I happened to grab dins at Taim tonight, but resisted the urge to get some of their homemade fries. They make one of the best falafel sandwiches (love the Harissa) around. Can we split the fries when we go on the tour?

Ha, yes, an invitation to a West Village Glutton Fest. It would have to be similar to the East Village one. At least 6 stops, just to match the 1st tour. I don’t see us topping it.

Here’s what I envision for part 1 of the West Village Food Tour…

Burger at Stoned Crow
Tacos at Pio Maya
Falafel at Taim
Cheeseteak at BB Sandwich Bar
Fried Chicken at Dirty Bird to Go
Banana Pudding and a cupcake at Magnolia

We’d Have to split everything except the Tacos. Think you could hang?

Who else thinks they can hang? Any suggestions or pointers to stay away from these places?

However if this tour is similar to the other I’m not sure I could stomach all that stuff. Did you have to take off from work the next day to recuperate?

I’ve heard good things about the burger at a place called Alexandra on Barrow and Houston.

Olive Tree Cafe has awesome fries, theyre above comedy cellar on macdougal so always busy but affordable and you can draw with chalk on the table tops.

Shade on Sullivan and West 3rd has great crepes.

Ditch Plains is also supposed to be quality for bruch, that’s on bedford and downing.

Then there’s always Blue Ribbon, a little on the pricey side but I’ve never heard a bad thing about it. It’s on Downing & Bedford.

I’m hoping to get to all of these places at some time in the near future, if you’re interested in making a little food tour a la my east village food tour (under $10/place and no wait staff), let me know and we’ll make it happen.

What can i say? Food brings people together. I guess you can say i’m a food whore. Love experimenting with food. Love eating food. love making food. I guess you can say i have a very big obsession with food. All about the food network and trrave channel. Gotta love anthong bourdain:> ith all the food i eat, i have to balance it out with time at the gym. blah BTW..has anyone tried spam with spicy honey mustard or mayo..OMG…so good.

You are the MAn! If you do plan on the cupcake hunt, don’t forget to include many, many pictures. Or maybe a video clip of you enjoying the ARTIE LANG crumb cupcake. Have a good time with it. You are like the dream food eating partner. You’re def rock’in it.

Good Suggestions. The multi-national nature of Rainbow was puported by the actual owner. Maybe I should add that. I’m in full agreement of not straying from the meze at Beyoglu.

Lebanese/Syrian/Palestinian/Jordanian style falafel is a bit of a contradiction. Not all of those are the same, and Lebanese is always the best.

Beyoglu is good for the mezze, I agree. Although I wouldn’t stray too far from the appetizer menu.

Also, try to include prices where possible.

Wow, setting the bar high for me huh? I’m going to have to pass on the Andrew Zimmerman outings. I won’t be eating bugs or animal gentials anytime soon.

But the fried food extravaganza, now that’s something I could handle. Same with the cupcakes. My friend Janine has been wanting to do the cupcake hunt for a while. Maybe it’s time.

Any recommendations for this week’s NYC Food Guy recommends?

You really bring your A-game for Beyoglu! Sounds like you eat just as much as I do, which is always too much. But I guess if you’re traveling from Brooklyn you need to make it worth your while. Where in Brooklyn do you live? I’m not huge on the entrees there, I’ve had the lamb doner dish once, it was okay. The lamb/chicken kebab was much better. I pretty much stick to a bunch of small plates and feast there.

Is Khadayif the dessert that sort of looks like shredded wheat but is drenched in honey?

Let us know what you end up eating if you get there this week. Any other go to spots for Turkish?