Wednesday, June 25, 2014

New York, NY | Day 1

June 13, 2014


After a few weeks of travelling around separately, Cindy and I rendezvoused in New York City to start a three week where's the beef? tour of NYC, Portland and Tokyo. We're gonna blog it all eventually, but trying to fit some holidaying between all our eating has meant that we're already falling behind.

I got in quite late on a Friday night and met up with Cindy at our apartment in Williamsburg (yes, I know, we're dreadful hipsters). We were both tired and hungry and I knew of the perfect solution - pizza by the slice at Vinnie's Pizzeria. It was just a few blocks from where we were staying, was open late and promised an intriguing range of vegan slices.


They have about a dozen different vegan pizzas on their menu (plus another dozen vegetarian) and seem to rotate the slices pretty regularly - we saw a new batch of flavours come out just while we were eating our slices. There's also a few other vegan meals - chicken drumsticks, eggplant or chicken parmas and a vegan baked ziti. At 9:30pm on a Friday it's busy but not crazy - I suspect by midnight the booths would be much harder to claim. We ordered three slices (US$4 ~ AU$4.20 each). First up the T.HANKS (bbq chicken, bacon, mozzarella, cheddar, bbq sauce) and tiger style (teriyaki chicken, broccoli, mozzarella, cheddar and sesame seeds).


And then the parma initiative (baked breaded eggplant, marinara sauce, cheddar, mozzarella).


These were all great - crispy bases, loads of toppings and a good range of junky flavours. We had very firm intentions to return later in our stay, but somehow filled our dinners up with everything else the city had to offer. I'm a bit sad not to try more of their pizzas, but I'll always remember them fondly. Seriously, what else could make a jetlagged, slightly hungover Michael look like this:


Thanks Vinnie's, you really got the trip off to a solid start.

12 comments:

  1. Oh god I love that place!! One place I have't yet made it to in NYC is Beyond Sushi - if you happen to go there, make sure to post about it!

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  2. Too late Louise! We were too busy having fun in NYC to blog, so no more recommendations (unless they're for Portland or Tokyo).

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    1. I put some suggestions through on Thursday but it looks like they didn't make it through!...i'll give it another try:

      My fave places in Portland are Hungry Tiger and Los Gorditos (the one next to the amazing Apex), but my bro lives there and likes White Owl Social Club, and Papa Gs. I would also recommend the Israeli food truck and Homegrown Smoker. And Redlight Clothing Exchange for the best vintage clothes in town. Wild Abandon has a delicious breakfast. Mount Hood is beautiful this time of year :)

      If you're on instagram, veganjapan posts amazing things that you will not find out about anywhere else. My fave places to eat in Tokyo were Pure Cafe for breakfast, T's Tantan and Ko-So cafe for lunch, and Nagi Shokudo for dinner. Also the cat temple in Gotokuji is magical!

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    2. Thanks so much for reposting, Louise! We made it to Los Gorditos, Apex and Homegrown smoker, plus a solid set of vintage shops including Redlight. We tried our best to get out to Mt Hood but the weather wouldn't allow it. :-/

      Michael's just set up an instagram account especially for following veganjapan on your recommedation. :-)

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  3. They look like big slices (always good!) I remember the first pizza slice I bought when I was in the US, it was massive. Did you go to the High Line park?

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    1. Hi veganopoulous! Yep, we made it to the High Line. New York style pizza is definitely on the large size, I can't imagine ever eating more than two slices and often only one.

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  4. Ooh, we went there! I burned my mouth on the first bite so I have no idea what it actually tasted like.

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    1. Hi Fiona - that's a shame, 'cause it tasted goooood.

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  5. Great timing! We are starting to plan our return trip in October so I will be stalking the blog!

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    1. Hi shannabananna - cool, all our posts should easily be up by then. :-)

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  6. NYC (& Williamsburg), Portland, Tokyo literally dome of my fav places. I've been feeling homesick, so thank you. You're keeping my travel fires burning. So psyched for this travel series.

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    1. Hannah, we're happy to oblige! Nice to know this is a tiny bit more than just a vanity project for the two of us. :-)

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