BAMN!! Midtown Lunch: Downtown NYC - Finding Lunch in the Food Wastelan. Tea Lounge. Walk like an Ancient Egyptian through NYC - Dining. Bread and beer were the staples of the Egyptian diet, but breaking bread Egyptian style is not necessarily very appetizing. Egyptian meal was grounded on millstones causing grit to be mixed in with the flour. That's on top of the desert sand that might blow into the bread on its own accord. Not surprisingly, sand-filled feasts are bad for the teeth, but here are a few sand-free ways to dine like Ramesses the Great or Queen Cleopatra in NYC.
Cleopatra's Needle Restaurant2485 Broadway & 92 St. Subway: 1,2,3 to 86th St. www.cleopatrasneedleny.com This Upper West Side jazz restaurant is named after the famous obelisk in Central Park. Cleopatra's features Mediterranean cuisine and live jazz with a name fit for a queen (and an obelisk!) Tutt Cafe47 Hicks St., Brooklyn Heights Subway: 2,3 to Clark St.; A,C to High St. Named for the famous boy-king, Tutt's serves up yummy Middle Eastern cuisine with a modern taste under the guise of an ancient name, and there's no charge for the extra "T.
" Share. MOOMIA LOUNGE - SOHO - NYC. Tutt Cafe - Brooklyn Heights - Brooklyn, NY. NYC Bars - Lesbian Bar -- New York Magazine Nightlife Guide. Torrisi Italian Specialties: Chicken Parm and Turkey Sandwiches. SLIDESHOW: Torrisi Italian Specialties: Chicken Parm and Turkey Sandwiches For the Gods [Photographs: Robyn Lee] Torrisi Italian Specialties 250 Mulberry Street, New York NY 10012 (at Prince; map); 212-965-0955Service: Friendly, accommodating counter serviceSetting: Cool, simple space: poster of young Billy Joel, containers of Progresso Bread Crumbs Compare It To: Mama's, Defonte's, Frankie's 457 Must-Haves: Turkey hero, chicken Parm, lasagnaCost: $15 for a sandwich, side, and soda Grade: A- There are thousands of turkey sandwiches made in New York, but how many of them are special?
And there are hundreds, if not thousands, of chicken Parm heroes made here as well—but how many of them would you go out of your way for? I have contemplated these cosmic food questions for decades now, starting with the publication of New York Eats in 1992, continuing with stories about cold heroes and hot heroes in the New York Times. "Have you been here yet? Nate was right. View the slideshow » Serious Eats: New York - The New York City Food and Restaurant B.