PrintWhere Should Eliot Spitzer Eat?
The election is over, and we have gotten rid of quite a few turkeys. We have a new governor, Eliot Spitzer, and though he is a New Yorker he doesn't seem like he's the type of guy who cares about food. In fact I'd be willing to bet money (if Spitzer wouldn't throw me in jail for illegal gambling) that he's an "eat to live" kind of guy.
So I thought I'd give him a hand by offering him a list of five places to eat that might inject a little pleasure and fun into his life. The man looks like he could use all the help he can get in the fun department...
1) A Shake Shack Burger and a pumpkin pie concrete: A man like Spitzer would never cut in line, but in mid-November the lines are much shorter at Shack Shack. Plus they have this great seasonal concrete these days, made with a piece of pumpkin pie and vanilla custard.
2) I know Spitzer's done all he can to clean up Wall Street, but I would guess that he never stopped to eat down there. Eliot, take a few minutes and have a pizza at Adrienne's Pizza Bar. It's on Old Stone Street, and it's so crowded you'll be able to shake a few hands of people you might eventually indict. How sweet would that be?
3) Show you're going to be the governor of all the people by eating the buffet lunch at Charles Southern Kitchen on 151st and Eighth Avenue. It's really cheap, so you can afford to pay for it on a governor's salary. Just don't pull an Alan Hevesi on us by having your state-paid employee drive your wife there to meet you. It looks like you could use a little fattening up, so eat many, many pieces of Charles Gabriel's incomparable fried chicken. It's a buffet, so it's not cheating to go back for seconds and even thirds.
4) Keep in touch with your base by having a hand-cut pastrami sandwich at Katz's. Ignore the obvious bribery going on with the sandwich men when they add a few more slices to your sandwich if you give them a buck or two extra. Do not indict them! You don't want to take on those counter guys at Katz's. They're way tougher than Wall Street tycoons.
5) Have two slices of pizza at DiFara's in Midwood, Brooklyn. Do not attempt to throw your weight around in a misguided effort to circumvent the obvious line chaos you're confronted by when you walk into DiFara's. Dom won't know who you are, and he wouldn't care even if he did. Just wait in line with the rest of us and enjoy your slices when they do come. Ignore the slightly dirty environs you're eating your slice in. Do not attempt to call the health department to close Dom down. Dom's fans will make it very hard for you to govern if you do.
Where else should we send Eliot Spitzer to eat? I'll compile a list and send to Albany.
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8 Comments:
Hi Ed,
Elliot Spitzer should hop on the F the train, get off at Church avenue in Brooklyn, and chow down on a chicken shwarma and a slice of salt and pepper noodle kugel at Cheskel's Shwarma King on 13 ave and 37st in Borough Park. I advise that Gov. Spitzer ask for hummus and onions with his shwarma, order it on a baguette or lafa (not pita), and make liberal use of the tangy mango sauce at the counter.
Depending on how hungry Gov. Spitzer is, he should order a slice from one of the crispy, gloriously tall kugel rounds on the counter (either salt and pepper, yerushalmi, or potato). Cheskel's also makes some mean, crispy, oniony, latkes that might also apeal to the Gov.
-Greg
Greg at 9:04AM on 11/10/06
The hell with Spitzer. I want to go to Cheskel's for a schwarma and some latkes. Ed
Ed Levine at 10:04AM on 11/10/06
In Albany he should eat at the CLASSIC italian joint, Cafe Capriccio. it's right down the hill from the Capital building.
And in Troy he should go to the River Street Cafe which is one of the most impressive restaurants I've ever eaten in.
The staff consists of 3 (that's THREE) people. The chef/owner, his kitchen helper and waitress or waiter (depending on the night).
The chef used to be in the army and then cooked at heli-skiing resort and runs this place like a ship. Everything is tight, tight, tight.
The fare may not be the most inventive, but it's always delicious, he always sends out a few extra courses and his wine list is superb.
Oh and the views of the sunset are amazing!
Ann at 1:18PM on 11/10/06
Hi Ed,
One more thing for Gov. Spitzer or yourself...Cheskel's Shwarma King is closed on Saturday, and doesn't serve shwarma on Friday, so make sure to go there on a weekday. Also, the truly inspirational kugels are not usually available until after 5:30 or so, in my experience.
--Greg
Greg at 2:52PM on 11/10/06
He should go to Bailey's Smokehouse in Blauvelt, NY (Rockland County) for some SERIOUS BBQ.
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OffTheBroi at 1:59PM on 11/11/06
In fact, Spitzer is on record as an anti-NYC-sliceite. During his campaign stumping, he declared Cam's Pizza in Watertown as the state's best pizza. Spitzer to NYC Pizza: Drop Dead [Slice]
Adam Kuban at 10:38AM on 11/13/06
Mr. Spitzer might want to stop in at Coals Restaurant in the Bronx, near Jacobi & Einstein hospitals for a different healthy grilled pizza or panini. We don't want him eating heavy cheese pizza.
eleGloria at 4:04PM on 05/21/07
He tried some humble pie and it didn't sit too well, so now I guess he'll be eating crow for the rest of his life. Maybe he can find it less bitter in any other state.
PerkyMac at 11:11AM on 03/12/08