the history of the business and then offered coffee of our choice and their award-winning chocolate chip cookies. I’m not a big fan of chocolate chip cookies, especially if they’re overly rich and chewy which these were (besides my body had already shut down about 3 stops ago), but everyone else was oohing and aahing.
This tour was sponsored by the Alliance for Downtown, NY whose sole purpose is to promote and support the businesses and residents in this historic neighborhood. While I don’t think they do this tour on a regular schedule yet, it is definitely worth inquiring about and I’ve provided the link.
I dare anyone to come up with a better deal than this!
Coming Tomorrow: A glimpse at downtown after 9/11.
We certainly got our $20 worth right there and then…but 6 more stops to go.
Les Halles, 17 John Street. No, to all you Bourdain fans out there, Tony did not greet us at the door but his likeness and book did. We were met by the general manager who gave us lots of insight into the chain, Tony’s association, and the historic 1905 building which housed this location of Les Halles (and a partially recovered fresco which we saw on the way out.)
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Oh I am so jealous! What a great tour and the cookies are just how I like them. You could have sent them back to me in Florida hehehe
That is a great idea to promote restaurants. Trying to think of an area that we could do something like that here.
You had some great food there.
Joan, that is incredible value! I can't believe those serves…what a great way to "eat your way" into a neighbourhood!
Food Fatigued! Oh darn.
What a wonderful tour, and only for $20?
What a fun way to spend an afternoon. This is something I'd love to do. Thanks for taking us along on the tour!
Seriously, this is my idea of the perfect day.
OMG WHAT GREAT FUN AND ALL IN YOUR HOMETOWN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR FABULOUS FOODALOGUE.
I felt very much at home in New York…every kind of food imaginable in Toronto and NYC and a meal for all budgets. You have an eye for value.
What a bargain, the food looks fabulous!
WHOA… i think i gained weight just reading this post! holy food! looks awesome – thanks for the tip on this great tour!
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