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G's Cheesesteaks

I didn’t take any photos of this place, but you can watch my Ride & Review HERE: This is by far my favorite cheesesteak: The Long Hot. It has steak, crumbled sausage, long hot peppers, cooper sharp, and fried red onions. Perfect. And all on a fresh made sesame seed bun. You can’t beat it. I’m so happy this place is in my neighborhood. They have great deals on Uber Eats, and awesome happy hour…

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Rippers

Rippers is a famous beachside burger shop in Rockaway. This joint serves up big, juicy, perfectly cooked burgers for the hungry masses at the beach. I have to say this was one of the best burgers I’ve had since I went to Lions Bar. The griddle cook offered the burger a nice textural crunch, and the inside was cooked to a perfect juicy medium. Good cheese coverage, and not too many toppings or…

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Tacos 1986

Tacos 1986 just opened up in the west village near the corner of West 4th Street and 6th Avenue. The tacos are $5 each, but I should have gotten the open-face quesadillas for just $0.75 more each. I did three al pastor tacos, and they were delicious. They had lots of really tasty shaved pork on them, with a nice dollop of guacamole on top. Great tortillas too. I can’t wait to go back for…

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Cyclo

If you’re in LIC and looking for Vietnamese food, one option you have is Cyclo. I stopped in here with a few of my ebike friends for a bowl of pho and some other snacks. The quail egg fried wontons were unique. I would skip on the sweet chili sauce. The beef skewers were a bit better, in my oopinion. The clay pot beef stew wasn’t hot enough to crisp up the rice on the bottom of the serving…

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Sushi Hayashi

Sushi Hayashi is one of the “all you can eat” sushi/omakase spots that are trending now in the city. This spot is a pretty good deal. The pieces are all decent, and you get a solid amount of sushi for $98 in the omakase (14 courses). The salmon, shima aji and shrimp were our favorite pieces from the omakase. The wagyu fell short, and there was no uni, but over all this was a worth-while…

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Rosie's

First, check out my Ride & Review video HERE: Rosie’s is a big, fun Mexican spot on the corner of 2nd Street and 2nd Avenue. The Cake Dealer and I tried a few items at the bar. They make some nice margaritas here, so definitely start with one of those. If you want a nice bar snack, get the chicharrones. They’re huge and delicious. One of my favorite items was the squash blossom quesadilla.…

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Comal

First, check out my Ride & Review video HERE: Comal is a new Mexico City -inspired restaurant in the lower east side. They offer up some really unique dishes that you won’t commonly see at popular Mexican restaurants. We started the meal with three skewers: al pastor chicken, beef tongue, and mushrooms. The al pastor was our favorite of these. I think the mushrooms would have been better…

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Sushi By M

First, check out my Ride & Review video HERE: This spot offers a great 18-course omakase for just $100. I’m just going to dump the photos I snapped for each piece, but our favorites were the following: oyster appetizer, shrimp, red snapper,  shima aji, both medium and fatty tuna, uni, salmon, wagyu spoon, and the shrimp and uni hand roll we added at the end. We would definitely come back here…

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Bar Oliver

First, check out my Ride & Review video HERE: Bar Oliver is a small Spanish style tapas and pintxos joint at the intersection of Oliver, St. James, East Broadway, Bowery and Worth downtown. My wife and I stopped in for drinks when they first opened, but now that the menu is fully built out, we wanted to go in and try some food. We started with the Montauk red shrimp pintxos. These were tasty…

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Gui Steakhouse

Gui Steakhouse overall score: 84 First, check out my Ride & Review video HERE: Flavor: 9 First, we went big on the king size prime rib. This had a  kombu crust that made for a totally unique flavor. This was a 10, for sure. Perfectly cooked with some mild dry-aging on it. We had the 48-day dry-aged bone-in strip steak that was on special for the day. The flavor was great, but there was…

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Tortilleria Mexicana Los Hermanos

First, check out my Ride & Review HERE: I pulled up on this Bushwick spot before hitting Electric Wednesday nearby at KCBC. I went with their $11 special; three carnitas tacos. These were really great. They’re served sort of gringo style, meaning they have lettuce, tomato and sour cream on them. I’m totally fine with that! I think the tortillas could spend a bit more time getting toasted on…

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Cuerno

Cuerno overall score: 81 First, check out my Ride & Review video HERE: Flavor: 7 The rib eye with bone marrow and fried chives packs a ton of flavor. I’m not sure if there’s a lot of aged flavor happening, but we both enjoyed this steak. Choice of Cuts & Quality Available: 8 There are a few large format steaks and a few single portion steaks available on the menu here. I’m not really sure this…

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House of Pasta

First, check out my Ride & Review video HERE: My wife and I popped in here because we heard good things. We started with some nice cocktails, and a beautiful bread basket with focaccia and basil-infused olive oil. Then moved on to the roasted octopus and crispy artichokes. Both of these were great, and the octopus came with a few pieces of crispy artichoke as well. We were glad that we ordered…

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Anton's

First, check out my Ride & Review HERE: This place was pretty good! We rode here in the afternoon on July 4th, so we took advantage of their hot dog special. This was a really tasty veal dog with dijon and kraut on a sesame seed bun. We also had their bucatini made with thick cut bacon in a sort of Amatriciana sauce. The pasta was perfectly cooked! Then we moved on to their chicken…

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Gangnam Hot Pot

First, check out my Ride & Review video HERE: This place was pretty great. I didn’t take any photos, so you’ll just have to check out the video to see what we had. The best items were the shellfish, the fishballs, and the sliced meats like lamb, rib eye and pork belly. Definitely give this place a shot! It was really a great deal at just about $100 for two people including drinks! GANGNAM HOT…

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Au Za'atar

First, check out my Ride & Review video HERE: This place is pretty great. We started with some nicely mixed cocktails, and then dug into a nice stuffed zucchini app. It came with a bunch of dips, pickled items, sauces and bread. We also did the lamb shank, which was served in a delicious yogurt sauce with toasted pistachios. This was awesome. Next up, the smaller sized mixed grill. The star…

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ACRU Beef Dinner

My wife found out about a special dairy cow beef dinner at ACRU, in which cuts from all over the animal are featured on the tasting menu. We gave it a shot! But check out my Ride & Review video for this meal HERE first: Okay so here’s the menu we had: The first round of bites came with some raw sliced beef in a tart shell. Admittedly, I forgot what the waiter said about that item. I assume it…