"Take the gun. Leave the cannoli."

February 15, 2007 12:13 AM

Famous Fat Dave is an NYC cabbie. Try his Famous Fat Dave's Five Borough Eating Tour on the Wheels of Steel (myspace, embedded theme song). (via)
posted by bardic (8 comments total)

Grr. I messed up the title. Admins, please feel free to hope me.
posted by bardic at 12:22 AM on February 15, 2007

You could also hope by not linking to stupid MySpace. Here's the whole video on YouTube
posted by rxrfrx at 5:19 AM on February 15, 2007

Okay, screw the myspace stuff. This guy rocks. He's got a gag, it's a good gag -- not cheap, but good is worth it -- and he's in the perfect city to do this sort of food tour in.

This guys rocks. A++ Will Eat Again (in a week, my god, I'm so stuffed....)

Thanks.
posted by eriko at 5:31 AM on February 15, 2007

Not as good as the cab that took my gf & I from Park Slope to JFK for free the Saturday before last ;-)
posted by i_cola at 5:57 AM on February 15, 2007

I am totally taking this tour next time I'm in town. It was the Nationals cap that convinced me.
posted by exogenous at 7:47 AM on February 15, 2007

Late one night, my cabbie was Oleg, the Human Computer. You could pick a date at random and within a second or two, he'd tell you how many days in the past or the future it was (and he had a chart you could use to verify his math). It was my wife's birthday so he told her how old she was in month, days and hours.

I love when the hack has a shtick.

Now if only I could catch the Cash Cab.
posted by JaredSeth at 8:34 AM on February 15, 2007

Cab circa 1969, website circa 1998
posted by bicyclefish at 10:32 AM on February 15, 2007

The Italian deli down the street from my house has fresh cannoli in the morning on weekends, and I always try to grab some if I'm up early enough. I never would have known what it was, or thought to try it, if I hadn't read what The Hungry Cabbie had to say about it.
posted by benign at 2:58 PM on February 16, 2007