Exclusive | Weve made $20K in a week, thanks to Knicks mania and we cant keep up with demand
New York City is eating up the Knicks, and now fans can taste it, too.The Big Apple is crackling with Knicks energy.Spend just a minute in NYC, and you’ll pass a fan sporting a Knicks hat, custom merch, or wearing their iconic orange and blue.Even the streets around Madison Square Garden are zhuzhed up, with the 34th Street-Penn Station subway entrances transformed into an Instagram-ready landmark with globe lights reimagined as basketballs and the metal facade repainted with the Knicks’ signature colors.The city’s most beloved eateries have been stirring up fan spirit, too — proving that when the Knicks win, so does New York.Restaurants, bakeries and more are also getting in on the basketball boom, giving New Yorkers another reason to hope for a championship win this Saturday, which would be the team’s first since defeating the LA Lakers way back in 1973.From Knicks logo-emblazoned cakes, cookies and cupcakes to in-demand pasta in — what else? — neon orange and blue, NYC chefs are making a full-court press with in-demand themed treats in time for Game 5 against the San Antonio Spurs.Here are some of the hotspots getting major foot traffic for their Knicks-themed goodies.Pasta eaters are flocking to Patrizia’s to score the new Jalen Brunson Rigatonia.The family-style Italian chain rolled out the $24.99 plate — honoring the team’s star point guard at all 19 restaurant locations — just before the finals started.The in-house rigatoni is dyed blue using natural blueberry extract, then topped with a spicy orange vodka cream sauce, plus generous dollops of burrata cheese.Antonio Alaio, owner of Patrizia’s Manhattan, told The Post that diners have been packing in just to get a taste of the dish after it went viral on social media.But you’d better be quick.“Over the weekend, we sold out.
Approximately 600 pounds of pasta since launching our pasta special last week across all our locations,” said Alaio.That’s 1,200 orders citywide — transla...