Foods of New York Tours recently launched our newest food tour of Nolita/ Noho. Because it is brand new it is only running on weekends so none of the tour guides have been able to take the tour, so we got to take a special tour guide tour on Tuesday afternoon and it was INCREDIBLE!!! Seriously, after your take my tour ;) come and take the Nolita/ Noho tour!!! Sign up here NOW: http://www.foodsofny.com/nolita.php
The new wave of graffiti. Piece is by Shepard Fairey on Mott Street near the Little Cupcake Bakeshop.
Amy giving us the tour overview
Tasting #1, the Brooklyn Blackout cupcake from Little Cupcake Bakeshop
The real original Ray's Pizza
Emporio
Watching our pizza being made at Emporio
Wood burning pizza oven at Emporio
Cindy waiting for the pizza
Tasting #2, Prosciutto & Arugola pizza from Emporio
Inside Emporio
The two buildings on each side of the yellow building are twins.
Tasting #3, roasted meats from Oxley's Carvery
Inside Oxley's Carvery
Dumbbell tenement example inside Bread Restaurant (apparently the man who lives in the apartment is hot stuff too, no "ugly naked man" here)
Inside Bread Restaurant (tasting #4)
Halloween spirit inside Bread
The Candle Building which used to be a retirement home for horses, although they still had to help Thomas Edison test electricity
The New York Shaving Company
Inside the Monday Room at Public Restaurant
An ode to the horses back at the Candle Building for their service to Thomas Edison
The Edison lightbulbs overhanging tables at Public Restaurant. The space was home of the Edison Light Electric Company back in 1880.
The concept of Public Restaurant is "public" spaces.
Learning about Elizabeth Gardens
Moe's Meat Market art gallery
Moe now is across the street still carrying out the family business.
Tasting #5 was at Tacombi
An interior designer owns this house on Elizabeth Street, although it looks like it should be a Tiffany's store.
Water tower on the Bowery
New restaurant in the neighborhood called Saxon and Parole, named for two famous race horses.
"The Wedding Cake Building"
This is one continuous line carved into the sidewalk. It took months to complete.
Tasting #6 is (usually) at The Smile
Anny showing us her photo in the book at the hair salon near one of the restaurants on the tour. She is famous! |
Tasting #7, a Peel-i-o: the restaurant Peels version of an Oreo
After the tour I went with my co-worked Kerrianne to have a gin cocktail at Madam Geneva's one of the places Amy mentioned on the tour that I keep reading about. They put homemade preserves in the cocktail, this is the cranberry orange preserve and it was delicious!
