NYC Tastes

Rye House is one of those places that is just a block too far away to become a neighborhood staple.  The food is always good, the beer list changes frequently and if you avoid the after work crowd it can be quite a relaxing little spot.  We stopped in one lazy Saturday afternoon and split the BBQ Beef Brisket with house slaw and potato salad. This beast of a sandwich was packed with layers of moist brisket smothered in a sweet Dale's Pale Ale BBQ sauce...on the side some traditional coleslaw and nontraditional potato salad. We paired this meat bomb with a refreshing Peekskill Simple Sour, one of my favorite beers going right now.   Rye House

This past Saturday after a relaxing day walking around the West Village Mr. T and I headed to the new Rye House on 17th street for dinner. It was still pretty early but the bar up front was packed. We got seated at the long communal table in the back where it was relatively quiet. We ordered up some beers and the waitress brought over a basket of Boiled Peanuts- compliments of the chef. Okay I’ll be honest. I am a peanut lover but I thought these things were disgusting. I mean why would you boil peanuts? It took all of the flavor and crunch out of the nut and made it sad and smelly. Maybe it’s just me but I would give people something really good to start as a complimentary appetizer. For our real appetizer we decided to split the Sloppy Joe sliders. I don’t know about you but neither of us have had sloppy joe’s since high school days. My mom used to make them at least once a month and somehow I forgot about that staple of my diet growing up. Luckily I am right b...