Bun Boy Eats NYC – STREETBIRD – DINNER

STREETBIRD – DINNER – HARLEM

April 10, 2015 5:07 am

OLD BROADWAY WINGS
$9.00
A Platter With All The Fixins, Tossed in Our Wing Sauce, with Radish, Daikon, Celery, Blue Cheese Yogurt.

In the words of SNL’s Stefon, “The hottest restaurant in NYC right now is Streetbird! This place has everything. Drum set light fixtures, mango pickle cocktails, cassette tape lamps, rotisserie chicken, fun 90’s hip hop, flying midgets.”

With the exception of the flying midgets, all of what Stefon says is true! This place really is on fire right now in every possible way.

We arrived on a Saturday night (the day after it officially opened) around 7:30 pm and the place was jam packed and jelly tight! And with good reason. It was like walking into a house party. Not a lame one, where you don’t know anyone and there’s no where to sit, except some gross couch and there’s one plastic bottle of bottom shelf vodka at the “bar”.

More like a fictional house party that you would throw if you lived inside of a movie, had a mysterious and unlimited source of income and not even one dull friend.

And like any fictional house party this fun, there’s a 1.5 hour wait to get in.

Fine. Let’s go find somewhere to booze in the meantime.

After about an hour boozing, we headed back to the restaurant and hung out in the small waiting area (didn’t realize there was actually a sizeable bar in the back) until we excitedly received our “Your Table is Ready!” text.

We sat at a counter facing the bar, which was perfect for ample people watching. That’s the best part of any house party, right? Besides peeking in medicine cabinets and hoping the pills you just took haven’t excessively expired.

We ordered a round of drinks, because besides a killer bee attack, being sober at a house party is my worst nightmare.

Now, the Juicy Fruit cocktail (rum, mango, pickle) was very unusual. Definitely an acquired taste. But there’s no way I’m not finishing it and my second beverage, their take on a Manhattan, was much more to my liking.

We ordered an array of every major item on the menu and it arrived fairly quickly and all at once. Time to pig out!

The highlights were the mac and cheese (simple but effective) the Collard Greens (very tasty, not too soggy) and the star of the show was the Rotisserie chicken.

The chicken (we ordered the half, for a very reasonable $9) and it was blanketed in spices and we chose the optional spicy “Streetbird Hot Sauce” for a dipping sauce.

ORDER THIS. DO WHAT WE DID. YOU WILL NOT BE SORRY.

The hot wings had a nice flavor but were a bit on the cold side (I blame that on new opening jitters) and the crispy chicken sandwich was not crispy at all, I’m not even sure it was breaded. It was very tasty, regardless. but definitely more baked than fried.

We spied celebrity Chef Marcus Samuelsson running around like a rotisserie chicken with it’s head cut off, making sure everything was in order.

Our server was really friendly and efficient, the prices were really affordable and the décor was out of control fun and creative. If you ever wanted to see where old boom boxes go to die and all your Another Bad Creation cassette singles disappeared to, look no further.

Combine an pumping 90’s Hip Hop/R&B soundtrack with all the above and you have the best house party you’ll ever be lucky enough to attend. Cuz, this one actually has tasty food and not just a sad bowl of dollar store tortilla chips.

2149 Frederick Douglas Blvd
New York, NY 10026
Harlem
(212) 206-2557
streetbirdnyc.com

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