RUTT'S HUT

The home of the real snapper, “yeah you know the hot dogs with the snap when you bite them” in beautiful Clifton New Jersey is Rutt’s Hut. Rutt’s is a hot dog join that are the originators of the “snapper” hot dog, which is a special technique in deep-frying a hotdog. There are many imitators of the snapper but the founders are credited at Rutt’s Hut. Perfect after a Jet a jet victory. Their unique and delicious hotdog style combined with their amazing relish make a real New Jersey hotdog and earns a spot on the top tastes of the tri-state.

2 SNAPPERS WITH RELISH

BIGGIES CLAM BAR

Located on Madison St. in Hoboken New Jersey is Biggies Clam Bar. Biggies is famous for clambakes, clearly, and have been around for almost 70 years. It has been a blue color run and style restaurant at opening and has remained that way until this day. From what I have heard Biggies stared out as a door-to-door clam sale and then bought out a place in Hoboken and had been there ever since. Biggies is one of my favorite places to eat in Hoboken and have the best clams. I have been told by many people that this was the place to go growing up and they couldn’t have been more right.

BIGGIE HIMSELF

The Katz Delicatessen

Another deli that is pretty well known around the area is the Katz deli on the corner of E Houston St. and Ludlow St. lower Manhattan NY. It is renowned for their fantastic sandwiches and also the amount that they put in each one. Katz is a Jewish kosher style delicatessen and has been featured in a few movies, one of which has a particularly famous seen, “I’ll have what she’s having…” I the film When Harry Met Sally, Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan enjoy a nice Katz lunch. I believe they get the pastrami on rye with spicy mustard.

PASTRAMI ON RYE WITH SPICY MUSTARD

The Taste of Italy

Now this next one is one that I’m pretty close too, literally. About a house away from me is a little deli called the Taste of Italy. Between my middle school and high school years I probably went here near to 5 days a week on average, and 7 days a week sometimes twice a day in the summer. This place has all of your basic New Jersey deli orders and then some. Fan favorites include bacon or tayor ham egg and cheese, field worker, and my personal favorite and the first person to have tried this experimental sandwich, “The Belly Buster.” The Belly Buster has on it 3 pieces of sausage, 4 strips of bacon, 4 strips of taylor ham, salt, pepper, ketchup, hot sauce, egg, cheese, potatoes, and an assortment of peppers. It is one of my favorite meals and deserves a top spot on my
tri-state meals.

Took this picture last time I was home of the...
TAYLOR HAM EGG AND CHEESE

Stage Deli

First on my list is one of the most famous delis in New York City, located on 7^th ave. in between 53^rd and 54^th in Manhattan is the Stage Deli. One of my all-time favorites and also the favorite of at least 35 of NYC’s top celebrities, all of which have their own personal sandwiches on the menu. Some of my top picks on this menu include the legendary RUDY GIULANI #33 (CORNED BEEF AND PASTRAMI TOPPED WITH MUENSTER AND SWISS CHEESE AND FINISHED WITH COLE SLAW AND RUSSIAN DRESSING).  My second favorite would have to be the CONAN O'BRIEN #13 (BRISKET, CORNED BEEF AND SWISS CHEESE.)

CONAN O'BRIEN #13

White Manna

Next on my list, probably my favorite and most visited on my list, is a cozy little place in Hackensack, NJ called White Manna. White Manna is about the size of a large lunch truck but, in my opinion, is the maker of one of the greatest burgers of all time. These burgers are life changing but don’t try and go there around lunch hour because it’s unlikely that you’ll get your order anytime soon. But it’s not just me that finds these burgers amazing; White Manna has been featured on the Food Network and the Travel Channel on shows like Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and The Best Thing I Ever Ate as well as Man v. Food. If you ever get the chance to go say hello to Joey for me and get my usual order, 6 doubles and a side of fires with a coke.