Sarita's Macaroni & Cheese a.k.a. S'MAC 345 E. 12th StreetNew York, NY 10003212-358-7912 www.smacnyc.com NEW YORK HAS long been known for it's single-minded institutions: Grimaldi's has its pizza, Katz's its corned beef, Izzy Guss' had its pickles. Following in those footsteps, and narrowing the path to a considerable degree, recent NYC institutions have popped up displaying not only that same kind of specialty prowess, but ever more singular ones at that. The East Village and Lower East Side alone boast shops hawking cheesecake, dumplings, and rice pudding, respectively (the grilled cheese shop, sadly, didn't last). The one that has...
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I was planning to write one last substantial entry before going on vacation, but of course my seemingly long afternoon turned into, "OH CRAP I ONLY HAVE HALF AN HOUR!" and now I will write a very insubstantial entry with...
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Decked in bright oranges and yellows, this new eatery follows in the footsteps of neighboring Otafuku – focusing on one menu item, though with a strikingly American focus. Located in the East Village, the specialty at S’Mac is Macaroni and Cheese, served in a variety of flavors. There are ten basic themes on the menu – from American Style to 4 Cheese or Cajun. Build your own options are also available, featuring optional ingredients from breadcrumbs, to meats and veggies. Though service can be somewhat slow, the dishes are satisfying. While not as stick to the ribs cheesy as Kraft, S’Mac offers a great trip down memory lane, which can be fun now and then. Now, where did I put that Okonomiyaki?
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Restaurants specializing in multiple versions of favorite childhood dishes proliferate across New York these days. First came Peanut Butter & Co. on Sullivan Street, with its endless variety of homemade, gourmet peanut butters, and whose sandwiches did everything but remind you of Jif or Peter Pan. Then there was Rice to Riches on Spring Street, which gussied up homely & homey rice pudding. The city has even managed to support more than one grilled cheese establishment: Grilled Cheese on Ludlow Street (the best-known of these, but shuttered in January), and the still-kicking Say Cheese on 9th Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen. And now comes S’Mac, a bright, yellow and orange café in the East Village that works the single-theme magic on another classic: mac n’ cheese.
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If pressed to pick one food to eat, exclusively, for the rest of my life, I would choose – without pause or flinch – hot, stringy, crust-covered slabs of macaroni and cheese. Crunchy peanut butter and grape jelly sandwiches and pasta with butter and fresh parmesan cheese would be close contenders; Yuk’s palette was finely tuned at age nine, and hasn’t shifted much since.
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