Thursday, April 22, 2004
Takeout food - 19th through 22nd Streets, much of it upscale
LOOKING AHEAD by Wally Dobelis
You are not up to preparing a holiday dinner for a family group? Not to despair, many of the takeout restaurants and services will cater, a dinner for a couple or a crowd. .My listings show the restaurants that cater.
It just came to my attention, during the Passover week, that people who observe strict Kosher diet and are not overly mobile can order all their groceries from a specialty supermarket, Supersol Westside, at 526 Amsterdam Ave, (212) 875-1731. Supersol sends a truck once a week down our way. It’s one of New York’s best kept secrets, like Block Island, do not look for it on the internet. Thanks for the info, Mrs. B.
If you are in desperate need of a meal delivered on Shabbat (or any other time), you can call on the ever-reliable Second Ave Deli, 156 Second Ave at 10th St., (212) 677-0606. They are Kosher but not glatt (because they serve on Shabbat), and will deliver meals all the way to Stuy Town, up to 9:30 PM, $15 min.
I will try to cover other special interest food dispensaries, in future articles.
We now come more into my main topic, 19th through 22 Streets, the area of fine cooking and upscale prices. Many restaurants offer no takeouts. This is understandable; their product involves not only food, but also presentation, with proper temperature, atmosphere, service and company. You’d be wasting major bucks by taking out these dishes and microwaving them.
The major restaurants at the crossings have been described in other installments of this directory, dealing with the avenues; here we meet the equally reputable but sometimes more recherché eateries along the side streets.
East 19th Street
Tracy J’s Watering Hole Bar & Restaurant at 106 East 19th Street (212) 674-5783, owned by Art Heyman of the Knicks, offers not only bar appetizers, salads and sandwiches; you can order sirloin steak, blackened catfish and chicken breasts, with garlic mashed potatoes. Cajun cooking. Free delivery after 6 p.m.
Duke’s Restaurant at 99 East 18th Street, (212) 260-2922, welcomes y’all with barbecue, such as “fall off the bone” St. Louis ribs, also, po’boy sandwiches, jambalaya with Creole rice, buttermilk fried chicken, blackened anything. Free delivery.
Wichcraft at 49 East 19th Street, (212)780-0577 offers breakfast sandwiches and sweet rolls, warm and cold sandwich platters for lunch, all-day sweets. Free delivery, 8 a.m.-7 p.m., also weekends.
Pipa: tapas y mas, ay 38 East 19th Street, (212)677-2233. Would not count on them for takeout.
East 20th Street
We will start way East, with Lenz’s Deli & Pizza, at 514 East 20th Street (212) 979-2859, at practically the geographical center of ST/PCV. This is a neighborhood restaurant, also offering cold platters of meats and cheeses, 6-ft heroes, calzones, dinner entrees and salads, seven days/wk, 6 a.m.- 10 p.m., free delivery.
Crossing the arid desert of several food-deprived city blocks, we come to Morrells Restaurant, 900 Broadway at 20th Street (212) 253-0900. Alas, no takeout.
Gramercy Tavern at 42 East20th Street, (212) 477-0777, is the prime restaurant of the “good tasting area”. Elegant setting, unparalleled service (their words), upscale prices. Takeout available only exceptionally, but will wrap up your doggie bag.
Silver Swan at 41 East 20th Street, (212) 254-3611, German- American cuisine. No takeout menu, but you can order and pick up. Leftovers cheerfully packed up.
Flute at 40 East 20nd Street, (212) 529-7870. Petrossian caviar, but no takeout.
Anfu Korean 36 East 20th Street (212)674-1298. Korean style, pre-fix dinner, three courses and complimentary sake tasting, $25. Leftovers will feed a family.
Hamachi Japanese Sushi Bar 34 East 20th Street, (212) 420-8608. Nice upscale selections, lunch delivered until 2:45 p.m., dinner until 10:45..
La Pizza Fresca Ristorante, 31 East 20th Street (212) 598-0141, a Neapolitan trattoria featuring the genuine authentic ethnic, certified product. Also pasta, risotto, vino. You picka up.
Mizu Sushi at 29 East 20th Street, (212) 505-6688, huge menu. If you are really hungry, take the sushi and sashimi for two, $60.. Free delivery.
Bangkok Café 27 East 20th Street, (212) 228-7638.Thai fried rice dishes, entrees come with steamed, or sticky, or curry rice. Noodles and fried rice, red snapper and “to die for” duck selections. Free delivery.
Twenty First Street
The takeout cousin to the First Avenue Pub across the street, From First to Home, at 346 East 21st Street (212) 475-7736. Appetizers of buffalo wings, shrimps in a basket, BBQ’d or cold, with cocktail sauce; Caesar and sirloin salads, burgers, and catfish, tuna and roast beef wraps with steak fries, and then we come to the main courses. Filet mignon, $16.95. Catering, free delivery.
Twenty-Second Street
Tamarind, at 41 East 22nd Street, (212) 674-7400, a neat Indian restaurant, serves chef Raji’s noorani kabab, Calcutta fisherman stew, Rogan josh, which is goat on the bone with cardamom sauce, murgh (chicken) in various permutations. Free delivery.
You are not up to preparing a holiday dinner for a family group? Not to despair, many of the takeout restaurants and services will cater, a dinner for a couple or a crowd. .My listings show the restaurants that cater.
It just came to my attention, during the Passover week, that people who observe strict Kosher diet and are not overly mobile can order all their groceries from a specialty supermarket, Supersol Westside, at 526 Amsterdam Ave, (212) 875-1731. Supersol sends a truck once a week down our way. It’s one of New York’s best kept secrets, like Block Island, do not look for it on the internet. Thanks for the info, Mrs. B.
If you are in desperate need of a meal delivered on Shabbat (or any other time), you can call on the ever-reliable Second Ave Deli, 156 Second Ave at 10th St., (212) 677-0606. They are Kosher but not glatt (because they serve on Shabbat), and will deliver meals all the way to Stuy Town, up to 9:30 PM, $15 min.
I will try to cover other special interest food dispensaries, in future articles.
We now come more into my main topic, 19th through 22 Streets, the area of fine cooking and upscale prices. Many restaurants offer no takeouts. This is understandable; their product involves not only food, but also presentation, with proper temperature, atmosphere, service and company. You’d be wasting major bucks by taking out these dishes and microwaving them.
The major restaurants at the crossings have been described in other installments of this directory, dealing with the avenues; here we meet the equally reputable but sometimes more recherché eateries along the side streets.
East 19th Street
Tracy J’s Watering Hole Bar & Restaurant at 106 East 19th Street (212) 674-5783, owned by Art Heyman of the Knicks, offers not only bar appetizers, salads and sandwiches; you can order sirloin steak, blackened catfish and chicken breasts, with garlic mashed potatoes. Cajun cooking. Free delivery after 6 p.m.
Duke’s Restaurant at 99 East 18th Street, (212) 260-2922, welcomes y’all with barbecue, such as “fall off the bone” St. Louis ribs, also, po’boy sandwiches, jambalaya with Creole rice, buttermilk fried chicken, blackened anything. Free delivery.
Wichcraft at 49 East 19th Street, (212)780-0577 offers breakfast sandwiches and sweet rolls, warm and cold sandwich platters for lunch, all-day sweets. Free delivery, 8 a.m.-7 p.m., also weekends.
Pipa: tapas y mas, ay 38 East 19th Street, (212)677-2233. Would not count on them for takeout.
East 20th Street
We will start way East, with Lenz’s Deli & Pizza, at 514 East 20th Street (212) 979-2859, at practically the geographical center of ST/PCV. This is a neighborhood restaurant, also offering cold platters of meats and cheeses, 6-ft heroes, calzones, dinner entrees and salads, seven days/wk, 6 a.m.- 10 p.m., free delivery.
Crossing the arid desert of several food-deprived city blocks, we come to Morrells Restaurant, 900 Broadway at 20th Street (212) 253-0900. Alas, no takeout.
Gramercy Tavern at 42 East20th Street, (212) 477-0777, is the prime restaurant of the “good tasting area”. Elegant setting, unparalleled service (their words), upscale prices. Takeout available only exceptionally, but will wrap up your doggie bag.
Silver Swan at 41 East 20th Street, (212) 254-3611, German- American cuisine. No takeout menu, but you can order and pick up. Leftovers cheerfully packed up.
Flute at 40 East 20nd Street, (212) 529-7870. Petrossian caviar, but no takeout.
Anfu Korean 36 East 20th Street (212)674-1298. Korean style, pre-fix dinner, three courses and complimentary sake tasting, $25. Leftovers will feed a family.
Hamachi Japanese Sushi Bar 34 East 20th Street, (212) 420-8608. Nice upscale selections, lunch delivered until 2:45 p.m., dinner until 10:45..
La Pizza Fresca Ristorante, 31 East 20th Street (212) 598-0141, a Neapolitan trattoria featuring the genuine authentic ethnic, certified product. Also pasta, risotto, vino. You picka up.
Mizu Sushi at 29 East 20th Street, (212) 505-6688, huge menu. If you are really hungry, take the sushi and sashimi for two, $60.. Free delivery.
Bangkok Café 27 East 20th Street, (212) 228-7638.Thai fried rice dishes, entrees come with steamed, or sticky, or curry rice. Noodles and fried rice, red snapper and “to die for” duck selections. Free delivery.
Twenty First Street
The takeout cousin to the First Avenue Pub across the street, From First to Home, at 346 East 21st Street (212) 475-7736. Appetizers of buffalo wings, shrimps in a basket, BBQ’d or cold, with cocktail sauce; Caesar and sirloin salads, burgers, and catfish, tuna and roast beef wraps with steak fries, and then we come to the main courses. Filet mignon, $16.95. Catering, free delivery.
Twenty-Second Street
Tamarind, at 41 East 22nd Street, (212) 674-7400, a neat Indian restaurant, serves chef Raji’s noorani kabab, Calcutta fisherman stew, Rogan josh, which is goat on the bone with cardamom sauce, murgh (chicken) in various permutations. Free delivery.
# posted by Wally Dobelis @ 6:27 AM 
