FROM QUEENS TO MANHATTAN: NEW YORK CITY FOOD MARATHON | FTD

Back in 2023, Action Bronson made his way through the burroughs of New York City to experience the melting pot of flavors the city has to offer. From the artisanal pizzas of Bushwick, Brooklyn, to the traditional Italian delicacies of Little Italy, Manhattan, and the vibrant Vietnamese bánh mì of a Queens bodega, NYC’s rich culinary landscape is unmatched. Experience the warmth of Di Palo’s Fine Foods, the modern dining of The Four Horsemen in Williamsburg, and the classic comfort of the Neptune Diner in Astoria. Enjoy!

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we drink them and so I can like go through the room and remember all these beautiful little memories of drinking Bott I’m just happy I’m happy to be like early like to really really like to see it in the daytime or something kind of here it does have that old like New York City Tavern vibe in the day but at night it gets really dark and Moody and is this for handicap uh no it’s just like a service service bar it’s actually for me when I’m drunk I just got to lean up against this what I’m [Music] saying yes I think it’s really classic New York beasto Tavern style food we have steaks and fish and chops and you know all sorts of cool pasta dishes but really what we focus on here is is this incredible cheeseburger that become a bit of a cult following here in Brooklyn start with a a cocktail or yeah yeah what are you doing you making drinks I’m not I’m not definitely [ __ ] not me you have a mied Sal if I make a drink I’m pouring you a Guinness that’s all you get definitely let’s get let’s get the bar crew in I think they wanted to make a cocktail is it a coincidence you both have the same hair color white feet he is single white femaling me I like it I like that movie y he’s trying to recreate the narrative that’s a that’s a good [ __ ] movie Rebecca deor yeah so this is uh a cosmo number two so fresh lime cranberry cordal that we make from scratch with all spice apricot brandy and a split between calvada and vodka and now we’ve made a mocktail version for action with the cranberry cordial fresh lime a little fresh squeezed orange juice and orange blossom water and a little mint for the bouquet [Music] chear how is it [ __ ] pound those down yo you want to be on a beach with an umbrella umbrella I’ll end up on a beach naked with an umbrella tart sweet levels of it yeah and that and then mint in your nose is always [ __ ] best it’s like a little muff in the nose are you in the ginger beer no I like it but I just don’t like root beer or cream soda y we I remember we used to play basketball what about greate Mountain Dew what’s that taste like I don’t know what we should go can we go get a Mountain Dew and a Welter grape drink is there a grap y let’s give them a test let’s go we got a bodega across the street wait what do we Mountain Dews and we have to make a cocktail out of great soda wel is great you to make one with Mal and all right you guys are going shopping let’s see what you guys we putting you on a mission today Croquettes with d sauce oh hell yeah so we smoke hams at Hometown one year AG white cheddar then we roll them in Ry bread crumbs and make like a mustard Dees so it’s my joke on ham and cheese on rye with mustard so when you eat this it should you don’t even need to chew it it just should melt out the way in your mouth that’s how he like starting to me off here and there like something creamy hot like a hug you know W yo Bun’s no joke man this kid is just an incredible chef and making some some of the best food you’re a lefty I’m a lefty that’s why he’s so good what what’s that so we’re going to do springo oh just all goes into place that’s beautiful I love the shave gorgeous I mean Chef how much more green can you get I have one here I have a little baby one oh you want I want the little yeah cuz it gives me like a real I need little that cheese is just like just melting away it’s just gorgeously [ __ ] unctuous you know it’s like it’s just really like feels good in your teeth yeah it’s warm yo they’re walking in on you bro look is this we came in calling this one the purple drink with the Welter grape in the Mountain Dew right this one a little malada oh wow my thing yo if they knock something out with Mal I don’t even know what to [ __ ] say about no really that’s incredible word that’s [ __ ] crazy that tastes like a roasted pineapple yeah that’s exactly what it tastes like roasted pineapple with [ __ ] y that’s nasty yo it’s going on the menu I think if you had the Welches choana I’m not sure about CH the Welches had that artificial grape so you it really was pronounced delicious fing ridiculous also this [ __ ] yo but yo this one is on the menu whoa keep going back to this one yo that Malta drink was fire bro start every meal with champag have to yeah yeah sal sal so this producer like I was saying before George Laval makes this really energetic vibrant r wine has a lot of energy when you meet him tiny tiny little parcel of land and cier and champagne and um just one of the one of the wine makers that changed my life and really got me deep diving into [Music] wine oh nice perfect for the tartar champagne beautiful look at how sexy bread is by the way look at that bread yeah it’s gorgeous where’s that coming from this is uh uh Queens your Hometown really yeah man great bread maker out there man this ain’t no [ __ ] Key Food meat this ain’t no Key Food London broal no had a warning sticker on that [ __ ] bro this is [ __ ] ridiculous thank you so [Music] much so this Wine’s from the French Alps produces called adier I love to drink this I was telling you like in the winter time cold weather front of a fireplace kind of reminds me of being in the Alps it’s very bright and [Music] fresh I thought for fun domestic s Grace are now good friend Osborne um she was really inspired by the wines in the southern R from go sand this is from Santa Barber County it’s kind of an entry level wine but so versatile and so delicious it’s just like juicy and pleasant I always love the burgers all right Chef what do you got you go Chef got the tavern Burger who chef chef chef chef chef chefs so many composed dishes with so much care being taken like you need skills to make tartar and different [ __ ] like this but when a burger comes to the table it’s like oh my [ __ ] god it’s true it’s true I feel guilty about it never the cheese stayed it didn’t even like it just like stayed you knowu 8 months 100 plus iterations of this burger and I just wanted to get the balance of dry age and like that really beefy irony kind of Primal taste of what beef should taste like I don’t even want ketchup on this I don’t I just put it I’m I use usually dunk ketchup I don’t want ketchup this is just a straight up thank you bro this is an eater thank you man I don’t even want anything else I love those but yeah this is the you give this to me wrapped up and I’m walking [Music] away oh [ __ ] yeah I don’t make any bold statements here but this is going to be the most unique OAB sauce you ever have and I’m I’m going to let Chef Tell us amazing story and it is pepper corn uh compot pepper corn is grown in the mountain side of Campo Cambodia it’s right by the coast there um it has this like unique flavor to it where the jungle and the climate itself how wet and dry it gets during the season like the wet and dry season um gives this peppercorn such a unique flavor it’s so fruity up front it’s uh spicy but it’s a spice that like is like so floral and and beautiful and not like it doesn’t like really hit you but then it hits you when you think it doesn’t hit you it then it goes bow it hits you sounds like mushrooms yeah and uh his mom is so generous to bring him home for when she gets here thank you Che awesome Chef thank you king So This Is Our Cafe Martini it’s our take on espresso Martini we uh kind of made it a more adult version if you will yo we got to drink the rich man’s room so you have to yes Cheers Cheers love you bro love you I love you I love you I love everyone I love you yeah it’s so perfect yo Ry where you at yo AB Ryan makes the best rainbow cookie in Brooklyn bro this is crazy guys yo we got to we got to send you off the right way bro there’s lots of L smell that little paste [Music] maaan pinkies out it stands up gorgeous it’s not too moist it’s not it’s like the perfect consistency yeah doesn’t crumble away either nice what an afternoon bro man hello I can’t hear you hello that’s serious move when you ankle weight the walk you just walk for miles it’s how you get the good thick calves I know these blocks but you don’t come over here I had a [ __ ] lawyer over here it wasn’t always the pleasant trip you know we’re going to see one of the greatest of of all time Chef Wy dufrain not to be confused with Chef Andy defrain from sh Shank Redemption one of my favorite movies take your time on that last slider that just walk in with the chickp all right the boys are the boys are in it he’s a magician he’s like the Chris Angel of food he can just make things appear as they are but they aren’t we’re not doing anything weird we’re not doing anything molecular with our pizza dough we’re just trying to trying to make good practices and make good pizza dough there we go there we go there we go I had a restaurant called w50 for a long time down on the Lowery side as we go from w50 to here we still like to think thoughtfully and creatively and make people happy yeah I had phenomenal dessert at WD 50 from what I remember was some piped out horn situation freeze dried and I don’t remember it too well cuz I was [ __ ] trashed H are you this place beautiful wow holy [ __ ] this is great yeah welcome we’re trying to create like a like a modern modern pizza parlor bar there’s a guy that has a largest uh private pizza box collection he’s got 1,700 pizza boxes keeps him in his apartment he’s always trying to display him so I said you create a selection of boxes he said it’s unusual for Detroits to have their own box this is from Israel show it’s pretty neat so like when you’re done put your pizs in a box for you and we hold it here warm and then when you leave you get your warm pie holy [ __ ] it’s like it’s a nice little like Hospitality thing so this is the the heart and the soul of it say hi to the team hello team what’s going on everybody this Josh AKA shorty he’s our Chef the cuisine we got kalissa what up kalissa and Navar Navar how are you everyone good this is this is the heart and the soul of it we got a little snack for you so these are chickpea fries basil chickpea fries so like a classic French panise and we folded a bunch of Basil in there and this is our stretch sauce so if you look it’s like bright green it’s kind of fun this is different of course well we’re trying to have fun we’re trying to figure out how many different things we can we can make with pizza d want you take it so we do a potato chip salad we get these potato chips from there’s a farmer at the Unis score Green Market so we buy his kettle chips and we toss them with vinegar powder we make a salt and vinegar ship so you can eat this and and the chips don’t get soggy cuz there’s no water I love that herbs and french fries you [ __ ] kidding me it’s one of those you really don’t want to put down and you can put it on top of the pizza that’s crazy you can put on the pizza you can definitely on the pizza you want to eat some pizza no yeah that’s a nice pie that’s a beauty that’s a nice pie right oh yeah so this was called the odd father so we smoke the eggplant puree it zucchini and then we uh we take tempora tempora crumbs and then we just mix it with dried rosemary margm oregano so it’s like Progresso style breadcrumbs like you grew up for SE yeah forc exactly ex L but on tempora bits so it’s super crunchy 4G tempora bits only you it’s [ __ ] ridiculous all that amazing topping on there look at that crunch you still have on that crust that stands up immediately without a reheat yeah it’s nice right yeah it’s very nice I know you like the reheat but what we’re trying to do is you’re trying to create a pie that has the same you eliminated it same characteristics of rehe you know this is Christian he’s our V director Christian how are you what’s up how you guys doing feeling good feeling right what do you got I got a non alcoholic colada here for oh man little orange blossom pineapple lime little soda for some Fizz thank you so she is to you yeah enjoy it a it’s so good why don’t we treat carrots like corn so this is basically Mexican Street carrots so these are roasted carrots and then on the bottom is like the classic elote Crema it’s mayonnaise buttermilk lime Chipotle and it’s good for your cataract that’s good so this is the plowman it’s based on a classic British plowman’s lunch I was very interested in this one on the menu cuz the horse Rish right yes yeah so it’s flavors of the classic Plowman lunch we were thinking like well you know they have some crusty bread some ham some smoked cheddar a little horseradish why don’t we turn that into a pie so that’s what we got here what cheese is this on that guy there smoke smoke gudo oh the horseradish on this though what is going on I was wait I was hoping that the pie with the pumper nickel came out where’s that at oh you want you want to try that guy we can make what are you [ __ ] kidding me make you an Old Town yeah we just saw T some buttons and some baby Bellas we add a bunch of dried mushroom powder to it and then we finish it with a little soy sauce that has created [ __ ] silk yeah luxury in there bro yeah it has a nice texture right that real that delicious melty like Basham situation you know almost GC sauce hitting the that’s what that’s that’s the garlic sauce melting in with the monster cheese and it feels like a bashel exactly what the that meatball sliders housemade meatball red sauce some pickled red onion and some uh brick cheese Wisconsin brick cheese so this you just pull apart so you just grab that puppy and [Music] pull what bread is that it’s a King’s Wine roll oh is there really anything else no this where you want your [ __ ] birthday party straight up and I can’t give a better compliment than that yeah no that’s that’s that’s true I mean that that feels good when you say that that you want to have a birthday party here cuz it feels fun it feels playful mine we’ll close that day I’m sorry we only have two desserts we do a a soft serve and then we have these impossibly small cookies that are super fun inspired by my wife how small like Dipping Dots like pretty damn close seriously no [ __ ] out of here diping dot cookies you know I’m an addict I can’t be around this type of stuff think of cookie crisps think of it I can’t think of or anything else who makes these we do whoes I know I’m show me the specific person I know you Doga makes s is the best oh the most delicious salted chocolate chip cookie crisp cereal in the world this is a banana ice cream salted peanut butter and the bobka and then this is a special this is vanilla ice cream with a action olive oil shell look at that that hard shell from Mr Softy you know you have the oil through a whole new lens when you can chew it right when you chew oil cuz you’re not like chewing another level right it’s really fun super glad you enjoyed it man this is phenomenal thank thank you so fun like I just have to hold it in a certain way no it was just in a bad state that sounds great this sounds great that sounds tremendous come on what are we doing here yeah this is great how about the CH Kap and the Katka is fire you kidding me you ever had katcha no hi hey you Ru thank you yo you [ __ ] rule you’re the ruler thank you so we got Marlon Alan Aran and Larry are y’all filming yes okay we going up well you know it’s me I’m just in a building right now B yeah everyone’s Spanish and French feel a little overdressed I came through you know like a Eskimo in the airport I was getting a lot of looks you got to see how bizarre who comes through with the cut sh NY work who comes through with the cut off CH underneath the [ __ ] fleece yeah give me some tips on what I should what what should I do what should I not do like with the the filming and [ __ ] I this my first time my I’m I’m new to the movies my first mov with you with actor and [ __ ] let know what to doing looking forward you got to put Larry on you know what I’m saying I don’t know if this I got his his taste buds is still in question I got him we went to a couple spots and like cuz you know he raps about that yeah yeah yeah but you now we got to see yeah you got to see the real life of it I got him I’m going give him the intro [ __ ] we going to warm him up and we going come on so I used to be a su chef at this spot up the street that closed from the pandemic called chess club they came in 2019 we had like a twoe residency and we just became friends and they came back in 2020 in March pandemic shut us down and they’re like yo you want to come [ __ ] with us on the private [ __ ] it’s been history ever since backstage passes hello everyone I didn’t eat all day I didn’t eat breakfast I waited for this moment man and we’re going to do numbers now I’m excited I got no time to take use a restaur real quick where Larry’s whole [ __ ] is like real positive so like even when I’m doing these popups with the people are coming up like yo you changed my life which is funny cuz that’s kind of what a lot of people say when they come see Bambam so it’s like a a funny medium you know what I’m saying they’re definitely two different characters it’s pretty cool because I just met homie and we’ve made like a good connection we we [ __ ] we were moving around I’ve been on a little promo run with my brother Larry just dropped the record I we need the ice need ice ice is dirty Google that ice is dirty did you know that I mean it’s t heing me [ __ ] smells incredible this is sour two or three days yeah you get it like this all just plain Z that’s the F little people you know that this the type of [ __ ] we need after the show that’s like the real Palestinian zata it’s not like uh what you get in the supermarkets and all that stuff this is the real sh yeah the bread you do this every day yeah every day every day every day for like two days from now bro we held back six [ __ ] cheers oh damn yo I got you right here oh damn you right there Che touch the hands let go number baby m c this is from which is Bulgarian fected was in my house every [ __ ] day of my [Music] life you want to do it one way we do a toast and then we jam it there’s no stopping put a bib on with that Gucci let’s go around let’s go around health and prosperity to all my loved ones and myself that was beautiful salute I’m thankful for everything you know very organic you know my people you know [ __ ] is delicious you know all the good [ __ ] man I’m really thankful and um I’m just trying to do numbers man that’s right socking to me I’m thankful to all my friends here you know what I’m saying thankful to all our little ones you know the little oh the little ones the little ones for we all got little ones here come on man a jungle build a jungle gym behind the crib Jungle Gym Sal so we could and then you but you didn’t say it so we just take this all the way back we take this okay peace on earthe and free Palestine yeah fre Palestine let’s get some food out all right now I’m going to take the fleece off and unveil the arms look Rai over here we have the foran street Jews of Tunisia brought to Israel we stuff it with the potatoes dry mint and egg close it fry it so the egg you’ll see just [ __ ] eat it oh my God come on man this is crazy look at how gorgeous that is huh that was one bite up the field Alex you’re doing a great job this is craziness right all right let’s go take a road trip to the plate bring the plate all you guys going over that way good job anybody want to fry egg or something like that you you make it I got do it for you guys I’m [ __ ] Che what are you building over there building a boat so that’s the boat I’m building a boat and inside is the cheese we do a mixture of three feta kaval and like mozzarella kaval and then the leaks and the Nigella seeds into the oven oh this is crazy so this the kapi the magic of it also is that you you get uh some butter and uh egg yolk on top that makes it like takes it from here to like elegance and richness those eggs are looking gorgeous that yolk looks healthy Che good job Chris if you say in the mirror three times this is [ __ ] crazy I love it question I love this this is [Music] beautiful all right hold that and then hold that like that come on man we’re going to mix it okay put the eggs in there yeah go that butter yeah go so what I’m going do it them cheese is melting this one thing I ain’t playing with yeah come on now my my is heavy man us do come on hold on you want to see that all right bet get a little little Elbow Room you know what I’m [Music] saying want to know how you describe it you could only describe this as soldier survivors you know what really makes it word of God stupid this is [ __ ] crazy are you kidding me I’ve never had nothing like that in my life 1 million per brother another bowl for me oh damn Sal he’s smooshing the meat in the bread very elegantly you know nothing too crazy right here you see this he’s doing nothing come on now hey I feel I’m hot as hell I’m ready bust this jacket off I’ve seen some [ __ ] that said everything schit what everything schit everything schit my mind is [Music] racing hey that’s smash [ __ ] that’s delicious you know how many men this this man has knocked out with his foot with just a foot yeah it’s a dangerous foot disg Louis Vuitton but it’s really danger disg the weapon of the Louis Vuitton SHO oh on a golden dish this is crazy man this crazy the tea tray everything bagel style but even crazier on a chicken aitel everything bagel style is incredible man he’s no longer a food villain he’s now cultured and unbelievably sophisticated with his pallette come on Brothers Sal [Music] a come get the saces he yo pause bro spring garlic aoli and this is uh [Music] Harissa the here the next level just came out of the other be careful all right so it’s it’s the Roa Pasta Pasta Vera spin Rado filling th pasta and fresh grated Tomatoes butter sauuce with sage that right there come on delicate is a good word for this one hey I need another one it’s like [Music] this can you just look at this Kebab on a cinnamon stick please this this is a this is another level it’s just breaking on that side so I turned it for you I know how that happens sometimes it falls it’s like it’s alive yeah for real it’s like it’s like a computer you know when you see the computer chip processing everything is relative everything is relative here we go here we go here we go here we go here we go here we go here we go that’s oh damn I was waiting on this I’ve seen this get made hand crafted [ __ ] oh oh it goes down into oh sharks in and then you just slaping on there you know yo son that’s juicy bro he just [ __ ] blasted it right now see this man this is oh damn I forgot to this is crazy this is elegant detailed man thank you Chef this is serious what about you got even with the salt at the end it makes it very special you should have never told anyone I was just thinking that you know what oh god I might like lamb now woo [ __ ] this [ __ ] hit you oh this is the viral ticktock sensation viral TI bro when you scrape it off also you scrape a little cinnamon I’m eating Turkish salad this is a legend this is this is different this tastes like a flavorful [Music] bone I’ve never ate food like this in my life I’m glad that this is crazy I got a little bit of you feel me you feel me don’t trip I got you you you all good now baby cheers guys brother okay okay what what is this explain this to the people what is what is this what is this another one oh my God he ain’t playing no games albanians they drink itaki my grandfather he would put a ice cube in a little water to dilute it and it would make it milky damn is this this is uh we call it upside down chicken thank you my brother am I saying what I’m saying how many pieces like a pie do you see the herbed rice rice at the bottom you have the chicken right there IED chicken with the cinnamon all spice black pepper bailea crispy [Music] bread [Music] thought we forgot brother oh my god oh it’s my birthday to me oh damn birthday to you a damn happy birday to you happy birthday Elmhurst Queens the sun is shining the clouds are out it looks like a storm is brewing there one of the most eclectic blocks in between 77th and 76th would you call this little Thailand baby Thailand cang is quite possibly the most incredible establishment in New York City I’m changed forever it’s like the first time I did DM see I cried and then I changed this restaurant is cang restaurant we open for 10 years we serve very authentic type food in Tha we serve this style of food everywhere every day we have like 12 menu change every day if you come on Monday and Tuesday so it’s different menu is different we have like three diges that is very popular here it’s uh call mut uhhuh it’s like five garlic por the second one is called papaa it’s like a uh curly fish and the last one is green curly [Music] chicken 10minute drive from lardan it is no traffic and even if there is [ __ ] it you put on WF you listen to some sports talk you know wbgo member supported and you’re good to go that’s what makes living better is wbgo member supported jazz radio shall we I’ve never eaten and you’ve eaten a lot of places we should definitely try the shring bean and fermented pork the ground chicken spicy shallot chicken what are you went to ooh that over there Fishbowl thank you fermented pork with string bean all kinds of crazy chili some sort of chicken here this is something I would never order as a fish ball but my Lord what in the [ __ ] is going on texture of that is so [ __ ] unreal to be able to carry that spoon full from there across I wish I had the thing like John Madden where do the [ __ ] play delator let me eat this I do this method I do stopovers this looks like a perfectly right mango oh my God Peak big performance it’s another level we shouldn’t even show this place I don’t want this [ __ ] I want to [ __ ] be able to get food send photographs back and forth so they remember yeah remember him he’s coming it’s unreal what’s in there I had one I couldn’t identify that’s delicious it’s chocolatey it’s sweet but then it’s Savory when you had the [ __ ] cilantro and the chili oh my Lord oh it’s like a black it’s like a bean some Bean yeah all these endorphins like rush to me now like it gives you natural testosterone yeah all the spices and flavor I’m teed up right now you hear that the little slush this is a tight I but you make it like slushy yeah the ice Chan I like chrysanthemum I never had a chrysanthemum [Music] slushie thank you so much this is unbelievable yeah you’re the best this is crazy [Music] crazy [Music] this is the area where you talk about right diversity Plaza it’s an entire city within a block I’m going to give you a little recap of what happens every day we find something unbelievable we seek it out and we destroy the chicken samosa from Meritt Kebab right here singular item that I would travel very near and far [Music] forward get in there chicken ug oh my god really light batter nice and crispy the consistency of the grind that’s right of this inner working is a Marvel with that light shell the Shell’s so light herbs vegetable onion [ __ ] cilantro spice just delicious the perfect ground what’s up with this sauce what is this it’s like a minty thing it’s mint a second only the dark got to be the breast is useless in this culture multiple countries multiple variations this is by far the best [ __ ] Samosa I’ve ever had in my life my reference is Thousands hundreds of thousands of Samosa I’m not just talking out of my ass that [ __ ] painting W That’s Heavy it’s a good painting let’s go you really should try is they got the M back there with the no comb the Momo and noodle combo I know a lot of places around here they got mob going on but a lot of people sleep on the spot this is a sleeper yeah yeah yeah yeah it seems like that’s what we have to do uh it seems like we have to get momo noodle combination back there yo you really really should yeah seems like that’s what we have to do there could be seven different businesses in here right now multi-dimensional A nepes Place in the same open area you can get cell phone foot massage halal meat over there it’s like some Next Level [ __ ] there’s nothing like this around I’ve never I’ve never witnessed the density of business upon business upon business and the Brotherhood and Sisterhood of working together we’re looking for the Momo bro we ordered the Momo bro it’s going to be happen it’s going to be [Music] good that is beautiful combo of all three right of course [Music] substantially delicious thank you unbelievable yo thank [Music] you this is [Music] [Music] how high are you so [ __ ] high it’s crazy appreciate you brother take care all right the way that the Peruvian style chicken is done it’s almost like [ __ ] they’re injecting that flavor while it’s it’s roasting the the juice never goes away cuz when you break it it’s like [ __ ] waterfall if there’s three levels of chicken you want the bottom one the second best is the mid tier the flavor is all in the juices which permeate the bird yeah if it’s constantly being like just dripped on it’s like water boarding is what I really love about coming in here they always have beautiful [Music] tapestry they have very very beautiful ones actually let me take you on a tour of tapestries please walk with [Music] me another beautiful one this is actually one of my favorites the [Music] birds another one of my favorites the intertwin [Music] Birds the color palette on this is phenomenal and then we have these Mosaic patterns it’s just unbelievable look as we step this way they just keep getting more psychedelic and intricate for me they just mean so much it’s all fra up it’s fracted out of his [Music] mind now this one’s speaks to me in ways that I like to straighten them out if they’re not straightened like a grateful Tad to rip off of the lightning Bol it’s true Grateful Dead ripped off [Music] them this is the original psychedelia 75 oh yeah did you call 75 brother thank you so much take care all right I like going out this way bring it to the the car dunk no don’t don’t put on dunk it’s like a dunkaroo don’t be scared Don’t Be Afraid create a handle it’s so tender right flip it on its other side so you can grab the handle of it now we’re talking look at how beautiful those are that’s just the underside look at this side oh come on see how you find this it’s been there forever it’s just the the the yellow and red sign on [ __ ] ruie you know that says Barbecue on that [ __ ] [ __ ] that was how we found it it says ribs and chicken it’s also at a quintessential intersection under the seven train that you kind of when you’re going here it forces you to look around and the barbecue sign has this like gentle patina of age that draws your eyes to it every time what it has is character it has character like Rodney Dangerfield don’t you worry about it before I learned how to read I knew what barbecue was BBQ those three letters mean more to me than any three letters that there are NFL NBA BBQ it came away from The Joint right away there was no struggle there was no type of resistance the brast tastes like that it’s aggressively salty yet not too salty it’s the perfect flavor that’s flavor that’s the bottom chicken that’s the chicken from the bottom that all the drippings have been dripping on like a soy marinator that I don’t know what the [ __ ] it’s marinated in it’s just tremendous you know how [ __ ] happy good chicken makes me whole chickens half chickens I’ve lived off that my entire life [ __ ] it’s one thing to have tremendous peeking style Chinese ribs but to then go ahead and have unbelievable Peru and chicken oh my [ __ ] Lord I need to wash my hands this is a proper chicken sticky right hold your hands out oh yeah thank well that concludes this portion of under the seven train with Bak lava and Nick Heman the professor can you take a picture of the screen to see how I look yeah cuz I’m I’m going to be talking like this where are you looking anywhere I’m looking out the window oh yeah it’s an interesting look to be looking that way on very dramatic this pizza it’s in the air it it hits It’s a reaction that happens when magic happens when something magical happens the universe stops for a second and it’s like you feel it in your [ __ ] bones and it’s like it gives you a tingle you know it gives you a tingle that mean you also have to be touched I’m touched I’m Touched by an [Music] Angel [Music] up good thank you very much yeah yeah hope you enjoy it man for a good one take care take care Chrissy’s Pizza is more than a neighborhood spot it’s in Bushwick somewhere on a random street upstairs to a little unassuming setup of living room that’s Cur ated gorgeously it’s in my man’s apartment on a stove that comes with the apartment obviously the landlord paid no mind to what he was putting in there but he didn’t know that he was giving this man a brick of solid gold my name is Chris Hansel and I do a thing once a week for the last year out of here called Chrissy’s Pizza recently I’ve been simplifying it one special for a whole month so this whole month is a I’m kind of being a dick but it’s [ __ ] a rugulo all month that’s it or a regular pie where was the idea of Chrissy’s pizza for out of an obsession for pizza from a very young age my dad grew up in laurelon Queens and he would take us to all these pizzeria around that he liked he had these very specific rules like this place you got to order it well done this place does sesame seeds on the crust it’s really good and there’s like things that I learned at a young age and I liked how obsessive he was about it he passed away in 2011 and uh I noticed that I kept being obsessed and I think that obviously that’s because of just like paying tribute to him or whatever 2020 I started making pizza on my own and it sucked really bad I feel like if I had to go to work the next day if the pandemic wasn’t happening that then I would have given up way earlier but I luckily had a friend CH that was also doing it at the same time as me so I would call him every day what’ you do for your thr today and just read as much as I could and then started working at various pizzerias in the beginning of 2021 I spent a year in three different joints I loved working at the pizzas that I worked at because I learned speed I learned how to like keep up with everything working like the oven 10 pies at a time things like that but I found myself not practicing on my own as much I was like [ __ ] this I have to like do my own thing so in the end of 2021 I just kind of quit and triy to develop a recipe that I could give to out to friends my friend that I learned how to make pizza with like we kind of like yeah our dream is to open a shop together that’s what we’re working on right now he’s going to come up here and we’re going to do Chrissy’s together but then we’ll do his bar pies like once a week to like have like bar pie Friday or like whatever insan it’s going to be [ __ ] up cheers man cheers man thanks for coming by man thank you for having appreciate you usually it’s just a pickup thing but for you know for special occasions he invites you into the home for tastings we had some beautiful wines that just went perfectly with pizza oh that’s delicious that’s really good huh pretty clean right it’s great oh yeah I wouldn’t I wouldn’t pick that because cover is not as like headyy as usual it’s like anime yeah these are very subtle labels are you timing this yeah yeah it’s a 10-minute bake cuz this thing only goes to I mean you can see it’s a very shitty I came with the apartment I don’t even know I never heard of a mano before I’ve seen this before 20 pies a week once a week I do it four weeks in advance to try to make sure everybody can get one and it still sells out in like a minute I mean it makes sense it’s like she can only do so much that looks beautiful it is a great stove because it’s one of these old ass doesn’t have no frills you know it’s just it’s made like a [ __ ] Workhorse no one has that on eBay you have to go to a [ __ ] basement somewhere in the Bronx you have to go to a basement Somewhere in Brooklyn like that’s where it’s going to have it in these old ass buildings oh look at this thing see I mean it’s all right that’s [ __ ] pretty beautiful it’s a little light but I get yelled at on my friends for saying that I think this pizza is too crispy smells great thanks man smells tremendous look at this symmetry it’s like a paper plane you know it’s like that first fold right it now you know it’s going to fly well tastes like the movie theater for like going to the movies and chilling just tastes like chilling awesome it’s Crusher [ __ ] bang trying to make a pie that me and my pops used to get as a kid or like the various the various pies me and my pops used to get as as a kid like that’s what I’m saying there’s there’s there’s essence of all of that within this one slice amazing when I tasted this pizza it just took me back to a place in time in which in where I was playing video games in the pizzeria big thing [ __ ] coke with ice that slice that cracks when you when you fold it just like perfectly done it was like the birthday party at [ __ ] Smiles where everyone was playing video games and then we ate the good pizza this a directo just of the way they’ve done it back since back in the day like like just long fermentation Next Level Italian like starter no no that’s why it tastes like that that’s why it tastes like New York City right because nobody used that [ __ ] Next Level [ __ ] that that came over with like another another wave of heads right that’s like the best compliments I’ve gotten about it is that when people say it reminds them of the pies they were eat when they were a kid in New York what were some of the pizza places that you were saying that you went to I grew up going to King Alberto which is still my favorite Reg slice and this place anona in Valley Stream that was on Rockway Avenue my dad took me to a place called Da Vinci that had a sesame seed crust that was on Merck Road like right before Valley Stream turns into Queens by the Cross Island Expressway Chris he is a man of taste I could tell he’s been around he’s a neighborhood guy he’s from two exits away on the Long Island Expressway the [ __ ] crunch on this man oh my God H oh what was your spots girl I live right across a street from this place called Napoli they were Afghani okay um up the block was Franchesco which was like an old Italian man which was fire they had these slices that used to the cheese would fall off you know it would be like [ __ ] drenched in cheese and then we would get the extra cheese cold on top of the hot slice that changed the game we started doing that cold cheese slice yeah like let me get extra cheese on it like started [ __ ] manipulating your order he loves music he loves curation he’s one of these people that you shouldn’t be judging a book by their cover he has many layers to unfold usually dudes who are like a little bit different on the outside hold the most substance on the end I want to make you a white pie with a sesame seed crust which just fresh Ms age mods I got this cave age Grier that’s really nice I don’t want to Gra on it and then spicy soada but on the Finish like after it’s out already that slices of spicy soada and like olive salad kind of like a muffaletta type type situation let’s get it you ever have that sandwich in New Orleans the muffaletta it’s on like a sesame seed yeah yeah olive salad on room temp because that mimics more of a sandwich ooh uh man look at that yeah that’s like this is you can smell that Grier on there it’s my favorite so I like putting the so Sada on cold once you put it on the pie it melts melts into it so it doesn’t get hammered like it would in the oven where it’s like that’s my favorite version of like letting that come to just warm that’s right you get that full flavor that exactly yeah when it’s like melting in your hands and greasy and [ __ ] you know yeah yeah and if you don’t mind I’m just going to use my fingers for I would love for you to do that just [ __ ] there’s no other better utensil alapo give a little bit of heat since the olives aren’t that hot man this is a special looking piece bro little bit of [Music] gr my shift meal thank you for coming are you [ __ ] crazy man I’m not leaving I’m sleeping on the C stay over Dude M my God I’m about to go in everyone’s room being thoughtful with your hand on toppings on seasoning on everything on cheese that’s basically it I think everybody can probably make a good pizza nah they can’t they cannot they can’t they cannot I always say that the best pies are the end of the night P since the dough is so like just so close to over proofing but I can see how [ __ ] delicate it is it’s so beautiful I think pepperoni banana peppers and this chili oil on a regular P sounds good okay this is poo that’s the secret kidding me don’t tell anybody I mean people who make the best fresh mozzarella start with polio CD you know what I mean like grew up with it or that’s game genie that’s like game shark that’s like when you put the thing on top of the cartridge you say cheat code this is a oneman show he makes makes the queen style dough himself every day as many as he can make there’s no Rhyme or Reason to the amount it’s just whatever he can make that day for tez’s pizza he made this fire chili oil you want just on the plate on plate thank you calabrian Chili’s got sichan chili peppers in there m jangle my mouth M it’s good right oh all right this one’s going to get the the chili oil on the pie I hope that’s okay I think it’s going to be good yeah that’s beautiful right there I like how you didn’t second guess it oh there you go second Crush that looks [ __ ] damn that’s why I’m fat things like that excite me [Music] crazy oh my god oh my [Music] God whose jacket is this I don’t know there’s a lot of people that live here this [ __ ] is crazy right [Music] now oh all right let me take this off this [ __ ] in the beginning was like I didn’t want people to just tell me that that my pizza was good cuz they were a fan of my band right so like at first it was friends and then friends of friends and they’re like oh I want to get the guy from war Hog’s Pizza the the thing I’ve been trying to do the most is like not talk about that [ __ ] at all with like so it’s all strangers now they don’t know what it’s all Normy people like that don’t come from like music or whatever idea right thank God like CU like the last thing you want is someone giving you like false compliments just they like the other thing you do I’m working on a brick and mortar right now so hopefully this will be a lot easier to get for everybody but you can get it whenever you want thank you thank you I usually don’t you know this is a pie straight from the oven yeah you’ve accomplished the reheat crunch you don’t need to reheat that right now yeah most pies they they soggy and like floppy they don’t have that crunch they have like soaked up fat dough sweet Amana a lot of peppers and eggs were made on that stove no joke I have to actually sit down for a second sit down I know you’re not a sitter I’m not I [ __ ] haven’t sat in months I’d love to see where things come from cuz I mean he’s in his he’s in his infancy and like to see where he started and now where it is and where it’s evolving it’s pretty impressive you want to do the Palm I’m just going to douse it like this MH a little bit extra than usual yeah go heavy on that because dressing the salad got to DST the salad [Music] [ __ ] that’s how you started off I’m not going to lie it’s a fire ass hat smells like a good grilled Burger in here oh yeah we should do that yeah whatever you want [ __ ] sick of these smash things you want to come in the I would love to on your way around the kitchen I sure do we’re about to start to bake the Hollis cuz it’s Friday afternoon oh wow look at that we do them in the bagel oven at the moment oh you have a you have a beautiful Rotator is Empire and nobody else the company used to paint cars you know it’s like cuz you drive the car into the oven to bake it Y and then they went into ovens you could fit a [ __ ] Chevy in there yeah exactly the smell is gorgeous markof Madison is my greatest hits tour I’ve been doing this for like 35 years and it’s a little bit of everything I’ve done through my whole career I worked in Europe for years back in the mid 80s I spent years at CoCo poo at compa Italian restaurant you know so it’s bringing all of that together but also bringing in some of my Jewish Heritage this is New York it’s a mix between Jewish and Italian I mean that’s like I grew up in Queens and that’s what it’s all about when I was a kid I remember Bagels being small I don’t remember remember being these balloons these are good yeah I use some French techniques you know it’s it’s bread so why don’t we try doing what they do with a baguette and doing it with a bagel and that’s our difference this is fermented for almost 18 hours in bulk it has a lot of flavor and I love a good poppy seed poppy is like something mom gets yeah I know know it’s like Mom gets the poppy seeds oh look at that we Stadium I worked in Germany for 2 years I love a pretzel it’s one of my favorite things so these are dipped in Li why do you dip it in lie well that’s the traditional way that in Germany that gives it that color yeah what’s Happening Here is it a lasagnas oh beautiful can you put some of that on there for me yeah sure that’s our little cheese please balones bimel and Parmesan no mozzarella that’s beautiful cool this looks like it’ll be good like in a bun also oh yeah and that looks like it’ll be good in a hard taco or an empanada yeah what about fried lasagna with that fried up little fried Pockets I’m just High that’s all right nothing wrong with that I want to sit down I want to eat I want I want to eat with you I want you to make something sure yo I’m not going to lie you know what I want what I want a Char grilled Burger okay let’s [Music] go just like the doct Ed I worked in Amsterdam for a year every night I get stoned go to the frit place and I say to my I’m going to bring these home I am going to bring these home that’s a better version of Amsterdam fries and I love Amsterdam fries oh the crack you want to do the club sandwich that’s fun yeah make it fun this is batch bread from Dublin that’s what white bread is literally about just tastes like a fluffy piece of cake it’s buttermilk so we basically roast three four turkeys a day there’s very rarely a day that the turkey wasn’t roasted that day that’s fresh that’s a perfect quadrant that’s a gorgeous little [ __ ] stack this [ __ ] is [ __ ] B great right and I mean what’s better than a homemade potato CH look at that mesh you guys really have everything it’s mesh toally that’s stupidness those are so good know God nailed it with the crisp why don’t we go sit down how we doing phenomenal getting slammed like when you go to the diner and they have the menu that has 12 Pages you keep flipping through but it’s still even insert within specials Johnny’s favorites [ __ ] Larry’s favorites the whole shebang bro I’m not just saying this because a very good friend of mine owns the spot he [ __ ] good I’d love to trash him oh wow oh there it is that’s for you damn let’s walk out with it together you want to go like we’re going down yeah let’s go to the bar yeah yeah that looks nice this is the lasagna makes me feel so at home right now oh cool I’m so comfortable I’m so comfortable with you I feel like we’ve known each other forever the chef is my kind of guy you could taste them in the food his crazy personality that comes through it shines through what are you doing my son French Dippity dudah ever since I’ve been born they’ve been constructing on the vanw forever I mean I’m not joking I would say there’s at least 100 menu items rotating to 200 this is the eggplant Palm deep ass sauce on there too just make it the way it’s supposed to be don’t try to change it you know what I mean that’s what everybody tries doing changing it you don’t have to twist it I like that so much just reproduce it I like that so much so we got more coming and what is that that’s the Calamar Calamar [ __ ] CH is not fried huh NOP you take the calamari put a little olive oil on it mix it with breadcrumbs and then you broil the [ __ ] out oh little Bas what the [ __ ] that’s amazing that’s that’s really good man that’s really good wa it’s crack that’s crack this reminds me of baked clams but baked Kalama this is [ __ ] I mean is this is crazy this is really good I swear to God I mean I don’t like the TRU favorites but I can’t stop eating this [Music] man I’m reflecting on my whole life now want another drink sure come on give my fifth one we don’t need another baguette Bakery Jewish bakeries are gone so that’s why when I did this I decided let’s concentrate on Jewish New York bacon because that’s what’s missing I mean you don’t see that I mean when we when I was a kid it was everywhere nobody makes Black and Whites anymore that’s true you know M and it has an amazing flavor little lemon that’s what I was going to say much better than the diner it’s warm exactly you made him this morning M you can’t really get better than that has a little lemon Essence it’s delicious it’s light it’s fresh it’s phenomenal did they let you try theug the rug they didn’t let me try anything they’ve been depriving me of all these things it’s comforting it’s delicious it’s just a good vibe cookie plate is phenomenal it’s kind of like having a Thai restaurant in a nail salon oh it’s like the ceviche spot in the back of the bodega that’s marks on medison what we is it on or off that’s marks off Madison you have a tremendous program going on here fellas Chef H que brother you got it man thank you very much my pleasure thank great really good man really good any time I wish you much luck and success and love and happiness yo Baka a Greek man wants to say hi to you yo put it on speaker you’re on speaker get the out of here bam bam in the house for real that’s right much love baby good talking you get him brother peace little Armenia facts [Music] we’re over here A M Street Little Italy but it’s like little everything it’s not just Italy sa it’s little everything little bit of everything how I like it I just got my herbs I just got my Elixir from over there there now we’re going to come here to the famous poo on the corner chicken cutlets meatballs cheeses I’m just going to go Haywire in [Music] there I’m saldi Pao the fourth generation at depalo Fine Foods we’ve been here since 1925 my grandfather opened the first Apollo in 1910 so we just celebrated 113 years in the neighborhood here with my brother Lou my sister Marie and myself we’re the fourth generation and we have the fifth generation all help out in what we do my brother Lou travels to Italy and searches out the best of each region here ourselves we make our Fresh Dairy we make rot mozzarella every day how you feeling excellent plus how you doing I’m even better than that have a wonderful place here man well thank you thank you and I’m happy to have you I’d love to learn about some of these cheeses and these meats definitely and these breads and these chicken cutlets and these meatballs bro where they are the meatballs are in the oven the chicken cut cutlets are a little delayed today oh they a little delay yeah they’re delayed on the TAC but I’d like to show you some of the cheeses that we feature and uh maybe the meatballs will be ready then I can’t wait I have what’s also great the eggplant Parmesan oh come on please parmesan we crack it so you get the grain of the cheese this one happens to be made in the fall October so the cows are raising on the second growth of grass mhm that’s beautiful why do you select these cheeses and what makes you what draws you to these cheeses and why every season shows a different color where you see this is a golden yellow yes this is full cheese the crunch is the crystallization of the amino acids those white very happy that’s my favorite thing in cheese the uh the crystallization the little crunches some people tell me oh it’s salt it’s not salt ah the depth another very unique cheese is called pesum which is cow and goat aged under Chestnut leaves we get one cow and goat M milk mixed together as well that’s right we’re getting one that’s wrapped in uh tobacco leaves so after you’re done with the cheese you can use it for Rolling we know we’re going to roll no some oregano now this one is called this is all the way up North altoy this is called Alaba and why do I select this I know I’m going to like this is because these are free grazing cows they live on the side of the mountain they never go into a barn in the winter they might just stay in a shed I like a good mountain cheese anything out there like when it’s up in the mountain or where it’s up wherever high and this is aged for about 6 months where this is 30 months and this one is 24 my God had a hard mhm medium AED now I’m going to show you a soft this is called burgina deal this is made from the milk of a water buffalo bre like rind heard about that cheese factory in France that exploded no there was debris all over the place I love a good Rin cheese there’s no there’s no about [Music] that can’t even see it on the paper it’s whiter than the [Music] paper that on a bagel my God that’s such Artful placement of the cured meat I love it spe from altoy up North and Katella from zeell K three different cured meats or pork give you a little slice of eacha try absolutely please you pair it together the most important part is the fat oh yeah fat makes the Bruto [Music] sweeter oh thank you so much that’s your P the best way to enjoy it is you lift it you give it a smell and then you drop it in your mouth like a ribbon and it should just melt and this is your Speck oh look at that it’s always good when you can see light come through it no oh smoke on that oh that could be the whole pig some of them do the whole pig every every uh farmer makes a different way the spices are different and everything this is big excellent that’s really good this is called Katella from zeell my God we call that a laser cut and now one other thing I want to show you and then if you have any questions for me I’m going to show you our fresh handmade mozzarella do this makes me happy oh Fu that’s beautiful so clean and like fresh little Sicilian olive oil W look at this look at the juice look at the milk it gives it’s just laying in its own Beauty this also seems to be an eggplant Palm in people’s hands see the layers of our fresh hand Ray Charles could see those layers it’s perfect I’m over the [ __ ] counter at out of my mind ravaging this oh my God that looks like a big bowl of fun this is our fresh frata we call it a cone of a cone of Riata because it looks like an ice cream cone sure does growing up my grandmother used to say I have some ice cream for you she tricked you yes but she was doing a good trick you know there’s bad tricks and there’s good tricks that was a good one you have this in the morning with a little honey on a toast you make your different uh desserts with it we’re making Italian cheesecake holy [ __ ] oh maaa honey is a delicate honey I like Chestnut Chestnut honey abolutely love this honey Chestnut honey is great if you use it on a an age pecorino cheese this I think is great with the Riata with the U gogenola little green apple try to do that that’s cheesecake that’s a that’s a cheesecake bite right there I’ll take that to go that’s beautiful coming back for the chicken make sure we have it for you yeah we’ll be back though saon B me this place has been here forever been coming here forever there was a candy store over here or some [ __ ] we used to sit on the stairs smoke drugs [Music] can I get a curry chicken B me please did you already order and one uh what you think I should do let’s [Music] go [Music] Die Hard three they called the bomb scare into the school but they’re really trying to steal the gold when did you first discover the Vietnamese sandwich you know when you get that the little kid that could just [ __ ] He’s from like Iowa but he could speak [ __ ] like Swahili from another life I feel like that sometimes when I eat these things it’s like don’t worry about it come on go ahead it’s not even on it’s not on that’s what’s wrong with my brain you ask me something like this yeah yeah I have no [ __ ] idea okay appreciate it he’s giving you real bang for your buck these are two separate sandwiches this is like [ __ ] Saigon version of cats what’s on the house special crack Mali and cocaine what is on that swich on the special is pate minced pork with sweet glaze roast pork Dacon radish pickled carrots and daon fresh cucumber cilantro and sliced jalapenos on a French baguette probably touched with mayo or butter crazy thank you thank you very much thank you ridiculous s yeah be yes thank you thank you ridiculous Sam how long have you had this shop 27 I’m tired I just ch my ankle still the work okay look at that the curry one I’ve never had this one we know it’s going to be [Music] good it’s perfect bread Airy crunchy still has some good substance to it you know oh [ __ ] me we should do a show just about sandwiches there isn’t one everyone a pizza one a burger one there sandwiches are [ __ ] it’s here it hits you in the heart I will tell oh there he is if you weren’t going to take it I was going to claim it let’s walk [Music] we’re back man I got to take a picture bro yeah come on please come on so what’s going on brother just hanging I love your show man are you kidding appreciate that you eat like an Armenian I sure do oh yeah I’m sorry you’re the man what are you getting I was going to get a little fresh push a little fresh bread little things and see what’s going on there’s not too many places around in the neighborhood no more you can go like that the sandwich guy in the corner closed yeah yeah right man oh man this is my this is my second go round here today yeah we were here about an hour ago what you f up cutlets weren’t ready yeah thank you that’s right beautiful packaging thank you sir [Music] every Diner is my Diner just this Diner is a special one coming off the highway you can’t miss it the Neptune has been here forever grilled chicken jalapenos cheddar cheese on a garlic roll honey mustard on the side to dunk classic meal that’s what I like I like to sit in front of the Cake Tease myself the classic cookie it’s just a familiar sight of seeing cookies displayed as soon as you walk in you got to appreciate the diner it’s just the famili it’s like you’re eating at home this is home you can order what you want you get have your coffee the menu’s extensive octopus damn stuffed mushrooms with crab meat clams with crab meat stuffed baby salmon I never knew that there was a baby version of salmon oh my Lord the things that you could learn what’s up bro can I [ __ ] order something Theo like no one wants to take the order [ __ ] Matrix over here a scene sometimes you got to learn just to be not be fidgety and just take life in and just relax this is a place where you just chill out what’s up B how how good can I get a uh grilled chicken sandwich please Delux with french fries yeah cheddar jalapenos and garlic roll and uh honey mustard on the side please and let me get a club soda with a splash of cranberry please thank you so much you know they’re all talking [ __ ] in the kitchen I hear it the amount of times I’ve heard la verga already brings back all kinds of warm feelings there it is thank you very much that’s [Music] gorgeous see that knife it’s the only knife that could have [ __ ] done that they [Music] know classical it’s like Bach the garlic bread sets at the [ __ ] off oh and the honey mustard the balance it rings it’s a [ __ ] perfect sandwich I love this [ __ ] sandwich it’s one of those things you know it works any time of the day breakfast lunch dinner guests you could definitely host guests off this sandwich this is probably the best version of this I’ve had at any diner they fresh garlic this bread I didn’t know that was possible to some places don’t do it this is a signature sandwich take care y’all all right you want to like we’re going down 31st Street a [ __ ] just point at it look we go just go there down the block culturally this neighborhood is phenomenal this that’s right this is one of the most rich neighborhoods ethnicity wise color Le 23rd and 31st at cryistal the best [ __ ] chicken kebab on Earth there’s no [Music] debate thank you bro standard right here two chicken hot sauce barbecue and [Music] lemon the succulents on that chicken man it’s amazing [ __ ] [ __ ] killed it right now my God have you seen rosarios we going there next yeah that’s what we going next it’s old school oh yeah brother thank you man see you soon [Music] [Applause] [Music] huh what’s the tou you R buddy thank you bro couldn’t help myself smells incredible in here how you doing buddy that looks gorgeous o think I need a rice bow little arini and some cutlets you want him to write you a note for that he can write you a note you can write it down if it’s too much to understand if I change that you are honey but listen looks like a picture though right it’s a beautiful man right there looks like Jerry [Music] Garcia I was born in Italy in Sicily I came as a little kid I’m a pizza man by trade moala that we use the cheese we put in there it’s in our house cheese we make our the sauce we cook CR it’s a simple sauce I don’t put no garlic po like normal Pizza do the I’m not a fan of it and I’ll do it the way I [Music] like [ __ ] Heavenly this is unbelievable so good man wow how long have you been making the pizza since I about 13 Lord of Mercy [ __ ] good pizza bro oh what a place this is I feel like whatever’s out there I want you know I want to try whatever’s out I’ll take a a rice ball please and a couple cutlets got flounders you want you to oh that’s flounder yeah I have a flounder why not thank you so much bro kidding me right now flounder filet my when in the story all [Music] right wow this this ravioli yes I’ll take some ravioli for sure some ravat a [ __ ] great lunch spout my God gorgeous soup me some special stuff bro it’s extremely special thank you sir phenomenal huh take care oh man di Mar Plaza 30 first under the end train there’s so many places we haven’t gone but where we have it’s like [ __ ] Heaven gateways to Heaven [ __ ] behold these doors right here the pizza in there fire what else do you expect from atoria I see [Music] it this is gorgeous bro does this [ __ ] light up yeah man it’s a light up dance Flor my God the full Horseman is a phenomenal establishment just feels like home family [ __ ] but so elevated oh that scallop dish is crazy you put that in the shot it’s not even a game like you kidding me oh my God tastes like McDonald’s for some reason we both like juicy wines oh yeah this is a really there’s a pesto on there we make with wild Nettles low carb not low carb B I love a good nettle you’re playing with the staircase to heaven right there vintage Amari look at that color it’s is Coca-Cola syrup man that [ __ ] gets you in the mood to [ __ ] it was an afro djc oh my gosh this is serious Dominique Wilkins Hang Time right [Music] here you want to uh not really okay The Four Horsemen is a phenomenal establishment for drinking wines and eating delicious food in Williamsburg Brooklyn how you feel man you too brother how are you I feel great can’t complain I feel tremendous good to have you in thank you for having me it’s been a while I’m starving I’m not going to lie we got a lot of food you guys have this whole table right here sure it sounds good I hate sitting down to eat I hate sitting and chill I want to move I can’t sit still yo the sitting thing here is you want to go over to the where can stand over the yeah let’s do that my legs are meant to move they move a lot like and they want to roam they want to smell taste kick experience it really is I need to stand I need to [ __ ] experi I need to I get animated when I taste things I was lucky enough to have the private dining area which is the funky dance room I love a room that smells like this wood like yeah plywood Home Depot phenomenal place to dance I like to dance you boogie dance I you don’t boogy so we got some lady Edison ham from North Carolina just salt and age on that that’s Divine it’s like pruto kind of some grilled father beans you can kind of pop them out like adaman those ramps though yeah we have ramps like it’s the [ __ ] season man my God and then a little bit of like hung rata that’s got black trumpets and ramps on it hung rot rata rut there’s nothing more than I love in a hung Rota I love that and like a I what the [ __ ] like a gas streak type of situation just straight up incredible uh some pickled col rabie with thyme flowers and Yu vinegar uh that’s an asparagus salad it’s just like really quickly blanch then we slice it thin um it’s kind of like a sesame seed for cake on top with some mys looks gorgeous oh come on we that honey mustard oh my God tastes like McDonald’s for some reason man was making all kinds of familiar things refined here’s like Big Mac sauce beautiful things to drink with wi called rafr it’s it’s a besto from briganza Northern Italy the guy kind of sort of saves like old grape varieties that people are tearing out to PR Stu to a hitter that’s the struggle all the time is like trying to be like okay I like this wine but doesn’t work with his food and you know you know like I love I love drinking wine alone a lot SA or just some cuz that always works right but to pair it with food that’s like bold it adds it’s very distinct and Floral in my opinion but like a bouquet It’s A Mother’s Day bouquet spot on about the flowers like yellow flowers like yeah right color it’s a color like we’re not in the city no you know what I mean yeah Off the Grid slightly exactly m uh yeah so this is a scallop from Cape Cod it’s got a little opal Basil Leaf inside of it just raw there’s a carrot vinegar with some pink peppercorn shallots and Thai chilies looks [Music] gorgeous m m unbelievable the technique in the sliced scallop laced with basil then each one rolled up into you have five little rolls laid into a [ __ ] gorgeous carrot [ __ ] vinegret with lime and bursting flavors I had to have a couple of those you know that scallop dish is crazy I only like seafood raw I don’t really like it cooked at all talk to me what is this these are uh San Beans really good olive oil from Sicily with a parm brto like parmesan regana brto and black pepper it’s like a dish I kind of like contemplated putting on not cuz it was so simple but it’s like simple is always best right I mean that’s what I think I think that you show maturity and you show the ability to make the right decision when you do something like that you don’t do too much you don’t you just let everything speak a focused being in just a beautiful parm broth olive oil salt and pepper I love to eat that way that tastes like I just finished ice skating at wolman rink I have a scarfon I have a thermos of that M call me silly but man Simplicity is is my favorite thing this Carbonic granache from CR Gros from or Lum is we doing this chill we’re doing this chilled right now this is a and I think the the ganache with the parm is like a really nice oh my it’s a good time it’s just like it slides down the [ __ ] water slide like that oh man it just like it’s dangerous but the combo you just hit me with my God it’s [ __ ] home right there it’s a home [Music] run this is a like housemade spinach tonarelli with some Bara some breadcrumbs that’s pretty simple there’s a pesto in there we make with wild Nettles spinach tonarelli with garlic oil breadcrumb that’s like you know you [ __ ] you’re you’re you’re playing with the staircase to heaven right [Music] there it’s ridiculous I love that pasta cuz that cook on it to me is like what makes it really spectacular cuz it’s really toothy but it’s also like having fresh pasta cooked at Al Dente it’s like a good SOA noodle yeah for real like you it’s like you were [ __ ] banging it out incredible just incredible stuff and this is a newer Sicilian grower that I really like called SRC M and uh it’s alberello from atna so see what it’s about M it’s gorgeous it’s opening up in front of her I want to sand under here so it opens more plus I could look at my [ __ ] chest development in the mirror if you could see the try in the shirt it’s when you start working but it’s not just only the drink with it’s like the food is the star the wine is amazing as well but man this stuff was unbelievable is that the dck dck pork chop that’s the rock that’s the rock it was definitely flavored in a crazy way it was covered in [ __ ] Middle Eastern seasonings just like vibrant seasonings it was [ __ ] crazy something stingly it’s coriander yeah cumin coriander some chili like there’s like New Mexico chili and a lepro chili It’s like a hak of pork steak sticky toffee pudding galatte gelato with Masala zabon vintage Amari oh so these are old like lost in a seller in Italy amaros the amaros are an Italian djes herbs it’s like medicinal purposes but it’s it’s fine they change it’s like conac this is special medicine right here my great- grandpa used to give me this when I was like a little kid and uh I why the [ __ ] is there an artichoke gu he would give me cuz it’s made artist chokes oh my and it was he would like tiny tiny taste and he all of my grandpa grandparents would laugh because that makes such a terrible face and that’s how it all started but anyway vintage probably say late 7s early ‘ 80s you find old bottles and you open them and you reveal culture and life and the meaning of life love and how to make love seriously that [ __ ] gets you in the mood to [ __ ] it really does oh my gosh it was an afro djc this is Coca-Cola syrup man oh man it opened up even more once you spin it it’s like a PRP shot when you spin in the hemoglobin and you separate the plasma this is like full plasma could inject this into my knee zabayon was a thing in culinary school whipped up into a thick ass egg situation but it was not just like it was air rated and it had Hang Time look at how good this zabayon is made please come cuz look at that this is serious Dominique Wilkins Hang Time right here are you kidding me are you serious right now look you could slide the fork right underneath and it’s still hanging you hand Whi that we do yeah [ __ ] Lord God bless you God bless your wrist and forearm that is a perfect dessert I don’t need anything else but then he brought the [ __ ] that other thing if you could just give me sticky toffee putting outsides just give me the outside part [ __ ] the inside I’m I like the inside no what I like that but the crunchy Parts I’m not going to lie these two desserts can send me over an edge that I won’t come back from this has been a phenomenal day fellas just going to be honest thank you so [ __ ] much always anytime to the best anytime man next time I’m coming here we’re going to do this again no cameras I’m going to come taste these Amaro Donuts these soaked tomor Donuts right what do you think of the idea of a egpl Parmesan wedding cake