Graffiti Food & Wine Bar: If you served food and drinks at a 1950s phone-booth-packing competition, you might generate the feel of Graffiti Food & Wine Bar. This East Village wine bar squeezes in over a dozen customers and 25 varieties of wine into a space smaller than your pal’s apartment on Avenue C...so don’t be surprised by the nicks and bruises on your extremities from the exposed brick wall the next morning. And forget about wearing heels unless you want to do a face plant into a stranger’s anchovy seaweed tamarind pizza. The tight quarters may make it conducive for PDA, but resist the temptation to stare, “because he’s not gonna pork her Russ!” Instead, enjoy the display of Indian art works and savor one of chef Jehangir Mehta’s (known for his work at Aix and Sapa, among others) flavorful fusions while practicing using “training chopsticks." If you leave in one piece you’re bound to become a regular. |
