Press My Toast

It's 2am and you're starving. Pizza? Too greasy. Tasti D-Lite? Closed. More beer? Blech. Head over to "New York's Original Toast House" in the West Village. Ok, calling it a house is a bit much. Press Toast is a hole-in-the-wall joint with three stools (four if you count the one usually propping open the door). However, what it lacks in ambiance, it delivers in taste.

Press Toast serves up panini-style sandwiches and nothing on the menu is more than $4.50. And they deliver! Choose between an Israeli wrap called a Mallawah or a sub-style bun. Pair with delicious combinations like the chicken avocado (the obvious plus onions and ranch dressing) or the Israeli toast (swiss, olives, eggs and zaatar with hot pepper sauce) and you end up with a toasty cheap treat. You also have the option to create your own press toast. Genius.

The sweet toasts are perfect for late night drunken gorging - a Nutella or Finio (Israeli chocolate spread) sandwich with bananas is $3. That sure beats the $9 Nutella/banana crepes they sell down the street. And if I'm ever on Macdougal Street before 5pm (doubtful...) I'm dying to try the breakfast toast - fried eggs with cheddar, feta or swiss plus two toppings for $4. Lucky for me they now offer the breakfast toast after 5pm for one dollar more. Take that, McDonald's! Cheap breakfast after 10:30am can be done!


Bottom Line: Cheap panini-style snack filling enough to be a meal. Open late, free delivery

Press Toast
112 Macdougal St. (b/w Bleecker and W. 3rd Sts)
212-253-6705