[What You Should Order At...] Little Purity

When I was in my 20’s, I dated a guy that lived above Park Slope’s Katina’s Diner. I used to lug my hungover ass down his apartment steps in the morning to scarf down mediocre diner pancakes, sometimes still wearing my pajamas. It was convenient and I was lazy. Times have changed, but only a little. I’m no longer in my 20’s, Katina’s is now Little Purity, and though I still pride myself on being lazy, I now lug my sober ass many blocks to order Little Purity’s mind-blowing lemonade. “What?!” you say? "A mere glass of lemonade is your recommendation for what to get?" Hear me out, FIPS readers.

I consider myself a lemonade aficionado and consider its tangy-sweet refreshing virtues an all-seasons beverage. Most diner owners would open up a Newman’s Own lemonade carton (at best), throw in some ice cubes, and call it a night. The fancier places might even throw a lemon slice on the rim of the glass for effect. Fuck those diners! This is the real deal, people. Homemade lemonade made to freakin’ order, like my mama never made, with tons of lemons and a few seeds floating around for effect. The final touch, that brings it over the edge, is a push in the blender to froth it up. Oh jeez, I just came. I knew I shouldn’t have written about this orgasmic lemonade while wearing fresh new panties.

Nick has been running this De Blasio-loving restaurant as Little Purity for six years. His brother runs Purity Diner five blocks north. The family that has diners together is finer together…or some shit like that. Their family bought the business when Gus, Katina’s owner, put it up for sale after fifteen years of business and is now checking out the spanakopita in Florida, or whatever Greek diner owners do when they retire. It looks like a similar diner with similar basic diner fare but it’s not. Eliseo, Little Purity’s chef, is no Guy Fieri. He makes a lot of the ingredients right there. Aside from the lemonade (uh...ah...oooooh! Orgasm #2, just thinking about it again), other homemade items are the gravy, salsa verde, tomato sauce, green chili hot sauce and the soups. Don’t even get me started on the homemade jam, which Nick makes himself. OK, get me started...uh...ah...oooooh!