A summer of taxi adventures in New York City has led to some astoundingly delicious things to eat. In the interest of exploiting remembered pleasures, here are my seven favorite cabbie-recommended dishes to date – in random order. If you’re anywhere near the Biggest Apple, I hope you have a chance to try them:
A film editor by day who drives his father’s taxi two nights a week, Eric Rodriguez keeps his distance from cyberspace and the world of perpetual communication (He’s not on Facebook or Twitter. He only got a cell phone two years ago because his girlfriend insisted). Lucky for my co-adventurer and me, the Astoria
If you read my last post about Nuyorican Super Cabbie Iris Javed, you know she’s led a life of extremes. You also know that no ordinary restaurant would satisfy the cravings of this wonder woman behind the wheel. Enter Sofrito – a Midtown East hot spot that’s part salsa club, part meat market and
The Village Voice called her “a driver worthy of a superhero comic book” and voted her the best cab driver in New York in 2004. The New York Observer dubbed her “Iris the Fare.” I call this 39-year-old mother of three – who dressed dolls and drove 18-wheelers before she found her calling as
“And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can.” - Elizabeth Barrett Browning Color me romantic. Call me an idealist. Accuse me of being overly sentimental. But I dare you not to be amazed when I tell you about my latest
What’s your idea of a ‘typical’ New York City cabbie? Is it a heavy-set Russian who’s been driving for generations? A jovial Haitian? A Pakistani with a bluetooth clamped to his ear? How about a recently unemployed banker descended from fallen Hungarian nobility? Ladies and gentlemen, meet Michael Dick. Michael started driving a taxi
A port in a storm, an oasis in the desert, a refuge in the urban jungle – Punjabi Grocery & Deli is all of these, plus DVDs, breath mints, Thai soft drinks, Sikh devotionals and marvelously cheap sustenance. 24 hours a day, this standing room only deli/den serves samosas, roti, curries and pinni to
New York taxi drivers seem to have different answers to this question. For Vinod Dogra, the taxi astrologer from New Delhi who will “always be hyphenated,” and Ilyas Chaudary, the Pakistani cabbie itching to return to Gujrat to grow vegetables, the answer is a resounding yes. But Leslie Destine, who’s been in the U.S.
Cabbie name: Ilyas Chaudary Where he comes from: Gujrat, Pakistan Currently resides: Brooklyn Years in New York: 22 Years driving a taxi: 10 Pre-yellow taxi vocations: Gypsy cab driver, cook at a Greek restaurant What he misses about Pakistan: Everything. In 2 years, he’ll retire from cab driving, go back to Gujrat, and plant
Today’s was a hard-fought food quest. After two failed attempts to persuade cabbies to guide us to their favorite spots to eat – taxi driver #1 flat-out refused to reveal his preferred restaurant in Queens, while hack #2 tried to take us to Carmine’s – we climbed into Leslie Destine’s cab. After 40 yearsTG Cities
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