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56th St @ 7th Ave - John
Vendy Award Nominee 2005Location: 56th Street at 7th Avenue, NE corner
Vendor's Name: John
Hours: Lunch (about 11:00-5:00)
Days: 5/week?
Dishes: Grilled Chicken Breast, Grilled Steak, both as either sandwich/platter, sausage, hot dog, burgers
Price: steak $5 sandwiches, $6 platters
This guy impresses the hell out of me. He plies his trade around the corner from Carnegie Hall, and as far as I'm concerned he is talented enought to be on stage.
His cuts of meat are unseasoned when he pulls them out of his big white cooler, and wonderfully fresh. He throws them on the griddle for a minute, then on the charcoal grill, then puts them back on the griddle to chop them up for you.
It is such a dead-simple meal he doesn't even put salt on it unless you ask for it (so ask for it). The chicken breast, so easy to overcook, is perfect and moist.
And then he pulls out the rib steak! Yeah you heard me right - rib steak. "I can only cook what I like to eat," he says modestly. (He's so modest, in fact, he demures when I ask to take a picture, saying "I'm not ready").
Tender, fresh, mild, perfect. I'd skip the sandwiches and go straight for the platters, because the star here is the meat, and the bread somewhat overshadows. With yellow rice and a nicely dressed tomato-and-lettuce salad, the platters are ideal - and don't you dare ruin your steak by getting BBQ sauce!
Posted by Sam on April 26, 2006 06:05 AM
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