Stasera · No. 005
Stasera No. 005 answers
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The apéritif
Rob Roy, as made at Old Waldorf-Astoria, Midtown
Build the Rob Roy, the Scotch Manhattan, to Difford’s Guide’s spec.
The recipe: 2 : 1
- Blended Scotch whisky: 2 parts (67%)
- Sweet vermouth: 1 part (33%)
Stirred with bitters, strained, orange zest, cherry.
Difford’s spec. It takes its name from the Rob Roy operetta, which opened on Broadway on October 29, 1894; the idea that the Waldorf made it for operagoers is tradition, not record.
Sources: Difford’s Guide
1 · Holiday appetite
Nathan's hot dog eating contest takes over Coney Island on which holiday every year?
- · Memorial Day
- ✓ Fourth of July
- · Labor Day
- · Father's Day
Answer: Fourth of July
Fourth of July. The contest is staged at the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues in Coney Island, a spot ABC7 calls iconic.
Sources: ABC7 New York
2 · Flatbush and DeKalb
Junior's, at Flatbush and DeKalb avenues in Brooklyn, is famous for which dessert?
- · Rainbow cookie
- · Cannoli
- ✓ Cheesecake
- · Black and white cookie
Answer: Cheesecake
Cheesecake. The city dedicated that corner as Harry Rosen Way - Cheesecake Corner, after the restaurant's founder.
Sources: NYC Office of the Mayor
3 · Calling card
Eric Ripert's Le Bernardin, in Midtown, has long been celebrated for which kind of cooking?
- · Steak
- ✓ Seafood
- · Vegetarian
- · Pastry
Answer: Seafood
Seafood. The Michelin Guide calls seafood the kitchen's calling card at this iconic Midtown restaurant led by Ripert.
Sources: MICHELIN Guide
4 · Steak for two
Peter Luger in Williamsburg is known for which dry-aged steak, carved for two or more?
- ✓ Porterhouse
- · Ribeye
- · Filet mignon
- · Skirt steak
Answer: Porterhouse
Porterhouse. Brooklyn Magazine says it arrives sliced and sizzling, sitting in mineral juices best mopped up with thick-crusted German potatoes.
Sources: Brooklyn Magazine, 6sqft
5 · The real Little Italy
Arthur Avenue, often called New York's "real Little Italy," is in which borough?
- · Brooklyn
- · Queens
- · Staten Island
- ✓ The Bronx
Answer: The Bronx
The Bronx. NYC Tourism calls the indoor Arthur Avenue Retail Market, open since 1940, the nerve center of the neighborhood.
Sources: Food Republic, NYC Tourism + Conventions
6 · Little by the sea
Brighton Beach, Brooklyn's hub for Russian and Ukrainian food, is nicknamed "Little" what, after a port city?
- · Sevastopol
- · St. Petersburg
- ✓ Odessa
- · Riga
Answer: Odessa
Odessa. The Brooklyn Public Library says so many 1970s arrivals came from Ukraine that the neighborhood took the nickname of the Ukrainian port city.
Sources: Brooklyn Public Library, Time Out New York
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