Parm

Alright, that's it. I'm never eating anywhere else, ever again.

Every birthday, every special occasion, every Wednesday "I-don't-want-to-cook.-Where-should-we-go?" night, I'm suggesting we go to Parm. 


Ever since we've been back on the east coast, all I want to do is eat chicken parm (a.k.a. chicky chicky parm parm). When I mentioned that on Facebook, I got about a million Likes and one suggestion from my friend Talia: go to Parm. We went. And then we went again less than a week later.

Parm was fantastic. Easily one of my favorite meals in a long time.

Down in NoLita under a red-and-white striped awning, Parm operates in a tiny room consisting of a hand full of tables and a counter. The kitchen is in the middle of the restaurant, diner-style, so between the cooks frying and sizzling and the waiters navigating in between tiny tables to refill water glasses, Parm is always bustling.

Things Tony Liked: 

• This is a place that makes a mean sandwich without all the pretension. Yes there will be a wait to get in, and yes you will probably see some hipsters, but this is the neighborhood joint you've been looking for.
• Get the deluxe garlic bread. The ricotta makes it. Even though that's the only appetizer I've eaten, all the others look delicious too.
• The sweet sweet sauce. Perfect for a sandwich.

Things Katie Liked: 

• The ice cream cake was delicious, but very expensive. We got the special: s'mores ice cream cake. It was a tall, three-layer slice for $11. There were two layers of marshmallow ice cream, one layer of chocolate, and then a dusting of graham cracker crumbs. Really good and a super treat if your husband is paying (he was). 
•  Fresh basil leaves on the sandwiches- so clean and fresh tasting!
• Sesame seed buns! I've never had a chicken parm cutlet on a sesame seed roll before (they're usually just on Italian bread) but it was great. The nuttiness of the sesame seeds was delicious against the sweetness of the marinara sauce. 
• The chicken to bread ratio was equal and, therefore, perfect. Most chicken parm sandwiches I've had have been one thin cutlet on a poofy roll (bread > chicken), but Parm gives you two thin cutlets! 
• The fabulous neon, roller-skate-wearing octopus that let's diners know whether or not they have fried calamari on any given day. 

Parm 

248 Mulberry Street
New York, NY 10012