Arugula & Parmesan Pizza crispy thin crust; cheese pizza once baked in wood-burning oven is then covered w/ baby arugula and topped w/ shredded parmigiano reggiano and extra virgin olive oil drizzle
opened in 2004; pizzas made w/ Italian flour and tomatoes and baked in a 100% wood-burning brick oven; rooftop patio available from May through September
"The Grasshopper" Charlotte layered chocolate sponge cake & "grasshopper" ganache sandwiches, coating layers of chocolate parfait, vanilla mouse & mint mousse; "so moist, so creamy, so velvety!" -Geoffrey Zakarian
Truffled Egg Toast Amish egg yolks embedded inside a slice of toast, surrounded by fontina cheese, toasted (to melt the cheese) and then topped w/ white truffled olive oil
Ice Cream Sandwich chunks of pistchio-chocolates in ice cream filling; "it's the best one you're going to find ever...best one in the country...probably the world!"-Duff Goldman; looks good
Food War: Grimaldi's vs. John's Pizzeria... Grimaldi's won (2-votes-to-1); Founder John Sasso left Lombardi's (1st pizzeria in NYC) in 1929 to open John's; funky atmosphere; no individual slices
#5 (101 Tastiest Places to Chowdown); Food War: Katz's vs. 2nd Ave... Katz's won (3-votes-to-2); oldest deli in America (1888); where "Harry Met Sally" was filmed (orgasm scene); don't lose your ticket to order or it will cost you $50 (and they have a cop guarding the door)
