NYC Tastes

Recently Spice opened up two new outposts, both of which are in the East Village. My family was visiting for the weekend and it was basically centered around food which is just lovely for me! They don’t have many options for Thai food in Buffalo so I figured we would do lunch at the new Spice on 3rd avenue. FYI…The night they arrived we gorged on fish at Nobu Next door this time completely empty at 7:30 and the morning before we went to Spice we started out with Roast Beef, Mozzarella & Eggplant sub and a Meatball Mozzarella sub from Defontes. Then went to Mcsorley’s for a couple of beers …This is all before noon! What a great way to start the morning! Anyhow we got to Spice right around 12:15 and the place was empty except for one other couple. I was kind of surprised since the one on University is usually packed at this point! We got a great table right by the windows and ordered up some Thai Iced Teas and our meals. The one slight problem I have with Spice is that every time I g...

It's funny- if Mr. T and I look back on all of the places we've eaten at since moving to NYC over 6 years ago- I can almost guarantee that we've been to Spice the most. Our first time there, a college friend from Vegas had come to visit. We were so poor we hadn't been out to eat anywhere and had no idea what to do with him! I remembered hearing about this Thai place and we decided to give it a shot. Two hours later, filled with a flaming volcanic chicken dish and multiple sake bombs, we were a little tipsy, a lot full, and still had some pennies in our pockets. The rest is history. Spice is one of those places that we almost always go to when friends come to visit. The city restaurants can be a bit of a sticker shock and this helps ease that pain. We came back here about 2 weeks ago for lunch when Mr.T's best friend was visiting from San Diego. Their lunch specials are a great deal because you receive a free appetizer with every entree and entrees are generally $7-$...