NYC Tastes

How many times have you been in Grand Central and grabbed a beer from the stand before jumping on your train home?  Chances are you've ended up with something crappy like a Coors Light or Budweiser.  Lucky for you Beer Table Pantry might be changing that. Now in addition to filling up growlers, they have pints to go...in jar form.   You just stop in, pick out a delicious beer they have on tap that day and they fill up the jar, seal it up and your off!  Last visit they had a bunch of local favorites like Bronx Summer Ale and Brooklyn Schorcher #366.  It's a novel and tasty way to make the long commute home a little bit better. Brooklyn Brewery The Bronx Brewery Beer Table

Sometimes I have such a jumbled month there’s really no rhyme or reason to it.  Here are some random outtakes.  Poutine at Tribeca Tap House. Hand cut fries topped with duck confit gravy, queso fresco and scallions.   This wasn’t traditional poutine and it wasn’t very good either.   The gravy was too rich and gloopy to be tasty.   However I liked the set up of the room and beer list so we’ll be back to watch sports when in Tribeca.   Onto Pizza Pie at Luzzos. I had never tried this East Village establishment and I thought it was quite delicious.   The pizza was thin crust with a small layer of sweet tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella and basil.   Nothing mind blowing but pizza done right.   And finally something to wash it all down a Stillwater Beer Table- Table Beer/ Strumke. This was an interesting brew with a lot of funk at first that slowly gave way and had me wanting more.   Where did I have this complex brew- why at ...