“can i try the oreo cookies?”
“me too, please!” I quip from the background.
mc licks her tiny sample, a blank look on her face.
“it’s not very flavorful,” i say
“yeah.”
this is our routine for getting samples at tasti and not buying anything. but instead of slipping out “disappointed,” mc throws a curveball.
“when do you have peanut butter?”
“i can make it right now for you,” tony, the tast-ista, tells us.
and thus, we’ve uncovered one of new york’s best kept secrets: you do not have to wait for your favorite flavor to pop up on the calendar—- you can get any flavor you want, on the spot. (well, maybe only if you go to the tasti on 36th and 3rd.)
with so many options, it was hard to choose just one. we decided on smores and brown sugar. mc was a happy little girl.
So yeah, New York City’s best kept secret ain’t Century 21 - it’s this little tasti tidbit. Tony gave us the below tasti calendar and we told him we’d be back to get all personal (with our flavors) after our Blockheads burritos. A large chunk of our dinner table talk was spent discussing artificial flavors and potential business opportunities as a tasti-D-lite franchisee. We also borrowed our waitress’s pen to circle all the flavors we want to try.
Chocolate Marshmallow! Creamy Coconut! BROWNIE BATTER!
As Molly said, we settled on S’mores and Brown Sugar. I was satisfied with the taste as well as all the action that went on at Tony’s store. He knew every single person that walked in - I have a video as proof (although Molly won’t let me post it because she was having issues). There was talk of muffins, the dollar bill, Greek people and banana flavoring, which kept my ears perked and gave Molly a staring problem. It was very interesting. Perhaps I could pitch this as a TV show. Tony’s Tasti.
Go see him! Tell him the Peanut Butter Girls sent you – he will just know.
