Who Brandon and Dawn Davis, founders of 19 Charles Street, a membership-based gourmet food and farmers market delivery service in New York City.
Where Cooked and enjoyed in the 19 Charles Street "test kitchen," located in our home in the West Village.
Time 2 pm
What's a typical lunch for you? Today it's classic spaghetti and meatballs with a Blue Ribbon Bakery baguette and grated Grana Padano cheese. The meatball recipe is from Stuzzicheria in Tribeca and was featured on 19 Charles Street. Our lunches are usually like dinners because we're testing recipes for the business. They feature seasonal, local ingredients that we pick up from the farmers market or specialty stores.
What's your dream lunch?
Brandon: The Big Paulie, a proscuitto, mozzarella, and sun-dried tomato sandwich form Luca Brasi's in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Dawn: The warm baby spinach and mushroom salad from Koi. I'm a mushroom nut and this is my favorite incarnation!
Dessert with lunch?
Brandon: Never!
Dawn: We include something sweet with each of our deliveries — today I'm having an apple cider donut form Race Farm Bakery.
Thanks Brandon and Dawn!
— Joanna
{photos by Dawn}
I’m now starving! They seem like great people trying to put out great food. My favorite kind.
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that picture of the pasta. i want to eat it!!!
yummy luca brasi’s! just a couple blocks from my place!
I’ve ordered from them 3 times and each meal was better than the last. Such a great concept!
really joy, visiting your blog during my work day is too much. i want to devour my computer screen! if i were in nyc i would be on it.
that looks so tasty right about now. yum.
Just came across your blog last night and have not stopped reading through it since. You are now my favourite blog to read!
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Hi Joy!
Random question: what font did you use for the text on the photograph of Brandon and Dawn Davis (above)?
Thanks!
Hi Shawn –
We use a typeface called Orator Std.
Thanks!
Joanna
What makes everything so mouth watering? Plating alone can really loose your diet.