Is that the place with the spleen sandwich?
The Sicilian-style restaurant Focacciaria on 1st ave between St Marks and 9th, made the vistedda - beef spleen - sandwiches. Hard ricotta cheese and beef spleen fried in lard served with shredded parmigiano reggiano on a roll.
never ate the spleen, had the same with chickpea fritter
the one in brooklyn is even older I believe
https://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/ferdinandos-focacceria/
yeah, considering the idea of the dairy was that it was meatless, though fish seems to be acceptable, spleen was unlikely.
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- jim 8-25-2020 10:29 pm
The Sicilian-style restaurant Focacciaria on 1st ave between St Marks and 9th, made the vistedda - beef spleen - sandwiches. Hard ricotta cheese and beef spleen fried in lard served with shredded parmigiano reggiano on a roll.
- steve 8-25-2020 10:50 pm [add a comment]
They also served pasta con sarde - sardine, fennel and currents.
- steve 8-25-2020 10:54 pm [add a comment]
never ate the spleen, had the same with chickpea fritter
the one in brooklyn is even older I believe
https://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/ferdinandos-focacceria/
- Skinny 8-26-2020 9:16 am [add a comment]
yeah, considering the idea of the dairy was that it was meatless, though fish seems to be acceptable, spleen was unlikely.
- dave 8-26-2020 10:47 am [add a comment]