NYC Food Crawl 2010

As promised yesterday, here is the recap of the NYC 2010 Food Crawl. Yes, gone are the days of pub crawls and all day drinking. Now we just like to stuff our faces... and take in the sights of New York City.

We began our crawl in Brooklyn. The first stop on the agenda was Grimaldi's... famous for their pizzas, and their long waits. We all took in the beautiful fall morning by walking along the East River through Brooklyn Bridge Park, and over to Grimaldi's. Where there was of course a hour long wait, even at 11:30 am. And even for take out. So we decided to skip that stop, but since the pregnant friends were hungry, (okay we all were starving) we grabbed a chicken taco and a vegetarian quesadilla from the Calexico food truck near Pier One of Brooklyn Bridge Park. And the funny thing is, this was every one's favorite food of the day! We should have ordered more!

Next, we headed across the Brooklyn Bridge, something I have never done! And what a beautiful day it was! Once in Manhattan, we headed to Chinatown for some dumplings. We ended up at Joe's Ginger, again not the original plan, but this restaurant could accommodate a party of 10 at lunchtime. There we had an assortment of dumplings, scallion pancakes, and tea. Our server was a little peeved that a party of 10 came in and had a bill of $44, but this crawl was a food marathon, not a sprint. He just didn't understand!

So on we headed to the Lower East Side, to the Doughnut Plant (see photo in yesterday's post). Yes, this is one of those trendy joints that serves one food... and serves it VERY WELL! And I highly recommend trying this place out with several friends, as we ordered a box of everything and were each able to sample many of the wonderful flavors. My favorites were the chocolate chocolate, the peanut butter and jelly and the cranberry doughnuts.

Next, we pressed on over to Little Italy to finally have some pizza at Lombardi's (a restaurant I have been dying to try for a very long time). Lombardi's, like Grimaldi's is famous for its pizza pies (NO SLICES) and long waits. We had a 45 minute wait, but we just hung outside and digested the earlier eats. When we sat at Lombardi's we ordered two house salads, a pizza margarita, a pepperoni pizza and a white pizza, as we decide this would be the last stop on the tour. I loved the margarita and white pizza, the salad was awesome, and I definitely ate too much at Lombardi's.

As we headed back to the Spring Street subway stop, we passed a bakery named, The Best Chocolate Cake in the World, so we had to go in and purchase an entire cake to go. I never got around to eating again before it was time for me to head home the next day. So not sure if the cake lived up to its name. I guess I will have to return to Little Italy and find out!

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