Hosive

we return to the city for food reviews during this week of reflecting on new york. we’ll return to la and sf in the next few weeks….

when people come into the city, we are always surprised by where they want to visit or go eat. they are equally surprised that we do not frequent those places or want to go eat there. no. i do not want to eat at ruby tuesdays , bennigans or tgifridays in times square. then they ask where we go……so here are the places we like…not the best or the cheapest or whatever category….just where we go and go on a regular basis:

without a doubt, one of our favorite places for breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner is community food and juice. when theresa and i lived in the lower east side, we were part of the masses to discover clinton street bakery now with the epic 3 to 4 hour waits on the weekend. when we moved to the columbia area, we lamented the hour long trek back and forth for magic food…but we made the trip anyway for special occasions and to take friends.

however, the owners opened an outpost(that’s what successful places down south are calling branches up north)in my fraking neighborhood. this joint is within walking distance. we love love love that. food here tastes the way it’s supposed to taste. people sometimes are disappointed that we come for french toast, bacon and orange juice. but then they taste the food and realize that they’ve been eating counterfeits all their lives.

dj jazzy victor and love it too for our midmorning meetings with the magic sun on our skin and luxury in our mouths.

this morning, we get the unlisted, insiders’ pancake special. their cracked laced blueberry pancakes with cocaine butter syrup, coffee, juice for a nyc low price. but i can’t just eat cake for breakfast and also order some grilled ham.

my favorite thing to get is the fish sandwich. recently, they had a summer replacement of soft shell crab sandwich. magic and more magic. this is our duartes in the city.