355 Bowery : New York, NY 10009 : 212-598-9818
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 The vibe at Osaka Vibe is a little eccentric;a sign promises karaoke, lounging and cocktails, but the spot turns out to be more bare bones than all that. The usual crazy rolls combine lots of fried things, while the Godzilla roll asks if you are ready for adventure?; More serious minded dishes:... More >> |
| East Village |
Japanese, Sushi |
Delivery, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$$ |
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236 E. 9th St. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-353-8503
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 Think it might be a nightclub owned by Joey Buttafuoco? Nope--it's an Osaka-style street-food stand where the specialty is a gooey pancake called otafuku, which means "cook what you like." While the range of offerings doesn't match that of a similar establishment at the Japanese mall in... More >> |
| East Village |
Japanese |
Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Takeout |
$$ |
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420 Hudson St. : New York, NY 10014 : 212-242-0399
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 In its original location two blocks north, Out of the Kitchen was mainly a cookie and cupcake bakery, with a few sandwiches and hot carryout meals. Now a liquor license and revamped menu makes this a decent choice for any meal, with a nice sidewalk seating area and elementary school-type... More >> |
| Greenwich Village |
American, Brunch, Eclectic, Mexican |
Catering, Delivery, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$$ |
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3401 30th Ave. : Long Island City, NY 11102 : 718-721-7217
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 Don't miss kolokithokeftedes--the unpronounceable-but-delicious zucchini fritters that are one of the centerpieces of Ovelia's meze menu, served with an ouzo-laced tomato sauce. While many of the meze are vegetarian, there's one called "piklis" that's for meat-lovers only: a huge heap of meat... More >> |
| Long Island City |
Greek, Mediterranean |
Business Dining, Catering, Delivery, Fireplace, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$$ |
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49 Canal St. : New York, NY 10002 : 212-925-3233
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 This Chinatown Malaysian restaurant doesn't disappoint with the breadth of its menu or the piquancy of its flavors. Go for anything in a crock, including a startling aksam laksa, a meal-size noodle soup. The odd broth combines fishy and meaty flavors in an almost soothing sort of way, but the... More >> |
| Chinatown |
Asian, Malaysian |
Delivery, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$ |
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152 Seventh Ave. : New York, NY 10011 : 212-807-7630
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 Sometimes you don"t want to pay big bucks for sushi, and you don"t want to wait or reserve a table, either. Oyishi is a humble place with only five tables that concentrates on carryout, so that a eat-in diner often feels like she"s in the middle of a one act play about a dysfunctional family.... More >> |
| Chelsea |
Japanese |
Takeout |
$$ |
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813 55th St. : Brooklyn, NY 11220 : 718-871-2880
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 What may be the city's best and most ambitious Cantonese restaurant occupies a sprawling, second-floor space. Morning and lunchtime dim sum is among the top five in the city, but go instead for dinner, when a humongous menu roams the landscape for dishes not on the core South Chinese menu.... More >> |
| Sunset Park |
Chinese |
Catering, Delivery, Takeout |
$$$ |
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269 Pacific St. : Brooklyn, NY 11201 : 718-935-9090
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 If you don't get the pork ribs (with a not-too-sweet cilantro glaze), you're really blowing it. It's in the "for the table" section, and it's a heaping pile of fatty, charred deliciousness. As far as our research goes, this is the only dish truly worthy of a diary entry. But even if you're not... More >> |
| Cobble Hill |
Mexican |
Delivery, Fireplace, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Takeout |
$$ |
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114 Eighth Ave. : New York, NY 10011 : 212-691-6226
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 The waiters wear skirts at this sprightly Thai spot, which modestly bills itself as a "noodle lounge." Prices are below par, with lunch an especially good deal. Particularly recommended are the vegetarian rolls wrapped in floppy tofu skin, the masaman beef stew chunky with meat and potatoes,... More >> |
| Chelsea |
Thai |
Delivery, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$$ |
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40 E. Third St. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-614-0107
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 It looks like a drab convenience store, but inside, there';s a counter selling homemade Pakistani-Punjabi food, and a few stools on which to perch. This is serious, down-home fare: meaty kabobs, fried snacks and spiced, gravy-heavy curries. Chicken chapali ; a spiced, ground meat patty;is... More >> |
| East Village |
Deli, Grocery, Indian, Pakistani |
Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$ |
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198 Allen St. : New York, NY 10002 : 212-614-7252
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 Though this place grandly styles their product "pizza Romana," it's more like New York pizza with a tougher, denser crust. The pizza is also rather expensive, but that shouldn't stop you from enjoying its uniqueness--New York is the world's greatest pizza town, after all, and there's plenty of... More >> |
| Lower East Side |
Italian |
Delivery, Family Style, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$$$ |
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5517 Ave. N. : Brooklyn, NY 11234 : 718-968-1672
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 The crunchy Apulian crackers called taralli are an excellent substitute for pretzels, and the best southern Italian bakeries in Brooklyn make them in several styles. One is actually pretzel shaped, flavored with cracked black peppercorns and embedded, in a way that demonstrates North African... More >> |
| Flatlands |
Bakery, Italian |
Takeout |
$ |
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404 W. 49th St. : New York, NY 10019 : 212-333-7500
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 No one is quite sure why there are so many Siamese restaurants in Hell's Kitchen, but most agree that the majority have toned-down Thai food for the American palate, throwing the bottle of fish sauce away. Not so at Pam's, where sharp sour, salty, and fishy flavors are promulgated. Noodle... More >> |
| West 40s |
Thai |
Catering, Delivery, Takeout |
$$ |
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805 Third Ave. : New York, NY 10022 : 212-751-4545
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 Though the monkfish tacos at Clinton Street Bakery are also fab, the golden lure goes to Pampano Taqueria, mired in an ugly mall inside a skyscraper hilariously dubbed the Crystal Palace. Made from a shifting catalog of fish and deploying flour tortillas, these folded beauties come dressed with... More >> |
| East 50s |
Mexican |
Business Dining, Catering, Delivery, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout |
$ |
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1231 Amsterdam Ave. : New York, NY 10027 : 212-662-2066
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 Places that specialize in panini have inundated the city, and there are now at least a hundred around town by our estimate. Plain old sandwiches won't do anymore. If an authentic Italian feel is what you seek, check out Panino Sportivo Roma, decorated with soccer paraphernalia and pressing some... More >> |
| Harlem |
Italian |
Delivery, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Takeout |
$$ |
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10 Stuyvesant St. : New York, NY 10003 : 212-777-1930
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 This Japanese bakery offers to-go sweets, onigiri bento boxes, and other snacks, but it also has a hot-food kitchen, whence come all kinds of good things, like katsu curry, udon bowls, and fried fish sandwiches. But don't miss the Japanese breakfast, a multi-course wonder of broiled fish, rice,... More >> |
| East Village |
Bakery, Japanese |
Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$$ |
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322 Spring St. : New York, NY 10013 : 212-334-5464
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 PAO's limited menu offers a pleasing overview of regional Portuguese cooking. From the Alentejo in the south comes carne de porco a alentejana, a novel combination of pork chunks and small clams unique to Iberia. Native to the Algarve region is a seafood combo steamed in white wine and garlic... More >> |
| Soho |
Portuguese |
Delivery, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout |
$$$ |
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1295 Madison Ave. : New York, NY 10128 : 212-794-1890
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 Paola's staked its reputation on handmade pasta and then took off. The choices range from familiar to inventive. Recent examples included beet-flavored gnocchi dressed with gorgonzola and puffy ravioli filled with super-fresh ricotta. Antipasti include artichokes alla Giudea (fried babies),... More >> |
| East 80s |
Italian |
Catering, Delivery, Private Party, Takeout |
$$$ |
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362 Bedford Ave. : Brooklyn, NY 11211 : 718-218-7720
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 This place is presumably named after the South American city and not the bean, though it's hard to detect much Peruvian influence. Instead, there are an abundance of intricately conceived sandwiches, some hot, some cold. Specials included, your choices often run to two dozen or more, and you... More >> |
| Williamsburg |
Sandwiches, Vegetarian |
Delivery, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible |
$ |
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8 Little W. 12th St. : New York, NY 10014 : 212-463-8345
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 Riffing on the wine-bar craze, this closet of a space in the meat district offers topped toasts styled "bruschetta francaise" and pressed sandwiches that run from the expected (ham and Gruyere) to the unexpected (duck rillettes and capers). The menu rounds out with crepes, salads, and... More >> |
| Meatpacking District |
French, International |
Catering, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout |
$ |
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113 Mott St. : New York, NY 10013 : 212-226-7221
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 Paris Sandwich's banh mi are different than the Italian bread models we're accustomed to;they deploy real French baguettes which are made on the premises (dig the amazing baguette-slicing machine in the rear). There are nearly a dozen choices of banh mi. Our favorites are grilled pork,... More >> |
| Soho |
Sandwiches |
Delivery, Takeout |
$ |
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801 66th St. : Brooklyn, NY 11220 : 718-833-1688
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 The elegant L-shaped dining room adjacent to Leiv Eriksson Park was formerly oddball fast-food emporium Zeke's Roast Beef. The Cantonese menu is done with greater panache than at some of the marble-clad Sunset Park palaces to the north. On a first visit, we particularly enjoyed the spinach with... More >> |
| Sunset Park |
Chinese |
Delivery, Takeout |
$$ |
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249 W. 26th St. : New York, NY 10001 : 212-929-9860
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 The only non-kosher Persian in town, Pars has a menu with several unusual dishes on it. Take the hilariously named kuku sabzi, for example: a small quiche in which herbs like parsley, coriander, and dill make up the majority of ingredients; or panir sabzi, some of the same herbs served raw and... More >> |
| Chelsea |
Persian |
Delivery, Patio-Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$$$ |
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410 Brighton Beach Ave. : Brooklyn, NY 11235 : 718-648-5484
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 Under the elevated D train, Pastorale is one of the more stranger-friendly formal joints in Brighton Beach-decorated with 18th-century-style French tapestries of sylvan scenes, and slinging pan-Soviet cuisine as banquetteers dance to the throbbing oratorio of Saint Casio. The cold platter of... More >> |
| Brighton Beach |
Russian |
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$$$ |
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785 Newark Ave. : Linden, NJ 07036 : 201-714-9676
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 This ancient, strictly vegetarian snack shop with seating specializes in Gujarati and Punjabi tapas, which often take the form of chats: spoonable accumulations of fritters, crunchies, and sauces, one of which may be yogurt. Among Gujarati snacks are dokla, spongy yellow cakes shotgunned with... More >> |
| New Jersey |
Indian, Pakistani |
Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly |
$ |
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