Spiral Project #13: Tuck
Posted by Rocco Privetera on February 19th, 2010 filed in NewsEast 8th between avenue A and 1st, just west of A: Tuck.
Tuck is a small Australian pie shop. It has a diner-style bar counter and a couple of tables, newspapers, a small diner-y atmosphere, a decent sized menu, and good food.
The mainstay are pies – small pot-pie sized pastry crusts filled with various fillings, and they had a few. I’ve tried the beef – a ground beef stew of sorts, spicy and tasty; and the Guinness steak – chunks of steak marinated in Guinness with mushrooms, almost like a stew. Both were excellent. The size might be a wee bit on the small side, but the price matches – five bucks for the beef, six for the Guinness. Either with a beverage could make a small meal, and they do have sides there, like salads. The pies are pre-made several times a day, they say, and ready and warm so service is quick.
The two different servers I had were both cheerful, chatty and pleasant, and offered suggestions. They are open late nights, later even still on weekends.
If I can find any flaw, which I will just to not make the review boring, it’s that I have a hard time believing that a pre-made pie not sold will be discarded after a couple of hours, so the chance of getting an older one sitting in the warmer for a long time might be possible. If so, I couldn’t tell, so I wouldn’t worry about it. The place was fun, homey, and comfortable.
All in all a positive experience. Taste great, service great, value about average, and ambiance good. I’m sure I’ll be back.
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