I'm in NYC for a couple of days and not really eating, but stopped at Mario
Batali's EATALY (200 5th Ave at 23rd St) emporia. You have to choose if you want
meat, cheese, fish or what and I went for pizza.pasta at Le Cucine d'Eataly and
wolfed down an awesome cooked Prosciutto Cotto & Ramp "salad" and then a
Pizza Capricciosa laden with mozzarella, tomato, olives, artichokes and
mushrooms. A glass of Morello di Scansano "I Perizzi" 2013 from La Mozza which
was full bodied and tasty.
I wanted cappuccino and found it in another are and it was supreme...
After the opera we stopped across the street in the Empire Hotel's PJ
Clarkes where I enjoyed a Jalapeno Cucumber Margarita and a dozen superb
oysters:
Naked Cowboy from NY..smallish but yummy
plump Saddle Rocks from Conn.
super salty Fanny Bay from BC
Neptune's Choice from Wash state
and the elegant Shabumi from Wash and awesome Kusshi from BC
yum....
