Grub Street: Meatball Madness in New York
On sliders, sandwiches, and sticks—where to find the best new variations on the form.
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Unless you’re living in a red-sauce-free bubble, you must know we’re having a bit of a meatball moment. The omnipresent orbs have been entered into hard-fought contests like Meatball Madness and the Meatball Slapdown, glamorized on glossy-magazine covers, and reinvented by upscale chefs with luxe ingredients like duck and foie gras. Here are our 9 favorites right now.
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Veal Ricotta Meatballs @ Terroir Tribeca
24 Harrison st New York, NY
Exquisitely soft and airy, Marco Canora’s veal-ricotta meatballs have always been among the best; now he serves them on a toasted baguette.
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Meatballs @ Brinkley's Pub and Kitchen
406 Broome Street New York, NY
While the trend is toward golf-ball-size meatballs, Michael Sullivan’s take is unabashedly big and lusciously soft.
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Meatballs @ Mia Dona
206 East 58th Street New York, NY
Some restaurants set up ice-cream stands outside their doors. Mia Dona has a meatball cart, hawking $5 bowls or $7 focaccia sandwiches, and starring the best meatballs in midtown.
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Meatballs @ Motorino
319 Graham Ave Brooklyn, NY
First pizza, now meatballs. Former fine-dining chef Mathieu Palombino has mastered the form: nicely browned on the outside, tender within, and served in the most invigorating pool of sauce in town.
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Meatballs @ Corsino
637 Hudson Street New York, NY
Rib-sticking Heritage-beef-brisket balls with a pleasantly coarse texture, and a 2 a.m. last call.
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Falafel Wrapped Meatballs @ Balaboosta
214 Mulberry Street New York, NY
Two delicious cheap-eats trends collide: grass-fed-beef balls wrapped in falafel and served on a stick, with a lip-smacking green tahini sauce.
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Meatballs @ Northern Spy Food Co.
511 East 12th Street New York, NY
The locavore-minded kitchen uses pork leg from Fleisher’s to make these super-tender orbs. They’re seasoned with star anise, oven-roasted, then braised in sauce.
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Sliders @ Kenmare
98 Kenmare St New York, NY
Joey Campanaro’s signature Little Owl slider, transplanted from the West Village to Nolita. The best ball-to-bun synergy out there.
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Spicy Pork Meatballs @ The Meatball Shop
84 Stanton Street New York, NY
Of the five kinds of house-ground balls available in just about every sauce-and-bread configuration known to man, we like the spicy pork variety with meat sauce and provolone on a hero.
