Thankfully the trains were running on time and we made it. Our guide Sephra greeted warmly with a bottle of water. The tour was fantastic. Sephra was funny, dry witted and just very New York City.
We started at Joe's Pizza where we go the story behind the NYC pie, then onto Faiucci's meat market where we joshed on an "oranccini" (little orange) actually a deep fried mozzarella and rice ball breaded (yum).

We walked barely half a block as Sephra told us tales of the neighborhood and explained about how the area developed and how people lived when hey first came to the US.
We then went to Palma and worked our way to the "back house" - yes, a house in the back of this tiny Village restaurant, where we met Walter the chef who served us a tiny, delicious dish of cauliflower, caramelized shallots, olive oil and pine nuts.

From there we went to a vegan Japanese restaurant, then to Cookies and Milk for a fresh out of the oven chocolate oat cookie. As if hat wasn't enough, after a brief walk in the hood, getting a little more history, we made our way to Murray's Cheese Shop for a sample plater and then to Rocco's for a freshly made cannoli.

At this point we desperately needed a nap, so back uptown we went for a power nap before dinner- oh yes, we weren't done eating yet!!!!
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