Day Trip: NYC

Sitting last Saturday night, my friends Jesse, Matt and I were talking about what we would the next day. It was a Sunday, we kinda wanted to get out and we hadn't gone out much because most of our time had been spent sleeping, relaxing, studying for class. Jesse and I were in Back of House St. Andrew's and Matt was in Back of House Caterina. We all needed a break, so we said why don't we go to New York City for the day. Waking up the next morning, the weather was nice, we were feeling good so we hopped in the car and drove an hour and forty five into the big apple. Armed with 30 dollars in my pocket, it was going to be a day of fantastic eating. Ten dollars went towards the much needed Metro card to get around the city with some ease.

Now to our 1st stop - 72nd and Columbia Ave.

For a Tasty Hamburger and some delicious Thin Mint Custard....

Also Faces of Tasty Approval

We went to one of five Shake Shack Locations, we had a 15 minute wait, this was an amazing hamburger that hit the spot. A side note, we spent a great deal of the day discussing food cost and how all the places we ate at were literally making bank off of their restaurants. This also brought up discussions of restaurant types an food we like to cook and so on and so forth.

Look at that crepe....this brings us to our next stop right outside of NYU and Washington Square Park

Crepeaway, a place to pick up a warming crepe (either savory or sweet) and for a great price. It took the edge off the cold weather with a hot crepe filled with nutella.

Look....Steamed and Fried Pork Dumplings with Cool Monster Sauce (A yogurt and wasabi based sauce). Legit those were amazing dough filled bundles of heven.

Our last stop of the day was Dumpling Man in East Village, for 80 cents a dumpling, I highly recommend you go. They make the dumplings right in front of you so you see the process from start to finish.

We spent like 5 or 6 hours in Manhattan and were also able to get in a trip to Chelsea Market, hit up the lower West Side an swing by Morandi's where Matt externed at, walk around Chinatown and Little Italy and check out a restaurant supply store walking in Bowery. Overall it was a great and much needed day off full of food and great times.

-Garrett