Things to Do with a Spoon: Balance it on Your Nose!

Here is an excellent tutorial on a skill that every spoon-swapper should possess:

 

"How to Hang a Spoon on your Nose" via wikiHow.

Spoon #35: The Diner

The Diner:

Its name says it all!  And so last week when Ms. Dish and I found ourselves in the uber-trendy Meatpacking District, we got exactly what we expected at The Diner, and some fine people-watching to boot!

Here we have our new spoon, which I believe came with a slice of apple pie a la mode:

Marked "Winco Stainless 18-0" with the Winco "circle 8" at the bowl, this is a Winco spoon we have not seen before.  The internet reveals that it is from Winco's "Dots" collection:

Finally a spoon name that makes some sense!  Just as "The Diner" perfectly describes the restaurant, "Dots" perfectly describes this spoon!  

Oneida: The Band

Hey, did you know there's a band out there called Oneida?  You probably did because you are more hip than I!  Yes, it was maybe a year ago that I stumbled into a local record store, and among the other cards with band names that I have ignored or not noticed countless times, there is was: Oneida!  "Ah, a spoon band!" I thought to myself, and promptly looked them up when I got home.  I am pleased to announce that Oneida the band produce beautiful noise:

And live too!

Spoon #34: Freemans Restaurant

Just off Rivington Street is Freeman's Alley:

And hidden away at the end of Freeman's Alley is Freemans Restaurant:

On a mysterious tip, Ms. Dish and I decided to sneak in for dinner not too long ago.  As the website says, "the idea of the restaurant was to make rugged clandestine colonial American tavern" and well, that's about as good a description of Freemans as any! The motif seems to be "hip backwoods cabin" from the pewter bar to the collection of animal heads/antlers.

If you stop in I would have to recommend, as was recommended to us, that you try the artichoke dip and the "devils on horseback".  These seem to be some of the most popular dishes, as we saw several walk past our table.  Our anonymous tipster was correct - everything was de-licious!

Now what type of spoon do you suspect we swapped at Freemans?  Well, here it is:

The popular Winco Continental!  Not too much to say about this one - simply marked "Winco Stainless 18-0" with the "mysterious circle-8" toward the bowl.  Like running into an old friend in an exotic location.