And one of the best things about our trip was all the amazing food we tried. We visited some new and old favorites while we were there. It turns out New York has a lot of great places to eat! And I was so surprised at the prices where we ate. We ate excellent NYC food for a great price! Here's a list of some of my favorites:
Breakfast
Our first morning in NYC we had Brooklyn Bagels at Ellen's Stardust Diner.
New York is known to have fantastic bagels. Now imagine one of those amazing bagels with egg, ham, and cheese for breakfast. Sooooo yummy!
And Ellen's Stardust Diner is such a fun place to eat. It sits right in the heart of Broadway and the servers are all looking to make it big on stage. They sing while you're eating and it's so fun! They're all so friendly and it's just a really entertaining place to eat.
1650 Broadway
Lunch/Dinner
On this trip I was able to go to Chelsea Market for the very first time. It was awesome and a total dream come true!!! That place is like its own little world. Food Network headquarters is in the same building and the chefs don't even need to leave it if they don't want to. That place has everything they need for any segment. Amazing!!
On one of the days we had lunch in Chelsea Market at a little place called Hale and Hearty Soups. We shared Split Pea with Smoked Turkey Soup and a Grilled Chicken Sandwich with Sundried Tomato Pesto. Yes, that is fresh mozzarella you see on that sandwich! So yummy.
(It was really hard choosing a place to eat lunch at Chelsea Market! Every shop looked so good!)
75 9th Ave. inside Chelsea Market
I am a burger girl through and through! One of my very favorite burgers comes from Shake Shack. We LOVE going to Shake Shack when we visit New York! We each order a cheeseburger, then we share a fry and a chocolate shake. Their chocolate shake tastes like a really good chocolate truffle made into a milkshake. This right here is one of my all-time favorite meals!
Shake Shack has a bunch of different locations in the city, but we always go to the one in the Theater District!
691 8th Ave.
The night we saw Newsies on Broadway we decided to eat somewhere quick and close to the theater. Schnipper's was right down the street from the Nederlander Theatre so we decided to eat there. We randomly decided on Chicken Tacos, even though this place is known for sloppy joes. (Have you seen the sloppy joe throwdown on Throwdown with Bobbly Flay? Schnipper's won that throwdown!) At first I regretted not trying the sloppy joe. But I quickly changed my attitude when I tried this taco! LOVED it! And after eating one I was stuffed. We're fry people and ordered a side to share and each had a taco. I think we ate four fries total. These tacos are filling and oh so delicious.
620 8th Ave.
And I experienced my first gyro this time around as well! My blog buddy, Amber, from Dessert Now, Dinner Later! told me I had to try a gyro from a cart on the street. I ordered this one from a cart in front of Julliard and it was so good! That white sauce they put on there is out of this world and pulls the whole thing together. Why I have never tried one of these before is beyond me.
Dessert
I have what some might call a problem when it comes to desserts. When I eat a meal I immediately crave something sweet. On the plane ride home from our trip my husband ate a bag of complimentary cookies all by himself and I had to psych myself out from thinking about those dang cookies after I had just polished off a bag of salty popcorn chips. Makes me cringe just thinking about it.
My life was changed the first night of our trip when I was introduced to California Cheesecake at Cake Boss Cafe (cafe of Buddy Valastro's from TLC's Cake Boss). We're talking individual creamy vanilla cheesecakes topped with all kinds of fruit and a graham cracker crumble. Heaven!! I had two of these on our trip and it was wonderful. We had a refrigerator in our room so we bought a few extra treats each time we went and stored them. You would too! (The lobster tails are also amazing!) Take a look at what this cafe looks like!
See what I mean?? I miss this place so much.
corner of 42nd St. & 8th Ave.
What are some of your favorite places to eat in New York? I want more ideas for the next trip I take out there! Please leave a comment with your favorites!
