We all know that beyond the amazing restaurants, cafes, pubs and bars of New York, every visiting traveler always seems to be drawn to the infamous Pizza and Hot dogs. And for under $20 you can have it all (three times over) in one evening … Feeling sick yet? This is only the beginning…
With our favorite pub, The Spotted Pig, having a long wait for a table of 8 (as expected one Friday night) our hungry troop ventured the streets of the West Village in search of immediate satisfaction for our empty bellies.
It wasn’t more than 2 blocks before we happened across Bleecker Street Pizza where huge slices of pepperoni and cheese pizzas were devoured for $3.00 a slice. And of course… we wanted more.
Continuing down Carmine St we were drawn to the smell of Joe’s Pizza (equally as satisfying) where we ate yet again.
Now having our fill of the savory we were, of course, in need of something sweet. Nothing better than a cookie spot on West 8th open till all hours of the morning, appropriately called Insomnia Cookies.
But on our way however was the conveniently positioned Gray’s Papaya on the corner of 6th and West 8th, calling our names. Can you imagine? Of course we couldn’t leave it out. Serving up the tastiest, cheapest hot dogs with their well known papaya juice (2 dogs + drink for $4.95), the combination of sauerkraut, onions and ketchup somehow turns this simple feed into something so much more that just a hot dog.
And now onto the last leg of the tour … we finally made it to Insomnia Cookies. A “must have” are the Smores Cookies ($2.25 each). Melt in your mouth, gooey on the inside, marshmallows and chocolate chunks distributed evenly into every single bite … You think this place couldn’t get better but they even have happy NYU students that deliver to your apartment when you order online!
Our evening could not have been captured more clearly in one sentence … “We started out going to the Spotted Pig and wound up eating like pigs instead” (tweeted by a food tour participant).
