Brew Two

New York Day 2

Took the train into the city for New York day 2. First stop, Beer Authority in Hell's Kitchen. Super menu, wouldn't you say? If you can see it...stupid phone...

Oh! I forgot. The High Line

So we also went for a walk on the High Line - it was an old elevated railroad track, and they converted it into a walkway with lots of greenery. Pretty cool.

My head...................Katie's head

So when Patrick left us, I believe we all had that overfalsity of confidence that can only come with having too much to drink.

We knew we needed to get to Brooklyn to go to Torst (amazing again, BTW...Belgian beer bar).

Well when you have to take the E train to the G train and the E train isn't running, and you can't catch a cab because no cabbie you talk to wants to go to Brooklyn, and then you go back to the train, and it's raining, and you are hungry and tired and still drunk but all you want is another beer...it's stressful.

We finally made it after probably twice the time it would take a normal person.

But we made it...and had a couple of beers (Rodenbach Grand Cru and a Saison Dupont for me, an Evil Twin Yin and an Amager Gluttony, and Kate had Amager Lust and a Saison Dupont).

Then RAN - and I do mean ran, as frightening as that sounds - back to the subway to catch the G train to the E train to Penn Station to catch our train back to New Jersey. And...we missed it. Because as I mentioned before the god damn E train wasn't running.

Ate in Maplewood at Coda - had an awesome short rib grilled cheese and just great company.

Came home, passed out, and today is another day! Going back into the city for more stuff - don't know what, and to see a play! More to come...I hope that guy isn't still on the subway playform...

This was on the subway too. WTF?

I'm pretty sure this guy was dead on the subway.

I'm not kidding...he didn't move for like 15 minutes.

Can your day beat this?

Here are some great pics at Birreria with the Flatiron Building building behind us - such a great day. Plus at this point we were all completely hammered and Patrick had left with the girls to get to a birthday party and we had to make our way to Brooklyn with our half-wits about us. More on that later...still a fantastic day.

Eataly and Birreria

Oh. My. God. Lunch was AMAZING!!

Not only did we get some good sights of the Flatiron building, but the beer (well...some of it...) and the food was fantastic. Huge thanks to KB for recommending!!

Eataly itself is like the biggest version of the Midtown Market that you've ever seen. Fishmonger, deli, breads, ice creams, desserts, fresh pasta, jars and jars of sauces, waters, you name it...it went on and one. And horrifyingly overwhelming to be honest. I mean, if you know: (1) what you want, (2) where that counter is, I mean it would be unbelievable to pick up fresh food every day. But my God...not as a tourist. I wanted to just cover my head and scream. It's owned by Mario Batali.

We wove through Eataly and made our way up to the rooftop restaurant, Birreria, where they have one of those retractable roofs. They brew a few of their own beers, have like every Dogfish Head they make, and sausages and cheese and general awesome-y food.

Primavera is the name of their beer there, and Chris and I had two each of the Belgian Strong Ales - YUMMY!!! Patrick got the Witbier which tasted like a scented candle dipped in herbs. Not a fan. Kate had the Two Roads No Limits hefe weizen...eh. It was OK. But since they had Chris's hefe the night before, it paled miserably in comparison.

We then shared the asparagus salad, which CBD will be helping me deconstruct and make when we get home, a cheese plate, and the salumi plate. Yow. YOW! Amazing food certainly does make you happy.