Pandemic dreams of New York egg creams Mickey Z.

[Tace]

Photo credit: Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust

June 12, 2020

A legit New York egg cream contains neither eggs nor cream. It’s a fountain drink consisting of carbonated water, milk (animal or plant-based), and flavored syrup. In its optimal form, your egg cream will be 3/4 liquid at the bottom of the glass, topped with a foamy head.

During my early years, my maternal grandfather lived one flight down from my family in the five-floor walk-up we all called home. Back then, Grandpa shared an apartment with his son -- my uncle -- who recently implored me to tackle a “lighter” subject in my writing. This one is for him.

Anyway, Grandpa used a cane after recovering from a broken hip but that didn’t stop him from strolling each night to a newsstand to get the New York Daily News “Night Owl.” (Up until 1981, the Daily News published both morning and night editions.)

Grandpa would stand around and wait with a bunch of other men in his age range (mid 60s to mid 70s) for the evening delivery. They’d meet early to talk amongst themselves and settle the world’s problems… one weeknight at a time.

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[Bob Munck]

1. It has to be ...

Fox's u-bet Chocolate syrup. And you must have an aggressive seltzer spritzer.

I say this as a native of the Black Hills of South Dakota (which Trump may be about to burn down), a state of mind about as far from New York City as it's possible to be.

[BamaRefugee]

3. Absolutely. There is no substitute. I say that as someone lucky enough to have lived in Manhattan

from 1972 to 1985, some epic years of my life

[Bob Munck]

4. I was there then, too. Part of that time.

I was writing a mess of software for Time Magazine in 1974-75, working in Rockefeller Center. They put me up in a little hotel down the street called the Plaza. I've since lived in London, Tokyo, San Francisco, Antwerp, Los Angeles, and DC. All great in their way, but they couldn't touch NYC. Everywhere else is out of town.

[BamaRefugee]

5. Sadly, it's not the Manhattan we knew and loved anymore. Manhattan is more like a huge mall in the

Midwest. The real character of Manhattan has been totally sanitized, corporatized, and devoid of grit and soul.

[brooklynite]

2. A great loss...fortunately there's another egg cream place two blocks down at Ave A