Torta Cubana

Awesome "Cuban" Torta from Los Gallos. (10th & Wolf)
Breaded beef, shredded pork, ham, refried beans, mayonnaise, avocado, pickled peppers, mexican cheese, etc.
This thing is HUGE.. enough to feed about 2 or 3 people.

Since writing about them a few weeks ago I order from this place at least once a week. Always fantastic plus they deliver.

Los Gallos
10th & Wolf
215 551 1245

New Hot Dog Of The Week Prints

4 brand new prints of some of my latest hot dog paintings. The Cincinnati Coney especially was printed up due to overwhelming popular demand- the original sold in a few days! I would have to say that Ohio folks might be the most passionate about their hot dogs, followed closely by Chicago, Washington DC and Upstate NY, at least in terms of the response I get from the articles. I'm sure New Jersey will be up there when I finally get myself to Rutt's Hutt and Jimmy Buff's.

If you love hot dogs as much as I do (more?) you'll want to have all of these in your kitchen. There are now 16 different designs available. These are gallery quality 11 x 14 giclee prints done up by the fantastic folks at Silicon Gallery Fine Art in Philly. $29 a pop (plus s&h) or grab a set of 4 for $100 and a big shipping discount.



check out all the prints here-
•hot dog of the week print shop

the full articles on Serious Eats-
• Torta De Salchicha
• Cincinnati Cheese Coney
• Perro Caliente
• Toronto Street Meat

Torta De Salchicha at Puebla Mini Mart

Best and craziest Tortas I've ever had, in the back of a bodega in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Hot dogs, tomatoes, avocado, jalapenos, onions, bacon, grilled ham, a fried egg and mexican cheese, pressed & grilled sort of like a mega-sized cuban. I only ate half. This place does about 4000 different kinds of Tortas which all look amazing, super fresh & well built sandwiches.

Read my whole spiel on Serious Eats.




Puebla Mini Market
3908 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11232

Sunset Park 4am Tacos

Used to be middle eastern but now Mexican bodega with a full kitchen behind the counter. Super weird hours they open 7pm until 5 or 6 in the morning. Great for late night tacos after you stumble out of sketchy half empty Dominican bar where the waitress is giving a lap dance in the corner while a 60 year old guy sings karaoke (sorry no photos of that one).


Sunset Park is south, far far away from the hipster mess of Williamsburg and vicinity. If you like food, it's pretty amazing, with Sichuan, Malaysian, Ecuadorian, Mexican... sandwich shops, noodle stands, groceries and street vendors for 10 blocks in every direction. Sort of overwhelming. Nafa's 3901 deli grocery is by no means the best tacos in the neighborhood, just fresh simple and delicious. They were out of tongue so we just went for some beef tacos.


Good tamales too, although the torta was kind of boring and tasted like a mcdonald's chicken sandwich. Apparently the locals stick with the tacos which my friends told me to do but I just can't help myself. Place was packed at 4 am so you know it's the real deal. And a drunk guy just standing in the corner yelling at the TV.

3901 Deli Grocery
7th Ave & 39th St. Brooklyn

enjoy
•Tamale Underground
•El Jorocha
•Savoy Flower Shop Tacos

Savoy Flower Shop - Torta Milanesa

I wrote about Savoy Flower shop's surprisingly good tacos a while back, and realized that I never posted the incredible sandwich I grabbed from there in December while walking home from Rittenhouse with 45 bags of Christmas presents. Breaded chicken on a mexican roll. Lettuce, tomato, refried beans, roasted hot peppers, avocado, cheese, maybe some mayo in there too.

Savoy looks like every other slightly dilapidated flower shop slash grocery in center city, except for the hand lettered signs for tacos and tortas. It's a one man kitchen in the back, and honestly I always expect my food to be sketchy because it doesn't seem like anyone else ever goes in there for anything. But it's always fresh and delicious and I'm blown away. According to the sign they also do hot dogs and cheesesteaks. Don't know if they are doing tijuana / sonarans but I'm sure I could just say "give me a hot dog with all the stuff on it". The lone cook is very friendly and happy to oblige your requests. Apparently they also have Tamales on the weekends.

I've actually noticed a lot of the south philly taquerias doing cheesesteaks / burgers / etc.. wondering if they are just american style or ?? My imagination sees steak sandwiches overflowing with pico de gallo, roasted jalepenos, queso fresco and sriracha...

Savoy Flower Shop
262 S 18th st