"May I Have Some More?"

So, In June a new restaurant opened up in the Eden building on Aliceanna St. in Harbor East.  My friends and I were so darn overly excited that we couldn't wait to try the food, let alone the lemoncello!  Chazz: A Bronx Original is owned by the sons Sergio and Alessandro Vitale of Aldo's in Little Italy.  The backer/inspiration?  Yea, that'd be their godfather (hehe), Chazz Palminteri who sometimes decides to rear his famous Bronx behind in the restaurant and around town. 

The decor is really something.  Stone and brick everywhere; it's really amazing to watch things being built up from a cement room to an actual functioning restaurant.  The menu; however, is still not complete.  The service is pretty lacking too, unfortunately, but the food was excellent.  I started with not one, but two glasses of an apricot bubbly.  We had the fried cheese (seriously) to start and I never ever wanted to stop.  It was the best thing since sliced bread, for real.  Actually, even the bread was delicious and I forced them to bring out another basket so I could continue to scarf some with my main dish.  I ordered the caprese pasta, which is basically a fancy way of saying yummy glorified spaghetti though I knew I needed it in my belly.  After dinner, we were so spent I thought if I ate anything else, I would have to run home and change into sweat pants and an extra large t-shirt instead of my cute little summer dress.  It wouldn't be pretty.



Yea...eat these.  Do it.



But no, we couldn't stop there.  There was dessert.  Comped dessert (which believe me, it tasted even better free).  A huge cannoli and tiramisu, traditional yes, but absolutely heavenly!  To end our Chazz experience, we received a complimentary toast of lemoncello which was pretty darn dangerous and I would've had another and another and another.  All in all, we had great food, but wasn't completely impressed by the entire package.  What's cool about Chazz is they have an anitpasti station and an awesome pizza bar, so instead of paying a mortgage for spaghetti, I think I'll relax and watch the muscle man flip me some pizzas or sugary fried dough.  YES PLEASE!!  ;)

lemoncello!  deliciosity at it's finest!

~ginger~







To-do: Find Inspiration in the Little Things

I was thinking the other day about how much I love making lists.  Usually they sum up to the work to-dos, or which restaurants I'd like to try next, but recently I made a list of things I absolutely can not without a doubt live without.  My somewhat inspiration if you will.

  

- coffee, a given
- a few pieces of chocolate each and every day

- photography (the good stuff)
- a well-balanced meal (and by balanced, i mean any kind of deliciousness i can shove in my mouth paired with a hearty beverage)
- craft time (as in, yes, i'm still in pre-k)
- nap time (reference above)
- in-depth conversations preferrably over something good to eat, i.e. gelato, or sitting on the corner of Aliceanna and Broadway drinking natty bohs at Todd Connor's trying to figure out the puzzle on the cap
- life changing, mood making music
- rory cat, the spaz

 - very good friends
- fried food (bad i know, but who cares, it's all so tasty!)
- hand-written notes <3 <3 

These things and more help make my life complete.  What inspires you?

~ginger~