Though out of place on a menu heavy with burgers and other New York bar food, the "New Orleans Muffuletta" might be just the thing if Jazz Fest isn't in your plans. Dive Bar's muffuletta may vary slightly from visit to visit, but it always packs mouth-stretching quantities into its crisp (sometimes toasty) confines: cappicola, mortadella, Genoa salami, ham, provolone, olive salad, roasted peppers, onions, tomato, and arugula. Most appetites will be finished off by four quarters like this; if you go into overtime, a heap of fries awaits. Wash it all down with a bottle or two of Abita.
Perhaps the Montreal Jazz Festival has also figured in someone's travel plans: Poutine appears in the lineup, too. This rendition of the Québécois comfort food, which marries gravy-soaked cheese curds and fries, is able if routine. Have another beer.
Dive Bar
723 Amsterdam Ave. (95th-96th Sts.), Manhattan
(one of several locations, though not all prepare food)
212-749-4358
www.DiveBarNYC.com
