The tiny burger at Black Crescent may be overpriced at $13, but it is damn delicious. Great char, lovely beefy chuck flavor, and plenty of cheese coverage.
It’s definitely more of a slider sized burger (it’s sitting on a small ketchup cup in the pic above), but whatever. As long as it’s good.
Pro tip: order the waffle fries for $10: it’s basically enough for three people.
BLACK CRESCENT
76 Clinton St
New York, NY 10002
In my quest to try all the burgers in the lower east side, I came across another addition to the smash burger craze that’s sweeping the area: King’s Cafe.
The burger was beautiful, and well assembled. Cheddar, aioli, double patties, caramelized onions… Everything was great about it, except for the overwhelming flavor of onion water. It was as if the onions had been sitting in the bottom of a sink, just stewing there. I’m not really sure how else to put it!
Great seasoned fries, awesome bun, great ratios all over the place. Just that onion water… Odd.
KING’S CAFE
79 Clinton St
New York, NY 10002
The Burgary’s Lower Eastsider has potential to be one of my new favorites in the area. It’s got a 6oz dry aged patty, topped with crispy pastrami that acts like bacon and brings it into the “lower east side”/Jewish deli flavor profile, along with a killer horseradish mustard sauce. Gruyere, pickles, everything brioche. Very unique! It’s light on tomato and lettuce, which is good. In the negative column, it could use fewer raw onions and the patty was a little dense/over worked. Great batter style fries to go along with it though. I didn’t try the tots. Next time. This burger is definitely a winner in my book.
UPDATE 07-15-2023
Their lamb burger is absolutely incredible as well!!!
It’s topped with cucumbers, red onions, a feta yogurt type sauce, and harissa. Lights out! It may look like too much, but it worked!
We also enjoyed the Stool Pigeon fried chicken sandwich. Perfectly crisp.
Fried pickles, calamari and wings were all great for starters.
On the side, tots never disappoint. The onion rings are nice too.
This s’mores shake is BONKERS too.
Don’t forget to check out the speakeasy called Garfunkel’s upstairs. It’s so cool! You can see a little bit of it in my Ride & Review video on YouTube HERE.
THE BURGARY
67 Clinton St
New York, NY 10002
Check out my unboxing, assembly and user review/experience of the new Velotric Discover 1 e-bike.
This is a great commuter bike for the city!
If you’re interested in getting one, they’re currently running an Easter deal for $300 off with code EASTER. Click HERE to go grab yours!
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This MASSIVE $10 chicken sandwich is a great buy. The meat is tender and juicy on the inside, and spicy and crisp on the outside. The sauce is sweet yet spicy. Teh cole slaw is crisp and refreshing. The pickled cut the heat perfectly. This is a winning sandwich!
SCOVILLE HOT CHICKEN
117 Orchard St
New York, NY 10002
Two Hands is one of the deep-fried Korean style corndog joints that popped up all over the city in the last couple of years. This was the first time I ever tried one of them. I didn’t like it. Too sweet and too doughy, despite the beef dog inside being good quality.
TWO HANDS
147 Avenue A
SSTO
New York, NY 10009
AWESOME square pepperoni slices at this joint. That’s really all there is to say!
VILLAGE SQUARE PIZZA
147 Avenue A
New York, NY 10009
The famous pasta making grandma from I Trulli and Ristoro del Cinghiale is now out on her own with the namesake Nonna Dora’s!
This place is serving up lots of favorites from Ristoro and I Trulli, like the wild boar pappardelle and their famous negronis.
My wife and I started with some meats and cheeses, fried cuttlefish, octopus salad, and meatballs.
All of this was delicious, but our favorite was the octopus.
We dug into two pasta dishes. First, a really fresh spring greens special dish, which featured super thick citarra style spaghetti.
It has leeks, spring onions, fiddlehead ferns, asparagus, ramps, and fava beans.
Then, burnt wheat pasta with confit duck! So good.
Finished off the meal with a tart and some spumoni.
I can’t wait to come back here again for more pasta dishes.
NONNA DORA’S
606 2nd Ave
New York, NY 10016
I finally got to try some of the food at Gemma in the Bowery Hotel. Started with a delicious orecchiette pasta with broccoli rabe pesto and sweet Italian sausage.
Next up: beautiful burger with broiled cheddar on top.
My favorite dish was the Cornish hen. So flavorful!
And a really nicely cooked center cut New York strip steak.
We finished off with some pistachio cream cannoli.
Really great meal!
GEMMA
335 Bowery
New York, NY 10003
