NYC Wintertime Treats: Shake Shack, the redhead, 2nd Ave Deli (and Random Acts of Hot Toddy)

I'm a crybaby wuss when it comes to the cold, so it tickles me when NY tosses out treats and winter work-arounds for those willing to brave the bluster (and those who've been felled by it).

--> To help ease the bitter, Bolshevikian line for Sports Dogs and 'Shroom Burgers, Shake Shack is meeting its Madison-Square-adjacent burger junkies halfway by offering a winter call-in service: Place your order in advance and they'll give you an exact time to go and pick it up.  Danke, Daddy Meyer!

--> Chances are if you've eaten a homey, rib-sticking Southern meal at the redhead (small caps theirs), you haven't saved room for this little beauty: The Hot Chocolate Car Bomb.  Thick hot chocolate, Guinness and Jameson's topped with a homemade Bailey's marshmallow, this absurdly sexy caloric KO is reason enough to hunker down at the bar before (or after!) the packed dinner rush.

--> Besides bequeathing us with the uber-handy mecha-list of soups, NYMag lets flu-bitten Midtowners in on a handy little tip: The reborn 2nd Ave Deli delivers half-gallon jars of their Chicken in the Pot.  For $24.45 (including the deposit on the jar), you get half a kosher chicken with feather-light matzo balls gently adrift in golden Jewish Penicillin, 6 half-sour pickles, coleslaw, and 4 slices of rye.

--> If chicken soup alone can't clear your head and warm your toes, a hot toddy will probably get you the rest of the way: Saveur and the NYT share some insights, history, and recipes for toasty toddies and their fancier cousins, Tom & Jerrys.

Comments

[Chocolate Bear is F I R S T]

I haven't had a hot toddy in ages...I should probably figure out how to make some.

[from b e h i n d]

so do these joints post calories on their sh*t?
I think they should be concerned
about the calories
on their sh*t.

As tastey as this all looks, of course.

[Chocolate Bear is F I R S T]

I'd would certainly hope not...I can no longer eat at chipolte knowing that lunch can run from 700-1200 calories..and I KNOW they are lowballing that figure.

Then there's starbucks...no more capuccinos and frapuccino's each one of those is like...30 minutes on pike's peak, and 30 minutes on pike's peak is not all that fun!

[from b e h i n d]

Funny that, Starbucks' has a roast called "Pike's Place."

"Whoa-o-O/Let's take A jog to Pike's Place" (sung in the key to "Pryor's Place" theme song)

[from b e h i n d]

I wouldn't imagine any self-respecting "foodie" would eat at an establishment so ham-n-egger as chipolte. And Starbucks'...fuggetaboudit.

BTW, does this mean you'd rather eat in ignorance, CB?

[EF]

psst...foodies dig chipotle (even if not all of them admit it.)

tho, in my opinion, where chipotle fails is in portion control. but since theyre run by the mcdonalds corporation, its not all that surprising.

[from b e h i n d]

@EF: nodnod, foodies must call it "culinary slumming"