Westville east - Crabby no more

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Girl eats yummy crabcakes at Westville no longer suffering crabiness caused by hunger -

Edan, the manager of Westville east on Ave. A was very welcoming. After i pitched my feed me NY idea, i expected him to tell me to come back another time but he told me to take a seat. "Right now?" i asked. "Aren't you hungry?" "Yes." It was noon. I didn't have breakfast but i was ready for lunch. I noticed hotdogs on their menu and have been craving them for a couple of weeks ( a trip to Coney Island brought that on).

To my surprise, the hotdogs were no. 4 on the most popular list of what people order. "We are known for our daily specials and our market plate," Edan said. The daily specials come with 2 veggie sides. The market plate is a choice of 4 veggies for 13 $ . "The specials change twice daily, the meat and fish are fresh, the veggies from a market upstate. " There was a very large selection of veggies.

I felt a little guilty but i wanted hotdogs and i expressed my desire for hotdogs to him. He explained there are 3 kinds of hotdogs: hebrew national, natural niman ranch (open pasture), vegan.

Dolev, my bartender / waiter, handed me a glass, "strawberry milkshake". I started with crabcakes with tartar sauce and a salad. I then ordered 2 hebrew national hotdogs with absolutely everything on them (a mountain of sauerkraut, chili, sweet relish,) and a side (fried plantains with cotija cheese).

"I can't eat those," Dolev said looking at the crabcakes. "They're not kosher." "They're delicious", i said. They were a little spicy. The salad was also lovely: arugula (the lettuce of the rich) with a light dressing.

If you're looking for hotdogs in an upmarket atmosphere, Westville would be the place to go. The hotdogs were plump and almost healthy tasting (which is ironic for a hotdog) and the plantains were perfect. I mean perfect! Soft, sweet and savoury. The hotdogs were really good. Some hotdogs you feel like you have to pump your stomach - these don't make you feel that way.

There are some organic options. The first Westville opened 5 years ago in the west village by chef / co-owner Jay Strauss. He designed the menu.

Dolev said he might try the crabcakes after work. "Lightning from the sky might hit me."

Lunch was busy. Edan said dinner was busier. Other items on the menu looked interesting. There was a grilled tilapia on a portuguese muffin with wasabi soy sauce. Dolev likes the turkey burgers. A customer next to me said he liked the poached salmon sandwich. Dolev held up an old fashioned sign 'best coffee in town'.

For dessert, i had the fruit (blueberry) cobbler with (Bassetts) ice cream. Warm and yummy.