Picking through The Breslin.
As ridiculous a meat palace as The Breslin at the Ace is, it just gets beyond insane when you talk about two things the place does, and does very well. Beef tongue and bone marrow. We might not recommend getting both at the same meal (at least not until a national health plan comes through) but definitely go twice and sample each.
And the best part might be that these are available at lunch, easily the best time to visit The Breslin (unless you don’t want the luxury of walking in and sitting down, because you are the sort of twisted soul who needs a war story about how long you waited and how you were mistreated by the hostess).
Just the same, if you can get over there for lunch, you’d be hard-pressed to do better the beef tongue sandwich. Basically, brisket-like slabs of braised and falling apart beef tongue, smeared with a rough mustard and served on crisped buttery toast. As for the bone marrow, well, let’s just say they are well stocked:
