Portuguese Breakfast

February 12, 2009 @ 11:39 AM

Portuguese Breakfast

5boro in search of the ultimate ham sandwich

By Tombo Colabraro
Photos: Deeli

High School is one big blur to me. Sure I sat there for 8 hours everyday, read the chapters, did the homework, passed the tests and graduated like everyone else but I really couldn’t tell you one thing I learned in my 4 year bid. Not sure if its that they give every asshole in New Jersey a teachers degree and send them out to teach the youth or what.  Maybe its because all the girls just started growing boobs and all that back then which made it hard for me to focus in World History? Or it could be that I have major ADD and all I did was listen to Wu Tang on my shitty Casio Discman all day while I was supposed to be taking notes. Who knows?

Danny Falla fs blunt

So a few months ago when I started working with a distributor to try to get the 5boro crew to Portugal I had no idea what to expect. I racked my brain to find any knowledge I had about Portugal. All I could think about was that sketchy Portuguese BBQ spot down the street from my old apartment that I always meant to go to but then it got closed down for health violations. Psyched I dodged that bullet. Then I remembered my bros Rodrigo Peterson and Danny Cerizini both speak Portuguese but wait, they are Brazilian, so that’s no help there. I decided to call 5boro’s big bossman, Steve Rodriguez (who is actually part Portuguese and has a hell of a handshake) and he had nothing for me. He was in the middle of chowing down on a few slices of Joe’s Pizza on Bleeker Street so I didn’t want to bother the man while he was handling some biz.

Joe Tookmanian fs nollie