note to self- enter taco eating contest

considering tacos (and tex mex in general) are some of my favorite things on the planet - i am highly considering entering the contest mentioned below on ny mag's website *would also be imperative (and really cool) to have a rad nickname like the folks below! please give me suggestions!

This year’s world taco-eating competition, at Zocalo in Grand Central from 10 a.m. till noon on May 5, won’t be a contest so much as an attempt by competitive eaters Timothy “Eater X” Janus, Crazy Legs Conti, and Pete “Pretty Boy” Davekos to devour a record-breaking 36-foot taco made from 82 overlapping tortillas. Which is just kind of dumb. Without a genuine competition here, this is more of a horse show than a race. What a gratuitous, disgusting display!! [Full disclosure: Mosca Maurer downed 24.5 tacos in eleven minutes at the 2004 championships —booya!]

in other news savalas 285 bedford bet. grand and s 1st 718.599.5565 hosts happy hour frm 5-8pm every night. well drinks for $4 and draft beers for $3. niiiiice. they o

nly have a small front porch type thing but its great for sippin' beer w your homie and allows for intimate hipster viewing as they stroll by bedford ave! people also bring their over-hyper (pug/frenchie mix) dogs and chill on the porch. this little gal jumped full force in kates lap about 12 times (her owner had zero control). 

then it was off to williamsburger 342 wythe ave bet s 1st and s 2nd 718.486.6969 where i finally tried the chicken burger. it was pretty good but the burgers are clearly the money. that and the AMAZING shakes (drool). perhaps i was slightly turned off by the 10 lb nugget of ginger they topped my chix burger off with?) who's ta say but none the less its always a great meal at this spot! oh- their pickles are from heaven!