Instead of doing a rant today, I thought that I would provide some advice on what not to order in a restaurant. This is an argument that I have with my wife all the time. She always like to order food that sounds good regardless of where we are eating. In one case, she wanted […]
The eternal question that we have is what is a sandwich and where is the best one? I can not answer the location of the best sandwich but I am going to address what is a sandwich. Merriam Webster defines a sandwich as follows: (i) two or more slices of bread or a split roll […]
I headed over to Coliseum Kitchen and Caterers in Plainview. They definitely chose the right name since the deli could be the largest one I have been to on Long Island. They have an enormous counter that starts with salads, then proceeds to deli followed by hot food and pizza’s. Even though we were not […]
Avra Madison — The Best Greek Food We branched out this past week for the start of my birthday week by going to Avra Madison in NYC. Everything was great starting with the Pita Bread and ending with the dessert. The interesting part of the pita bread was that it was crunching as opposed to […]
We are starting a new weekly summary of the Local Grubber’s Highlights. In case you missed something, we will be linking to our favorite blogs of the week. Welcome all comments and suggestions Shrinkflation is Hitting the Wine Pours at Restaurants I was out with my wife at dinner at the Tap Room (which you […]
I just saw this article in which Visa and Mastercard agreed to pay $30 billion in settlement of an antitrust claim as well as agreeing to lower the fees that they charge their merchants. What this means is that restaurants will pay a lower fee every time you use your credit card to pay a […]
Its Friday so time for another hot dog. We headed over to Five Guys in New Hyde Park to try out their hot dog options. Tempted to order burger and fries but since it is Friday that option appeared to be out. We decided to go with the Kosher style one as opposed to the […]
What is a Sandwich? I just had a spirited conversation with a friend on whether a hot dog or a wrap was a sandwich. We exchanged view points and videos. So with great fanfare, we are going to tackle the question of what is a sandwich. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a sandwich is defined […]
Hot Dogs from Ben’s Deli In honor of Glizzy Friday and our friends at Jasons Grub, we decided to try a hot dog from Ben’s Deli in Greenvale. Surprisingly, Ben’s was not very busy when we arrived today. I ordered a hot dog with mustard and sauerkraut. It was cooked on one of the hot […]