NYC Tastes

My friend from Buffalo was visiting this past weekend and after having a pretty chilled out Friday night we woke up Saturday ready to rock and roll. There were a ton of food and drinking items on the agenda and after a quick tour of Eataly we walked over to our first pit stop Gramercy Tavern. We had talked about having lunch at the Tavern, but Mr. T was still getting himself ready so we just stopped in for an early afternoon drink instead. I decided to have a glass of the Franciacorta Rose Brut to start my day. The crisp bubbly had some strong raspberry and cherry flavors but was very balanced. My friend went for the Orange Blossom. A blend of sparkling wine, Elderflower liquor and orange bitters made this an excellent early afternoon drink. Kind of like a mimosa with a little twist. After our drinks were finished we walked down to Union Square and shopped around the holiday markets. I picked up an absolutely amazing Vietnamese Coffee and Chocolate cookie from the Rubyzaar boot...

Saturday turned into a beautiful day so Mr. T and I did some wandering around of eating and drinking. First stop was The Rusty Knot for some beer and their Pretzel Hot Dog. For some reason I thought the Pretzel would be baked on the Hot Dog more, fully encasing it. Here the Pretzel was twisted around. It was pretty good but not as good as it sounded at first. Two thumbs up however for having Busch Beer on tap! That brought me back to my High School days! Lol! Then we headed over to The White Horse Tavern to watch the Yankee game and drink some more beers. The White Horse is most famously known for being the place Dylan Thomas drank himself to death. The White Horse is famous in my book for having solid pub food at rock bottom prices. The burger was delicious. It was quite a sizable piece of meat with a nice char on the outside and a toasted bun. It came more well than medium rare but it still had a nice juicy inside and lots of flavor (although I would have preferred that red middl...