NYC Tastes

Saturday night I had a shocking revelation. The summer was almost over and I had yet to enjoy a single lobster roll.  Mr. T and I were actually on our way to Parm for their  incredible mozzarella sticks  but as we walked past Ed's all thoughts of Italian food went out the door and seconds later we were sitting at the bar with cocktails in hand and lobster rolls on our plate. Two top loading buns toasted on the grill with butter then stuffed with fresh claw meat, mayo and a sprinkle of herbs.  I was trying to be somewhat healthy with greens on the side but the long crispy french fries Mr. T got were a much better choice.  Paired with a refreshing John Daly this meal couldn't get a better summer time vibe. Ed's Lobster Bar 222 Lafayette Street New York, NY 10012

I'd say during an average summer I consume anywhere from 8-12 lobster rolls.  I almost always have one Memorial Day weekend...the kickoff...then slowly order more and more as the days grow warmer.  I'm not sure what happened this year, be it the cooler than normal temperatures or crazy amounts of travel we did, but I realized on Sunday morning that summer was about to end and I hadn't eaten  a single lobster roll .  Obviously I couldn't let something like this pass so we headed immediately to our favorite joint Pearl.  Upon arrival we were greeted by darkened windows, closed for the holiday!  Ditto for Mary's Fish Camp...we decided to head east and finally two empty bar stools greeted us at Ed's Lobster Bar. I rewarded myself with a delicious Bloody Mary... ...while Mr. T rewarded himself with a big old pot of Steamers.  Then it was onto the main event- lobster rolls. This roll has a lot less mayo than Pearl, only enough to kee...

On a random Monday night we decided last minute to meet up with some friends for dinner. After a few drinks at Sweet and Vicious we ambled our way over to Ed’s expecting a slow Monday night crowd. We were wrong. Ed’s was packed! Who are all these people eating out on a Monday night? We put our name in and went next door for a drink while we waited. About 45 minutes later (and a good 15 minutes standing outside because they said our table was ready when it wasn’t) we finally got seated. We were all starving at this point so we ordered a bunch of appetizers for the table. My favorite appetizer, and probably my favorite dish of the night was the Fried Oyster Sliders. This was one of the specials that night and it was damn tasty. They fried up an oyster, wrapped in bacon and then topped it with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise. A mini oyster BLT. What’s not to love! These are the fried Ipswich clams. While I loved the fried oyster I did not love these. We had just had ...