Honeymoon - Day 6 - September 25, 2010

After a long night of drinking, we were a little hungover.  We started the day at 'wichcraft in Bryant Park since it was close to the hotel.  It's a small chain partially founded by Tom Colicchio of 'Top Chef' fame.  I had cold sandwich of goat cheese, avocado, celery, walnut pesto and watercress on multigrain bread.  It was fair.  The bread was dry and the walnut pesto wasn't strong enough to rise above the celery and watercress.  Jesse had a sandwich from the 'warm' section of the menu with roasted turkey, avocado, bacon, onion relish & aioli on ciabatta roll.  He liked his more than I liked mine.

Waiting at 'wichcraft

We didn't have anything specific planned so we wanted toward Herald Square for a while.  It's an area with a lot of shopping and Jesse needed socks so we breezed through but didn't stay long since the crowds were pretty big.

We then headed towards Washington Square Park.  Since our early lunch at 'wichcraft had been small, we ducked into a little restaurant called Cafe Reggio.  We had a couple sandwiches and some really delicious tea.  The place was tiny but cozy and charming at the same time.  We actually liked the idea of the mis-matched tables and chairs so much that we may incorporate it into the restaurant we plan on opening in a few years.

TORINO:  Brie, Avocado & Dill

PARMA:   Prosciutto, Mozzarella & Fresh Basil

We made it to Washington Square Park, walked around, took some pictures, saw a show of street performers and caught the last 30 seconds of the dumbest looking fitness class I've ever seen.

 

The Washington Square Arch and that dumb workout in the same picture!

We Foursquared and found out there was the 2010 Dumpling Festival going on.  Too bad it wasn't as cool as it sounded so we made our way to the Union Square Greenmarket.  It's too bad we still had another week of vacation or we would have left with our arms full of food.

After all that walking around we decided to stop yet again for a small snack (and a few drinks) and ended up at Old Town Bar.  The atmosphere was good and there were quite a few people there even though it was only 4 pm on a Saturday.  We had the Crispy Spuds, which were essentially uneaten baked potatoes that had be sliced long ways into wedges and deep fried.  While the potatoes had been cooked to death and most likely over and over again, the Cheddar Horseradish dip was pretty good.

Mike and Elaine were taking us to dinner this night at Il Vagabondo.  I had the cheese ravioli which was really good and surprisingly light.  Jesse had the special of Osso Bucco that wasn't really up my alley but he almost pissed himself over.

We finished off the evening with a visit to PJ Clarke's and Jack's.  The word on the street is that PJ Clarke's has amazing mac and cheese with peas.  Had we not been so full, we would have ordered a dish, but we'll have to put that on the list for next time.