new york city – Rant or Reason

NYC’s Bravo Pizza Hits Staten Island With a See-through Oven and Sports Bar

Feb 22, 2020

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Vin Funaro

in food, Travel

Bravo Pizza hits Staten Island with a see-through oven.

Lee’s Tavern Offers Some of NYC’s Finest Pizza and Fried Calamari

Jan 24, 2020

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Vin Funaro

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Lee’s Tavern is the type of place that makes a trip to Staten Island worth it when visiting New York City, If you’re a native Staten Islander, a tourist, or someone living in another borough, I strongly recommend trying their signature thin crust pizza and uniquely battered calamari. I grew up not too far from…

Pound Cake Ice Cream from Torico’s in Jersey City Annihilates Cake Batter Flavors

Jan 17, 2020

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Vin Funaro

in food, Travel

If you ever visit NYC or New Jersey, and you’re a restaurant and dessert junkie like me, you need to check out Torico’s ice cream shop in Jersey City. When it comes to cake flavored ice cream, cake batter is normally the standard but is a taste that if done incorrectly, comes off artificial and…

Late Night Chinese Eats at NYC’s Wo Hop and Cam’ron’s ‘Purple Haze’

Dec 20, 2019

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Vin Funaro

in food, music, Travel

In the mid-2000s, I really started to push the limits of my driving when I decided to make regular trips to Manhattan for late-night Chinese meals at a restaurant called Wo Hop. A few brave friends would take this journey with me to Chinatown at least once a week, and we’d always have a soundtrack…