Spoon #25: Adrienne's Pizza Bar

Last week Ms. Dish and I stopped in at Adrienne's Pizza Bar on Stone Street in Lower Manhattan:

Historic Stone Street has a really interesting story.  Many of the buildings date back to the construction which followed the Great Fire of 1835.  After falling into neglect for several decades, in the late 90s Stone Street experienced a rebirth as a lunch and happy-hour spot catering to the surrounding Financial District.  Designated as a pedestrian-only cobbled street, on summer nights Stone Street is lined with tables and the adjacent restaurants and bars are filled with happy customers looking to relax after a hard day's work.

Adrienne's is one such restaurant or "Pizza Bar".  Now we all know that New York Pizza is the best in the world, but Adrienne's specializes in the rectangular thin-crust Sicilian "Grandma Style" pizza pie.  Still, this might be some of the best pizza in New York!

Here now we have Spoon #25:

No. 25 is marked "Winco Stainless 18-0" and also features the Winco "8" towards the bowl.  Looks like Number 25 belongs to Winco's "Flute" series:

Very sleek and stylish! 

Spoon #24: Brasserie Le Bouchon

This past weekend Ms. Dish and I ran off to Cold Spring, New York in the beautiful Hudson Highlands.  In between exploring the ruins of Bannerman's Castle and the Mount Beacon Incline, we stopped in at Brasserie Le Bouchon.

I already knew that Brasserie was French for "restaurant" but what's a Bouchon?  According to the internet it's a particular type of restaurant, focusing on Lyonnaise cuisine.  Now I'm no expert, so I can not vouch for the authenticity of the dishes, but I can tell you our waiter had what appeared to be an authentically French pointy-mustache!  Mustaches aside, this place was very relaxed and the food was downright delicious.

Here is Spoon #24:

This looks like a Sant Andrea Bellini, just like Spoon #11.  Number 24 is a bit on the small side, so I was afraid that this swap may have been Golidlocks'd, but we ended up quite successful! 

Spoon #23: Ruby's

This past Saturday, Ms. Dish and I again found ourselves hungry in SoHo.  Fortunately a popular internet based user generated restaurant review site guided us to Ruby's on Mulberry Street!

Once again Ms. Dish and I forgot to take a picture of the place, so please accept this "street view" from the internet.

Ms. Dish and I almost passed on Ruby's as it seemed a little too "hip" and despite the very hot and muggy weather, there was no air conditioning.  We're both glad we gave it a chance though... It turned out to be a pretty cozy joint and after a couple of basil lemonades we were sufficiently cooled down and had a great meal!

Here we present Spoon Number Twenty-Three:

Number 23 bears the markings "Winco Stainless 18-10" on the back.  This spoon is very similar to Spoon 16, which was an Oneida New York.  Funny how repetitious spoon styles can be! 

Number 23 is evidently a Winco "Peacock" as shown here with the family:

You know what's odd about this spoon?  There's no "8 in a circle" on the back like all the other Winco spoons that we've run across!  Now what are we to make of that?  Is it a bootleg Winco?  This spoon seems pretty worn and old... maybe the "8 in a circle" is a more recent thing?  The only thing more mysterious than the "Winco 8" is a Winco spoon without it!