New York Chronicles

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Alec Baldwin Does Donald Trump SNL

ALEC BALDWIN Does TRUMP

Donald Trump FunnyFace

ALEC BALDWIN Does Donald Trump on SNL

Saturday Night Live

TRUMP Calls ROSIE O'DONNELL "a FAT PIG"

During 2016 Presidential Debate with HILLARY CLINTON

New York Best Coffee

CAFFE DANTE

Macdougal Street GREENWICH VILLAGE

New York

100 YEARS OLD Next YEAR 2015

NEW YORK'S BEST ITALIAN CAFFE

BEST ART in a CAFE

Caffe Reggio

photo Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

CAFFE REGGIO

Macdougal Street

GREENWICH VILLAGE

New York

For Great Art in a Cafe, You Can't Beat CAFFE REGGIO

in GREENWICH VILLAGE .. Caffe Reggio Boast

a Painting from The SCHOOL of CARAVAGGIO

and

a RENAISANCE BENCH From a MEDICI PALACE

Florence, Italy

Le COLOMBE

LAYFAYETTE STREET

Near ASTOR PLACE (8th Street)

East Village, NY

GREAT AMBIANCE & GREAT COFFEE

A Winning Combination!

STUMPTOWN COFFEE

THE ACE HOTEL

WORLD'S PRETIEST BARISTA

STUMPTOWN COFFEE

GREAT COFFEE & GOOD LOOKING BARISTAS

And A Great Hang in The Lobby

of The ACE HOTEL

photo Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

ABRACO ESPRESSO

NEW YORK'S BEST CORTADO

and

BEST OVERALL COFFEE

A Bit Much on Attitude at Times ...

PORTO RICO COFFEE

BEST COFFEE in NEW YORK

WHY The HELL Would ANYONE Be DUMB

Enough to Buy COFFEE BEANS at STARBUCKS For $12.95

When YOU CAN BUY NEW YORK'S BEST COFFEE

For 5 DOLLARS LESS At $7.95 a Pound?

Guess Some People are Just Plain DUMB ???

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Bellino & The Minetta Burger virsus Josh Ozersky and The Black Label Burger - MINETTA TAVERN

MINETTA TAVERN

photo Copyright - Daniel Bellino Zwicke

MINETTA BURGER

"IT'S BETTER THAN THE BLACK LABEL BURGER"

Minetta Tavern, Greenwich Village, New York, NY "Yes," Minetta Tavern's Second-Tier Burger, The "Minetta Burger" is without question thee "Better Burger" served at Minetta Tavern. Noted Foodie, Writer (The Hamburger) Burger Authority Josh Ozersky would disagree. Well, Mr. Ozersky is entitled to his opinion, as well as I and Thousands of others and the majority who like the Minetta Burger better than the now Highly Touted Minetta Tavern Black Label Burger, who some feel is the top burger in New York, even the World some say.

So, I'm wondering if some say the Minetta Black Label Burger is New York's Best and even the World's, does that make The Minetta Burger, according to myself and the majority of those polled, "New York's" even the World's Best Burger. "Not quite."

This is a very subjective matter and one of personal taste. I can see why Mr. Ozersky loves the Minetta Tavern Black Label Burger so much, proclaiming it New York's Top Burger and I believe he "May" said it is The Best in The World, but I'm not absolutely sure, so don't quote me on that. Yes it is a Good Burger, and if you feel it is Great, than Yes it is Great to You and Everyone else who says it is Great. As for me, without question the "Minetta Burger" is Better, "Hell, It's Tastier" and that's all that counts isn't it. And I'll tell you why it's tastier.

First off, the Blend and Quality of meat in the Minetta Burger is "Better for a Burger." Note that I don't say that the meat is just better, but better for making a Burger. Why? Well, Dry-Age Meat with it's powerful gamey taste is not the best taste for Ground-Meat and a Hamburger. Fresher Meat that has not been aged, is much Better for a Burger, an it Taste a Hell of a Lot Better than ground dry-aged beef which did you Know that in it's aging process is actually deteriorating? Some people like that taste. Fine. I do not, especially in ground meat and in my Burger. I'd much rather have my ground meat for a Burger Fresh.

And did you know that the Ground Meat Blend from Pat La Frieda for the Minetta Burger is a Blend of Prime Beef Short Rib, Beef Brisket, and Beef Clod, and this blend was La Frieda's "Premium Blend" before he came up with the Black Label Blend which is Dry-Aged Rib Steak, and cost a lot more, thus the more Expensive Price of Minetta Tavern's Black Label Burger at $26.00 for the Cheaper and Superior $17.00 "Minetta Burger."

Just because something is more Expensive, does not make it better, and the Minetta Burger vs The Black Label Burger is a Classic example of more Expensive not being better than cheaper.

Why? Well, because of our current state of a bad economy, New York Steak Houses, Restaurants, and Meat Purveyors such as Pat La Frieda and others found that expensive cuts of Beef like Prime Sirloin Steaks and Prime Dry Aged Rib Steaks were not selling as well as they used to. Expensive, people have less money. Put 2-And-2-Together. So, these meat purveyors found themselves not selling as much as the High-Ticket Cuts. What to do? Well, as a result of a Bad Economy and Boggers Loving Burgers for there Affordability and Blogability, Burgers have become Insanely Popular in the past four years or so. Pat La Frieda has a great idea, make and Market Ground High-End Cuts of Dry-Aged Beef, give it a Fancy name, "Black Label," and the rest is part of Hamburger History.

As for me, I'll take the Better Tasting Burger that just so happens to be substantially cheaper to boot, the Minetta Burger.

by Daniel Bellino Zwicke

R.I.P. JOSH

Sadly since this posting Josh Ozersky passed away ... Josh was greatly loved by Foodies and Gourmands everywhere, but nowhere more than from his home-town fellow New Yorkers who called Josh our own .. Josh had a wonderful down-to-earth everyman's look at the World of Food and dining out, and as a food-writer Josh had no equal with his special brand of food-writing and reporting that was uniquely Josh Ozersky. You've sadly passed Josh, but you'd be happy to know your great food journalism is till remembered and much loved, as are you.

SUNDAY SAUCE

by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

Funny Face Trump

CLOWN TRUMP

Funny Face Trump # 1

Funny Face Trump # 2

Funny Face Trump # 3

Funny Face Trump # 4

Funny Face Trump 5

Hot Coffee - A POEM

HOT COFFEE

Hot Coffee I Love thee So

Do You Love Me?
It matters not

My love for thee?

unrequited

if you love me or not

I Still Love thee

You're warm

You're Hot

I love it hot

You taste so Goooooood

COFFEE

Everyday !!!!

I gotta have you

and you're always there
Each and every day

in the morning ?
you're there

and I have thee whether or not you want me

Your'e Hot

then warm then cold
2, 3, 4 Times a day

I have you

My Coffee?

Can't live without you

Sweet or not

I think not

No Sugar for me

Just Coffee and milk

Oh how I love my Coffee

Everyday of my life

I gotta have you?

Coffee

a Poem by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

"THREE WOMEN"

Drinking Coffee

Fernand Leger

1921

"I LOVE COFFEE"

TEE SHIRT

COFFEE CUP

Frank Sinatra Favorite Foods

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Frank Sinatra, both the greatest singer and greatest entertainer of the 20th Century. No question. Sinatra was a legendary icon whose star still shines bright. He was a musical icon, celebrity, international personality, and to millions of Italian-Americans he was our own, a paisan. Frank was an Italian-American whose ancestry is from Genoa on his mother's side of the family and Sicilian on his father's side. And being Italian, Frank loved the food he grew up with, Dolly made a mean Marianara Sauce as well as Meatballs and the all-time Italian-American favorite Sunday Sauce (aka Gravy). Frank loved the food of his childhood; the Spaghetti & Meatballs, Stuffed Artichokes, Pasta Fazool, Frittata, Eggplant Parmigiana and all the usual suspects of the Italian-American table. It's a well known fact that Frank's favorite restaurant was Patsy's on 56th Street in New York ... When Frank went to Patsy's his favorite dishes were Calms Posillipo and Veal Milanese with a nice plate of Spaghetti Pomodoro in-between, and maybe a slice of Cheesecake to finish if Frank was in the mood.

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FRANK'S FAVORITE RESTAURANT

Patsy's 56th Street, NEW YORK, NY

Learn How to Make FRANK'S VEAL MILANESE

VEAL MILANESE and CALMS POSILLIPO .. Two of FRANK'S Favorites

Frank tosses the Spaghetti

Dean Martin with Frank as Sammy Davis Jr pours Frank a Jack Daniels

Frank Sinatra dines with Marylyn Monroe

Frank Sinatra with Lauren Bacall at 21 Club , NEW YORK

Gnocchi Pomodoro

Frank Sinatra 's Egg Sandwiches

JILLY'S

Frank at Jilly's with friends and daughters Nancy and Tina ..

One of Frank's favorite spots when in New York was owned by one of his closest friends (and Bodyguard) Jilly Rizzo .. Jilly's served Chinese Food and Franks's favorite was their Chicken Chowmein .. Frank threw many parties there, eating, drinking, telling stories and what-not.