Eating at (or very near) Penn Station

Pizza Suprema is very good

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Tir Na Nog has good food strong drinks and great service. I ve been going there for over 20 years. It does get loud when the Knicks, Rangers or the Big East is playing at the Garden

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A different price point, but I booked CI SIAMO for this weekend and wonder if anyone here has been and cares to share what dishes were great and which were not so great.
Thanks!!

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Actually, I recently received an email from a friend who owns two pizza shops to the effect that suprema is his fav slice in nyc.

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I agree with you @vinouspleasure. Having tried Pizza Suprema so many times over the years-- travelling for work in and out of Penn and reading Slice Harvester’s praise-- trying the square, the grandma and the ‘regular’ slice I have never had an experience like those who praise it, and have thrown away plenty of unfinished slices. Lost on me.

Zaro’s: I’ve always had a soft spot for this place. Seems like the wares are better than you’d expect from a place with locations that include Penn Station and (ugh) Port Authority.

Our local Harris-Teeter carries some Zaros stuff too, so they are doing something right.

R&D: The slicers may be young but they are talented. You don’t get translucent slices in the supermarket slab of acme salmon (having said that, supermarket-level acme can still elevate a Harris-Teeter bagel shmeared with Harris-Teeter cream cheese considerably).

There appear to be no travelers around any more, not even fellow-. But let me keep this thread going by recommending some small but mighty things. Alidoro sells for $1.50 sides of their toppings and spreads. The hot spread (I’m putting it on everything I eat on Amtrak as I write), hot pepper jam, black garlic mustard, and olive paste are worthy of you.

The diverse offerings at Moynihan allow a lot of DIY hacks. From Alidoro, a half-baguette ($3) and a side of tomato slices ($1.50). From EAK Ramen, shrimp+broccoli ($12) and spicy mayo ($1). Put together, a decent shrimp po’ boy sub.

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If you throw away the broccoli and fry the shrimp :rofl: