Foods to bring home from NYC

[JesseJB]

Im visiting from Seattle over Presidents Day weekend. I love regional food and want to bring some NYC food back with me besides the obvious, bagels. I'm just taking a carry-on so I can't take any sauces, etc on the plane. Any suggestions?

And another thing, I'm planning on doing most of my exploring on Presidents Day. Will most places be open?

 

[Piobaire]

Load the whole suitcase with foie gras. That is all.

 

[JesseJB]

Yeaaaaa.... it's good but I can get that here too. I mean things that you can really only get in NYC. ****, Id bring home a pizza if it was socially acceptable.

 

[Piobaire]

Well, these days, you can get most anything shipped, to anywhere, from anywhere. I was just looking to save you some cash.

 

[JesseJB]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

Well, these days, you can get most anything shipped, to anywhere, from anywhere. I was just looking to save you some cash.


Oh is foie gras cheaper there or something? I like it, the cheap.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by JesseJB

Oh is foie gras cheaper there or something? I like it, the cheap.

I figure it is, since you can actually buy it at the retail level, it's closer to where most is raised domestically, and I figure NYC consumes the largest share of foie in the US outside of maybe Vegas or LA. Is there a place called D'Artanian's there? I think that's it. I know my local connection has it shipped in from back east.

 

[gdl203]

Pastrami, brisket, bagels?

 

[gomestar]

Stop at Dean & Deluca, find something there
Scones from Alice's Tea Cup (64th and Lexington)
Nova Salmon, find the best you can

 

[JesseJB]

Great ideas guys.

Would pastrami, brisket, etc be easy to bring home on a plane? Or would you need to cold ship it?

 

[Tarmac]

If it were for myself, I would bring bagels. Those NY bagels are insane. Even plain, cold.

If it's something to bring back to share in the office, I might get Rice to Riches or Magnolia cupcakes. 2 tourist traps which are still decent.

 

[fcuknu]

you better get your god damn bagels at Essa Bagel on 50/2.

 

[LesterSnodgrass]

Cheesecake from Juniors?

Nothing like garlic bagels in the overhead storage.

 

[Dakota rube]

I'd suggest you skip peanut butter and blowfish.

 

[fcuknu]

Originally Posted by LesterSnodgrass

Cheesecake from Juniors?

Nothing like garlic bagels in the overhead storage.

that cheesecake blows

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by fcuknu

that cheesecake blows

I agree. But getting Junior cheesecake and Magnolia Bakery seems to be part of the NYC tourist food map unfortunately. To me, it would be like going to Seatlle and bringing home some Starbucks coffee... There's way better NYC places than that (Eileen's is 10x better than Junior, Billy's is 10x better than Magnolia, etc...) but it's hard to know of the good spots when you don't live here. To use the same example, I wouldn't know where to go in Seattle to get some great local coffee.