If you are free the last Monday
evening of any month and you are looking for something unique to do for dinner
than I suggest you visit Edward’s. Edward’s is located in Tribeca very close to
a bar I like quit a lot (http://bit.ly/2gPZwMp). I have been
trying to get to Edward’s since that visit earlier this year but it took until
November for me to get there. Story of my life, I know.
Edwards opened in 2001, owner
Edward Youkilis happens to also be part owner of Lucky Strike (http://bit.ly/2h5pn0M)
another place I like to visit quit a lot.
Edward’s serves a pretty typical
menu including salads, burgers, pizzas, just about anything you could ask for
from a diner establishment. However on the last Monday of every month they add
something quite unusual- it is an event called Cincinnati Night.
I found out about through a friend
so since she was the expert she was also my date that evening.
When it came time to order I
realized that it was unlikely I would make it here again anytime soon, so I
decided to go big or go home with my order. My friend and I split a Coney,
which is a hot dog on a bun, topped with onions, mustard, chili, and cheese.
Then we each ordered a 5-Way- spaghetti topped with chili, cheese, onions, and
beans. For a girl who has never had chili before I was really flying by the
seat of my pants.
The food came right away and now I
know why. Practically nothing seemed cooked or rather hot in temperature. For
an Italian girl eating cold spaghetti without marinara sauce and cheese that
has not been melted took some getting used to. I am not sure I ever quite did.
The flavors did go well together and I was a fan of the chili although I think
I would have preferred it hot off the oven but still with onions, cheese, and
beans. I might be able to lose the spaghetti altogether. I had my full about
half way through but later on that night I did regret not taking the rest of it
home. It was sort of like eating Chinese food, after a few hours you start to
crave those flavors again.
I did like the Coney version much
better but the toppings were too heavy and the poor bun gave out. Next time I
think I need to tell them to double the bun, just like asking for a double bag
when you are grocery shopping.
Most importantly it is now off my
current to do list (http://bit.ly/29H6zRG).
The key ingredient to Cincinnati
Night menu items is Skyline Chili, made; you guessed it in Cincinnati. I am
unaware it if is shipped to New York City once a month to create these dishes
or if the same recipe is used. Why this can happen only once a month is also
unknown but not entirely surprising. I had a diner by my house in Brooklyn that
wouldn’t make wraps between the hours of four to ten p.m. There was never a
proper explanation or reason for that either.
As for Mr. Youkilis he is
originally from Cincinnati and found that there was a community of fellow
Cincinnatians who missed their beloved Skyline Chili just as much as he did.
This night has become a popular pilgrimage for this reason. Reservations are a
must and they can be taken about a month ahead of time.
According to an article in The New
Yorker, Mr. Youkilis said:
“I hired all these Cincinnati kids
as waiters, and one of them, his mom sent him some cans of Cincinnati chili as
a present. Me and this other kid—a bartender from Dayton—we started eating it
in here and people started coming in off the street, asking, ‘Is that Skyline
chili?’ So I thought maybe we could make a night of it.”
It became an official monthly
event beginning back in 2006.
What surprised me most about this
article wasn’t the information I hadn’t found anywhere else but rather who the
author was, Mr. Jeffrey Toobin. I checked to be sure and yes he is the same
Jeffrey Toobin I know from CNN, the New York Times, and most recently as the
author of the books about Patty Hearst and O.J. Simpson. FX used the later to create
their very successful series, “The People vs. O.J. Simpson, American Crime
Story”. You can imagine that I never thought in a million years I would be
seeing his name next to Edward’s but that goes to show you that a writer has
limitless possibilities.
Besides the knowledge he has
imparted on me I would also like to thank Mr. Toobin for now I have had “On Top
of Spaghetti” stuck on my mind all damn day.
#cleverarticletitle #annoyingsong
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