232 Elizabeth Street Near Prince St.
212-625-2340
Saturday night my girlfriend and I were looking for a bite to eat before work; we were hoping to try Torrisi Italian Specialties after reading about it in NY Mag. It was a long shot; no surprise, there was a two hour wait.
So, in search for some new material for you and my (ehh-hem) 99 other readers, we tried something new and a little less crowded around the block on Elizabeth… Bar Bossa. The atmosphere was really quaint and we sat down right away on a Saturday night- great. Now we know why there was no wait.
We started by deciding to skip a main entrée and just share a bunch of small things: seared tuna salad, baked cod and garlic dip, fresh calabreza sausage & onions, and spicy lemon shrimp. All sounds amazing right? Not really. The only stomachable thing was the sausage, and even that tasted more of the Oscar Mayer variety. Everything just kind of tasted like cat food and slimy shrimp. And isn’t it true that appetizers are always the best part of the menu? Not here my friend.
Oh yeah, and the caprioska tasted like it deserves a tax increase.
In all fairness, Bar Bossa is very cute, and on a hot shopping day in soho, this breezy joint is definitely an appropriate place to sit back for a minute over a nice glass of ice water. And if you’re feeling grimy- go wash your hands- that was my favorite part of the night.
BY: LAUREN BROWN
