PrintGramercy Tavern Meatball: The Best in New York?
I've always loved the gutsy, simpler Tavern menu at the Gramercy Tavern, and after having the meatball entree there recently, I have fallen in love all over again. Michael Anthony's meatball is a long way from the meatballs that filled the meatball hero at Rocco's, my local Italian-American deli growing up. Made with pork, beef, and veal, the succulent, moist meatball arrives split in half, the size of a baseball; great aged fontina cheese oozing out of the center; a pile of wonderful sweet onion marmalade between the two halves; and surrounded by an intensely creamy potato puree. Armed with my newfound penchant for portion control, I ate half the meatball (and a couple of forkfuls of the potato puree), and took the other half home with a vision for my meatball sandwich dinner dancing in my head. Around 8 o clock that night I toasted a bialy and placed the microwaved meatball neatly between the bialy halves. Meatball sandwich nirvana, serious eaters, way better than Rocco's.
Gramercy Tavern
42 East 20th Street
New York, NY 10003
Ph: 212-477-0777
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3 Comments:
I haven't tried them at Gramercy, but I'm salivating as I write this...meatballs at Frankies 457 Spuntino are "to die for."
Livetotravel at 4:29PM on 02/21/08
I agree. I love Frankies 457 meatballs. They totally rock and go into my favorite meatball sandwich in New York.
Ed Levine at 4:31PM on 02/21/08
that was an orgasmic description of a meatball, ed. i need to get a great recipe. soon.
cook eat FRET at 10:21AM on 03/06/08